Colleen Taylor’s Weblog

okay, maybe I’m in denial… wait, make that, I am definitely in denial… I just paid for my ticket to my 20-year high-school reuinion… crazy!  

 who got fat?  who got ugly?  who got HOT?  and who just got old?  It will be interesting to say the least! 

so, this morning was particulary difficult for me… my husband, who I’ve been separated from for the past 4 months or so, came over to take the boys to school on his way to work… it’s not easy having him here sometimes…

BUT AT LEAST he came to help. 

by 7:00am there were already a couple of small fires to put out at work…

BUT AT LEAST I work virtually so I was able to put them out in my pajamas!

I had yet to get ‘caffeinated’ so I went to brew myself some Cafe Moto (my new favorite beans!) and realized that we had no milk… (I’m a tough cookie, but I still can’t do black coffee   “no prob”, I tell myself… I’ll just scoot off to the store and be back before the brew is ready.

I’m about halfway to the store (which is only a mile away, mind you) and the neighbor calls me to say my garage door is open and the dog is out in the front yard  (I say thank goodness for my nosey neighbor!)  so, milk?  or dog?  I turn around and get the dog back inside, then turn around again to go get my ‘moo juice’.  sheesh!  all this for a cup of coffee! 

BUT AT LEAST the dog is safe.

I get to the store and now I’m a little ‘cranky’ to say the least… I need my coffee now!  So I buy a cup there, even though I know I’ve got a pot waiting at home… PMS is a bitch, I’ll tell ya… so, now I’m leaving the parking lot and the person in front of me stops short and I spill half of the aforementioned, piping hot beverage in my lap…

BUT AT LEAST i’m not wearing my short shorts!  (that would have left a mark)  AND I didn’t hit the ‘brake-happy’ fool in front of me… whew! 

after cursing in my lap for a few seconds I look up at the car I am mere inches away from and I see this teeny-tiny sticker on their back window…

it said: “Stay Positive”.  so, I think I will 

so, who caught the Barbara Walters special on ABC last night about “Living to 150 years and beyond”?  I think it’s ironic that it aired on April fool’s day so I’m keeping my eyes peeled for the announcement that it was all a hoax… but if it wasn’t?  hmmmmmmm…… interesting stuff.

 basically a few researchers believe they have stumbled upon the ability to prolong human life for an indefinite amount of time… it sounds pretty ’science-fiction’ to me, but they swear it’s really possible.  part of the program focused on “growing” replacement organs in a lab with the idea that if one of your parts “break” or is faulty, you can just get a new one… kinda like you would get a new alternator for your car… strange but true.

they also talked about the science of cryogenics, which a lot of people seem to be signing up for!  not cheap at about $75,000 per person, but they claim to be able to preserve you until they find a cure for whatever killed you in the first place… can you say CREEPY?  the crazy part is they store you upside-down in the tank with 3 other people.  so hopefully you get along well with others… oh, and you probably should be aware that they store 5 “brain patients” in the same tank… those spots are reserved for people who only wanted to preserve their head…  (cue horror music!)

I wonder if anyone gets the same nauseous feeling I did last night after catching the tail-end of the Bravo TV show “Real Housewives Of New York City”… I’m not sure what they’re using to gauge what is “real” but I’m thinking they’re just a little bit ‘off’ here…

now, I’m game for a little ‘popcorn TV’ now and again, but seriously, are they kidding?  The way these women talk about each other behind one another’s back is very ‘high-shcool’ and I’m not sure how anyone benefits from it…  and I only watched 15 minutes!

 Now, I’m not saying that everyone needs to be a role model but it’s interesting that they choose such self-centered, egotistical and materialistic women to follow around.  I guess this is what TV has come to?  I think I’ll stick to Spongebob.