The WHIP!!!

As I sit in the study room on the fourth floor of the main library on campus for the 4Th night in a row, I struggle with myself... Sleep, family time, or pass these classes? How do you find the balance? I must be out of my mind...

The equation of WORK is: short-staffed + over-stressed + incomplete objectives = no possible monetary increase in sight.

The equation of COLLEGE is: Long nights + little sleep + automatic draft from bank account to Starbucks + irritability + frustration = many more years of college before completion.

The equation of HOME is: no time to clean + dead fish in the aquarium + frozen "snack" foods with little to no nutritional value + irritable kids + stresses of work, and school = ALCOHOLISM!

SHOUT OUT!!!!

Ladies, this is the key! Our men... They are not ignoring us, they are not lying when they tell you they can not handle anything more and that relationships do not fit in their lives, they are not trying to mastermind some elaborate plan to destroy our hearts and souls... IT JUST COMES NATURAL... They work one, maybe 2 of the above equations, and they shut down mentally, physically, emotionally, ET AL. And....

I DO NOT BLAME THEM!!!!

I want to shut down... "Stop world... I want to get off!"

I am adopting the ways of the Lips, and the ways of the Gus... Ignore all emotional involvement in all things, especially other people. No time, much less time for swimming in the misery of a broken heart. Then, find a friend. You know what I mean! (Blush) Then, get a large supply of alcohol, a bartender that knows you and what you drink as you walk in as if you are Norm from Cheers, and surround yourself with others in your same situation, so you can all be miserable together. Life is too short... live it!~ Obviously written by someone that does not work the aforementioned equations...

Off to study, to better myself, to make more money, to work harder, to spend more money, to learn more, to start all over while in the meantime flushing the aquatic life down your toilet with a few words to the fishy that was not around long enough to get a name.