I'm happy to report that there ARE people reading my blog...and as proof, I just found out that someone is claiming that I took her Dogs Deserve Better tax-deductible donation and used it to fund my trip to Cancun! She even printed out my blog pages as her 'proof'!
Now, besides the fact that I'm just blown away by that, and would personally like to assure ANY DDB supporters that I would never do any such thing, I just have to say, WTF?
Apparently, unbeknownst to me, founders of organizations are no longer permitted to take their children on a decent vacation after four years of wallowing in dog crap! I must have missed the memo, darnit. Can someone resend that to me?
I will tell everyone who may happen to read this, right now, that I'm DAMN PROUD that I went to Cancun! I felt like a normal human being for the first time in years. I deserved it and so did my kids. You will never take those precious moments from me, although you may try. Will not happen.
Tammy Grimes, proud mother of two and proud vacationer in Cancun.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Cancun was SO awesome!
Man, Cancun was SO awesome! The kids and I had a great time. Gran Melia was the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in. (Not that that is saying much if you're a rich globetrotter, may be small potatoes to you...). There were about 5-7 swimming pools, with little jacuzzi inlets, etc. We were able to get this 'palapa' a little thatched hut beside the pool, for the entire time, where we could just lay down and enjoy the scenery in comfort and without getting sunburned. Of course, with Brynnan there, I didn't get much time to lay down, but I gave it my best shot. The kids and I had a really good chance to bond, and I think it's something we will always remember. I'm really glad we did it.
On the DDB side, I just had a phone call from a hilarious woman, (no, I don't know her name if the cops want to arrest someone), but she told me that one time she was in a wheelchair and she tried to go steal this dog off a chain because she couldn't stand seeing it that way, but she had to crawl on her stomach because she couldn't walk. She got caught, naturally, because she was moving at the speed of a slug, and the woman came out and started hitting her on the head with an umbrella! I was cracking up at the mental picture this created, and she said, "what are you laughing at, it really hurt too!" She was laughing, although I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time. A 70 year old woman, what a character...I really meet some characters doing this job, some people who do help me believe in the goodness of mankind.
And I also 'meet' some real a*&holes too; you would be surprised, or maybe not, how many people who chain their dogs are NOT nice! All the neighbors are afraid of them because they are typically quite disreputable in the area. So I get a lot of phone calls from these people, which rarely end well. As soon as the swearing starts I hang up on them. Then they call back, like 100 times...Thank God they don't know where I live...and, if that weren't bad enough, there is always someone against you who used to be with you because you pissed them off, or someone accusing you of stealing their money, or stealing dogs, or doing everything wrong, etc., etc. It's exhausting!
Thank God I have enough people who DO believe in me to continue. And I'm stubborn enough to not want to be seen as a quitter. Because I've wanted to quit a million times, but then I think that everyone else who started groups is going through the same thing, and I don't want to be weaker than them. So in an odd way they keep me going. When they are able to stand up to all the abuse, it makes me stop my whining and just keep going that one more time...and then next one more time...etc. etc. I hope some day it gets easier or I get more able to just brush it off...one of the other is definitely needed!
On the DDB side, I just had a phone call from a hilarious woman, (no, I don't know her name if the cops want to arrest someone), but she told me that one time she was in a wheelchair and she tried to go steal this dog off a chain because she couldn't stand seeing it that way, but she had to crawl on her stomach because she couldn't walk. She got caught, naturally, because she was moving at the speed of a slug, and the woman came out and started hitting her on the head with an umbrella! I was cracking up at the mental picture this created, and she said, "what are you laughing at, it really hurt too!" She was laughing, although I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time. A 70 year old woman, what a character...I really meet some characters doing this job, some people who do help me believe in the goodness of mankind.
And I also 'meet' some real a*&holes too; you would be surprised, or maybe not, how many people who chain their dogs are NOT nice! All the neighbors are afraid of them because they are typically quite disreputable in the area. So I get a lot of phone calls from these people, which rarely end well. As soon as the swearing starts I hang up on them. Then they call back, like 100 times...Thank God they don't know where I live...and, if that weren't bad enough, there is always someone against you who used to be with you because you pissed them off, or someone accusing you of stealing their money, or stealing dogs, or doing everything wrong, etc., etc. It's exhausting!
Thank God I have enough people who DO believe in me to continue. And I'm stubborn enough to not want to be seen as a quitter. Because I've wanted to quit a million times, but then I think that everyone else who started groups is going through the same thing, and I don't want to be weaker than them. So in an odd way they keep me going. When they are able to stand up to all the abuse, it makes me stop my whining and just keep going that one more time...and then next one more time...etc. etc. I hope some day it gets easier or I get more able to just brush it off...one of the other is definitely needed!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
It's been Awhile: Here I come, Cancun!
How About Mel Gibson, huh? Wow, that's something. Funny thing about him, my mom and I always thought he was one of those 'perfect' men...good father, husband, funny, hot, and rich of course...and then after he made The Passion of Christ, my mom thought he could do no wrong! I actually was less impressed with him after that...not being one to enjoy watching the torture of a man for over 2 hours, like it's a good time...and since it pleased the Holier than Thou crowd made me want to run from the theatre. Well, that and did I mention the two hours of torture?
Anyway, all that aside, I've been happy to return to a 'normal life'...although my life has been far from normal since I started DDB. Normal for me now is trying to get A. the Maximum amount of work done in a day that I can amidst all the goofing off and e-mailing and other stuff...B. Get somewhere with DDB at every opportunity...C. Make enough money to pay the bills...and D. Still be a mother, a foster mother to dogs, keep a house clean enough to not walk away on it's own...and E. Fundraise enough to keep DDB going. No wonder I'm overweight!
I definitely do NOT take enough time for ME, and food is my usual solace. I want to change that in theory, but have a harder time getting there in practice.
To that end, I just charged a trip to Cancun for me, Rayne, and Brynnan...Oh, hallelujah! Yes, I'll be paying it off for awhile, but I'm tired of watching everyone around me take trips while I wallow in dog crap, no pun intended. You know, the best trip to take is to not have anyplace you NEED to go, and then you can look for trip specials and just book the cheapest thing that looks like the best for the money. That's what I did, anyway...so hopefully that is step 1 to giving a little more to myself. I don't know, though, still had two donuts today, dammit!
Anyway, all that aside, I've been happy to return to a 'normal life'...although my life has been far from normal since I started DDB. Normal for me now is trying to get A. the Maximum amount of work done in a day that I can amidst all the goofing off and e-mailing and other stuff...B. Get somewhere with DDB at every opportunity...C. Make enough money to pay the bills...and D. Still be a mother, a foster mother to dogs, keep a house clean enough to not walk away on it's own...and E. Fundraise enough to keep DDB going. No wonder I'm overweight!
I definitely do NOT take enough time for ME, and food is my usual solace. I want to change that in theory, but have a harder time getting there in practice.
To that end, I just charged a trip to Cancun for me, Rayne, and Brynnan...Oh, hallelujah! Yes, I'll be paying it off for awhile, but I'm tired of watching everyone around me take trips while I wallow in dog crap, no pun intended. You know, the best trip to take is to not have anyplace you NEED to go, and then you can look for trip specials and just book the cheapest thing that looks like the best for the money. That's what I did, anyway...so hopefully that is step 1 to giving a little more to myself. I don't know, though, still had two donuts today, dammit!
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