Oh Windy Day

If you live anywhere on the right side of the map, you have probably experienced lots of wind in the past couple days.

I'm not complaining because I love storms. Sitting at the table enjoying my banana nut muffin and omelet, I can see the clouds rushing past the window. Its dark and stormy looking and my phone is alerting me there are tornado warnings in my area. 

The weather is warm at 57 degrees. The wind is high. I close my eyes and the wind sounds likes ocean waves pounding the beach. My mind drifts away. Do I really have to go back to work?

There are a couple of trees across the road that look as if they can blow down any minute and wipe out the power. The limbs fall to the road like spears of a Spartan. Remarkably, they stand tall and strong despite what mother nature throws at them. 

Between the clouds and bursts of wind the sun shines bright and rainbows appear. This is expected to go on another day. So far no tornado but the clouds look mean.

Where Are My Rights?

I usually refrain from writing anything negative or controversial, but I just want to get a few things off my chest.

I come home from a hard days work, turn on the TV and instead of a good Andy Griffith show playing, its usually the news. The latest news here in the Charlotte area is they just passed a rule that men can use women bathrooms and women can use the men's.

Why? Because its their right. OK, if your confused weather your a man or a woman, that's your problem. If your gay, well that's not one of my sins but your own sins, and for the record, It doesn't make me like you any more or less. It is what it is. You can be what ever you want to be, but when it comes to me having to share a woman's bathroom or shower house with a man, that steps on my toes. Where are my rights here? Hello! Can I not just be a private woman knowing I'm in a place where we all have the same anatomy? So that's that.

Now, lets move on to the shopping places and restaurants. Supposedly if you have a problem, you can find a dog to help you with that problem and you have the right to take it anywhere with you. Just slap on one of those vest on it and your problem is solved. Where are my rights here? I don't want a dog sniffing at me while I'm searching for new clothes or eating a cheeseburger. If I smell a dog while i'm eating, I loose my appetite. I don't care how much you try to convince me that your dog is clean. They don't wear underwear!

What about those (like my daughter) that when a dog is around, it triggers an episode of allergies that's just unreal.
I seen a dog in a grocery cart before. Really? I put my food in there! Someone who knows i'm like this, told me I must hate dogs. No! I love dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, etc. But that's how the world sees people if they don't agree on something. Always throwing in the word hate. Sad.

One more thing, smoking. So they have banned smoking around here in public places. Except my office! I do not smoke but the employees here do. Again, where are my rights? I'm out numbered. They do not respect or take in consideration that I want to have healthy lungs and rather not go home smelling like a tobacco factory.

I'm used to it though. Just like the other crazy things happening in the world today, Ill just get used to it. I don't have to like it.

But hey, at least I still have my own bathroom here.