The good news is that grandma was in good spirits today when I went to see her at the nursing home. The bad news is that scumcle drove up and went in himself while I was parked and chatting on the phone with lil sis. When I made my over to the entrance and had to sign in I saw his John Hancock on the line above mine. I cried "Shit!" and gave the nice young woman behind the desk quite the startle. Now they know about my potty mouth. I tell you folks, I am an open book, (yeah duh, I blog) even my potty mouth.
I had therapy with the new new undead therapist before hand and during that therapy I performed a little rant. You see, I drive by the g-d foresaken rehab almost every single day and yesterday I noticed a big banner outside declaring the week after Mother's day "Nursing Home Week" And I almost drove off the road just so I could hit that banner. Really. I was that pissed off. There may have been an obscenity or 4 rolling around my tongue there. Good thing I was cruising alone. Good thing.
Now, back to "Nursing Home Week",
WTF???? WTF-INGF??? F me!
I can't take it people. Can not take it. First of all, what the F is wrong with us as a society that we have to have a week/month/day to legitimize ourselves? Take, for example, grandparents day. Aren't these people included in Mothers/Fathers day? Mine are. Do they really need their own day? Or how about secretaries day. I don't have a personal secretary, but the husband does, and she is a doll! I love her. I really do. She knows it too. And I am hoping that the husband tells her every once in a while how lost he would be with out her. But now he has to buy a card or maybe some candy or what????????? WTF does one do to celebrate the one single special day of the person who you ask to type and file things? Shouldn't he just be nice to her all the time?
Or (do not hate me for this one) think about it, think about it..... first.. Black History Month. What about the other 11 months of the year? Does it not trivialize black history to relegate it to one month a year? Should black history not be infused with all the other histories we learn? Can't we just do it all in chronological order no matter what color or ethnicity we are? Seriously, history is confusing to learn as it is, why piece it up like that? So, we have Black History month once a year, and then we can go back to the history that what? The "real" history? The "important" history? See, having a month is so dismissive. Yuch.
How about (fill in the blank with your choice) pride day? Aren't we proud to be gay or Puerto Rican or what ever we are the other 364 days? Does wearing a costume or a flag and seeing your comrads in a parade on that one day make you more proud the rest of the year? Shouldn't pride in who we are and where we are from and what we represent be a daily thing? The kind of thing that makes you try to live a good clean life, be virtuous and contribute to society so at the end of your life, on your last breath you can look back and say "This is who I am and look what a great representative I was. I am a fine (fill in the blank). I am a good person." And then you can rest in peace. No?
Whatever you think, I will not be celebrating Nursing Home Week. ppfftttt.
And PS mother's day can stay. We should make it a whole week. (Kitten calls it Mother's Day Weekend and I have admit I stole that from her this year just so I could weasel out of doing dishes for the whole weekend) The other holidays can go.
Represent who you are with peace, love, and kindness. Week/Month/Day or not. Okay?
I like the way you think Clickmom! and I totally agree that having one day/month/week for certain things tends to trivialize them the rest of the year.
Posted by: Laura | May 14, 2008 at 02:17 PM