Is it just me, or is there a huge lack of respect these days? For each other, for our “elders”, for ourselves… I find that nothing is sacred or special anymore. Teenagers disrespect their elders and authority figures more often than they brush their teeth. Women put their bodies and their sex lives out in the open - both on and off the internet. People air their dirty laundry for perfect strangers to read/hear and know all about. I just feel like between the lack of privacy, the lack of self-respect and the lack of respect for others, society is a mess. I’m hooked on older movies and TV shows because everything seems so happy and simple. I talked to my grandma the other day, and she’s coming on 75 (but don’t tell her I told anyone!) and we talked about what it was like when she was younger. She said life was much simpler then.

One thing in particular that I’ve been watching a lot of is I Love Lucy. I know the show is very situational, but the idea behind it is very much what it was like when the show was being aired. I love every little thing about it, too. It’s cheered me up watching it and helped me feel more secure in myself. I love the respect for others - they say “excuse me” and “please” and even Lucy answers to Ricky with “Yes sir” at times. I’m not saying women have to be subservient peons in a marriage or be too reserved for their own good, but what’s wrong with a bit of modesty now and again?

I think I’ll end that rant there, though. I could say so much more but I’m not sure it’s right to go into it. Instead, I’ll talk about my past few days. I’ve been pretty sick. I got on Vent the other day to do an instance with some friends and the first thing they said when I said “Hi” was “Wow, you don’t sound too good” - and they were right. I felt awful. I skipped the gym today (Well, yesterday, since it’s now after 4 on Saturday…) to get some rest. I won’t be able to go tomorrow (Today?) because of the snow, but I’m not beating myself up. One of the things I talked to the trainer about was the way I treat myself. I don’t give myself a lot of slack a lot of the time. I might not post about it or tell anyone about it but I beat myself up over everything. I need to step outside myself and treat myself like I would treat a patient, or a friend, or a client. I wouldn’t beat up on someone else for taking a break when they weren’t feeling well, so why should I beat myself up? I think I’m finally starting to sort through my emotional mess now. With the help of a few good friends, I’m finally coming together again!

Tomorrow I have a fairly simple to-do list, but it’s stuff I’ve been wanting to do while I’ve been sick. I hope I’m feeling up to doing them, or at least some of them.

• Put clean laundry away.
• Wash, dry and put away two loads of laundry.
• Get food out for supper, and obviously cook it when it comes time to.
• Upload my 365 photos and any others from the last week - I’ve been a bit behind on uploading them even though I’ve taken them.
• Clear memory card. One of the downfalls of having a huge memory card is the fact that I can hold SO many pictures on it that I get lazy and don’t empty it often enough.
• Put dishes away and wash any from the day.
• Karazhan/ZA/whatever my raid group for the night decides to do. I think we may try to go into Molten Core (haha) again at some point too, since the server kept crashing today.