Busy Exhausting Weekend, Lame Blogging

I’ve been a lame blogger but I’ve been so BUSY.

Summer is that way sometimes, busy, busy, busy. So busy.

This weekend we went to the Portland Brewer’s Festival. Sadly, they were out of HG’s favorite beer.

Then we went to dinner with some friends who were lovely to see. After dinner I disturbed some homeless people because I was having a fit that HG wouldn’t let me pay the check at dinner. Note to Everyone: If someone offers to pay a check; let them. Don’t argue with them, just be thankful and move on. It will be your turn some day.

Saturday we went to our friends wedding,

She is one of my oldest friends (who didn’t even ditch me when I got divorced and became a lesbian…) He is  HG’s most best boyfriend. It was a lovely wedding and a super fun reception.  Always a good party when girls show their boobies and people throw others in the pool.  Luckily for everyone, I was not one of the people thrown in the pool as I would have D-I-E-D.  Cold water=No, No, No.

HG threw the bride in.  Luckily she (the bride) had changed out of her dress and it was only after the bride threw HG’s best boyfriend in the pool.

Sunday we took DD#2 to Sleep-Away-Camp.  She’s never been away from home before and I’ve been worried sick about her, but I know that she is having fun and I know I’ll be wondering what the hell I was worried about when next week she’s home driving me crazy again.

And I have been busily reading Harry Potter 7, trying not to have it be spoiled by some yahoo who wants to give away the ending.  I’m taking my time for a reason, because I love Harry and I want to make this last book last longer.  Yes, I could read it in a day, but I am savoring.  For those of you who have finished.  Shut it.

And finally, because I’ve been a lame blogger, I will make it up to you with a story.

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Once upon a time, the most fabulous hotel in the world opened for business.  VIP’s were invited from far away to visit the hotel’s Grand Opening.  The hotel’s hostess, who was well known for her gracious hospitality, went to great lengths to ensure that each of the guest’s individual needs would be met.  She provided lovely rooms, fully supplied baths, and their favorite beverages.  She tried very hard to meet their needs, while at the same time meeting her other job responsibilities and obligations.

One individual guest, Madam X, arrived at the hotel with an already negative attitude about the hotel.  It was not her desire to ever visit the hotel, and she was simply doing it out of a sense of obligation to the hotel’s owner.  She went out of her way during her entire stay to mentally find things wrong with everything that she saw, and especially looked for faults with the hostess.  She kept a schedule that kept her from interacting with the other invited guests, she purposely put herself in a position to alienate and seclude herself and basically make others not want to be around her. Still, despite her behavior, the hostess attempted to engage her, entertain her, and be thoughtful to her needs.   At the end of the Madam X’s stay, she became so upset that she yelled at the owner, blaming the hostess for a horrible visit, vowing not ever to return again.  After she left, she contacted the hotel owner and followed up with giving a large laundry list of all of the things that she was dis-pleased with,  demanding an apology.  The hostess, not knowing what she could have possibly done wrong, and certainly not knowing what she could have possibly done better, was saddened by the fact that her guest was dis-pleased, but realized that there was nothing that could be done.  More than that, she was sad that the hotel’s owner was disappointed that Madam X was not pleased, as this caused a strain between them.

At the end of the day, the hostess had to accept and learn a valuable lesson.  That despite how much effort one makes, and how hard they may try, not everyone is meant to be pleased.  More than that, you could have the most beautiful, wonderful, grand hotel in all the world, but if someone like Madam X is looking for things to be wrong; they will certainly find them.

We often get what we wish for, even if that is a negative outcome.  Tread carefully as to what kind of energy you put out into the universe; your situation is often a mirror of that energy reflecting back at you.

The End.