Fright and Flight

When life deals me lemons, I don't make lemonade. I make travel plans. I get my happy ass on AA.com and push some buttons with my debit card in one hand and a glass of syrah in the other until a booking confirmation email comes my way.

I have this habit/reaction to any extended stint of bad moods or unfortunate chains of events. That reaction is: "get me the fuck out of here." It's my own little version of fright and flight.

lauren always says "when life is bad to lauren, lauren is GOOD to lauren" and I agree with this theory. So speaking of lauren and me having a bad week, I went ahead and booked a ticket to visit her in NYC next Friday. Running from your problems can be fun if you've got somewhere cool to run to, right? JUST kidding. Of course I don't endorse running from things and that's not really what I'm doing. There's no "problems," either, it's just been a crap week and getting some friend time and some out-of-town time in a fun place is a refreshing way to take a step back for a moment. My friends are always welcoming like that, and I really appreciate it. A quick two day jaunt to the grande apple, a different backdrop for drinking and who knows maybe I'll buy something (like a NY license plate key chain that has my name on it. Yeah right, I can NEVER find souvenirs with "Mason" written on them!)

Three things that are annoying me:

Thing one: Last night it was about -10 degrees and the wind was gusting up to 50mph making the windchill approach -30. There is ice on the INSIDE of my balcony door and the temperature has climbed to a balmy -2. Brr.

Thing two: I woke up at 5:30 this morning and couldn't fall back asleep. 2nd night in a row I had early morning nightmares about being attacked by something/someone. screw that.

Thing three: Getting so tired of every time I tell someone I'm a Realtor these days they say "Ohhhhh how's that going" (in that.. "tone"). Or "bad market, huh?" or "must be a tough time for that."

SHUT. and. UP.

I'll tell you something, assholio, yes it's a slower market than it was 5 years ago but A.) that doesn't mean people don't still move, buy and sell. Real estate will always happen. B.) you know what probably ALWAYS is a "tough time?" Being in your retarded desk job from 9 to 5.

It is a slower market though, yes. And you can't blame a person for not having anything else to relate to you with regarding your job other than the doomsday stuff they hear on TV about foreclosures and all that biz. It's just that I would be pretty annoying if every time someone said they were a lawyer I said "oooh lots of people don't like you, huh?" or when a person tells me they're a CPA I responded with "pretty boring shit, huh?"

This post is stoopid.

Love,
M.db