Life & Everything

My favorite author, Jen Lancaster, once wrote:

“What’s that definition of insanity? When you keep doing the exact same thing and expect different results? Because that’s the hamster wheel I’ve been on for the past few years. The only change I can control –the only difference I can make that isn’t insane—is to modify my own circumstances.”

This is one of the most profound things I’ve read in a very long time. I AM the hamster and my wheel is a-spinning. Sometimes I stumble and fall and the wheel whips me around with it until I can regain my footing. Why then, can’t I just hop out of the wheel and get on with things?

Sometimes I joke with DH about running away. My dream is to move up onto Walton’s Mountain and tuck myself far away from all the crazy people and problems they create in life. I could grow my own produce, as soon as I figure out where my green thumb is, and I could learn to milk a cow like the best of ‘em. Stop laughing! Just hook up the phone line, central air and heat, satellite for my TV and internet and indoor plumbing and I’m all set! The TV remote and internet will allow me to access as much of civilization (whatever that means!) as I choose without actually having to be in it. I could come down from the mountain to visit Ike’s country store whenever I needed to socialize a bit or pick up a pound of coffee. Or I could just order everything over the internet and have it delivered by UPS. Ahhhh, the life!

My Favorite Author & Blog. Real Life Humor at Its Best!

I just read Jen's latest book -My Fair Lazy and it was really funny, as are all of her books. She's a product of the 80's and so I can relate to much of what she's writing about. I love her little footnote comments because you can finish the sentence (and not lose the train of thought) and then peek at the footnote to see her "snarky" comment on the matter. True genius!

• Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
• Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
• Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer
• Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase
• My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto

Love her blog: www.jennsylvania.com