While you're not doing anything...

I hear this phrase a lot. Sometimes, it's a true statement...but sometimes it's a matter of someone not realizing my priorities. It's generally followed up with, "Would you mind.."

• paying the bills?
• take out the trash?
• rearranging the furniture?
• cooking another fantastic meal?
• driving across Houston for something stupid?
• mowing the yard, trimming the bushes...in our yard AND the neighbors?
• tearing out the floors and replacing them?
• fixing the heater?
• taking all the fans apart and cleaning them?
• working on my computer?
• helping me get through another college course?
• getting some cash from the ATM so someone else can go out of town?
• bailing me out?
• giving the dogs a bath?
• building another barn?
• fixing my car/van/truck?
• teaching me how to......on a computer?
• print a map, record a recipe, email a "website", copy all your photos to my computer, I want a song..get it for me, fix the internet, rewire all the phones, maintain the oxygen maker, change oxygen bottles, put another O2 bottle in the car/van/truck, load everything, repair  broken furniture, level the house, build a bigger porch, fix the boat, buy a new battery and install it in...WHATEVER!!!!

Anybody who thinks I'm just a lazy ass who doesn't want a job should come and try to do everything I do. This may sound like a bitching rant...but it's not. I wish everybody had a f-ing clue about what's required of me. Yes, sometimes I gripe about it...but I do it..day in and day out. I'm claustrophobic and I'm asked constantly to crawl under the house and move cable wires to suit someone elses whim. I don't like it but I usually do it once I gather the strength to fight through the claustrophobia. I love my family and I do it all for their betterment. If you have an outstanding job and get paid well for it..congratulations! Everything I do helps the people around me, knowing that I helped improve their lives is what drives me everyday. It's possible that I need a hug every now and then...but thanks isn't required.

Walk a mile in my shoes before you get lippy with me!