LetMeBeClear

According to the Urban dictionary :


Hippie

A Hippie is a person who was raised under the ideological system that came out of the tumultuous 1960's in North America and western Europe. They are either of the flower-child/baby boomer generation or that generations' subsequent offspring. They possess a core belief set revolving around the values of peace and love as being essential in an increasingly globalized society, and they are oftentimes associated with non-violent anti-governmental groups.

I have wanted to be a Pirate when I grow up ever since I first went to Disney world when I was little. Or was it when I read Treasure Island? I am somewhere between Pirate and Hippie, but maybe I will join the Peace Corp and work toward ending hunger. Clean water is a fixable problem. I either want to help fix the world or hide from it on a boat in a secluded sea and listen to the ocean breeze and smell the salt spray. Right after I finish raising my last couple of young 'ums or maybe I can't wait that long.

My son has always said he can picture me as an old hippie lady on a beach in a long flowy dress with long wild hair walking barefoot when I am old. Sounds just about perfect to me.

Alright - your turn. What does the dreamer in you want to be when you grow up? Why? What picture of yourself in old-age do you have?

There is wind where the rose was,
Cold rain where sweet grass was,
And clouds like sheep
Stream o'er the steep
Grey skies where the lark was.

Nought warm where your hand was,
Nought gold where your hair was,
But phantom, forlorn,
Beneath the thorn,
Your ghost where your face was.

Cold wind where your voice was,
Tears, tears where my heart was,
And ever with me,
Child, ever with me,
Silence where hope was.

Walter de la Mar - November

Happy Halloween and Happy New Year and Happy Samhain

Happy Halloween.
I switched the template for the holiday.

I'll find something different afterwards. The dark background and light text hurts my eyes - ever since I had Lasik. Same thing with diving at night - can't do it.

ANyway - I Love Halloween. I always have.

That is how you drug test your kid.  You just cowboy up, give him the cup and tell him that it is time.  Put on the determined face, don't apologize, and then test it.  Its okay to cry when you get the results - whatever they maybe.

Would you drug test your kid?

You hope you never have struggle with that question.

It is a hard process.

You have to decide there is a problem. Decide it really is a problem. Decide you know what the problem is. Acknowledge that drugs are probably the problem. Question how it happened. Decide you really want to know the answer to the question.

Google "home drug test kit". Learn about the half-life of common drugs and the symptoms of each type of drug use. Figure out what drugs are most probable. Find a kit that tests for those drugs. Drive to the store. Take the drug kit to the counter, look the clerk in the eyes and pay for it.

Now you have a drug kit for your kid. What on earth are you going to do with? What are you going to do if it is positive? What are you going to do if it is negative?

You must now resolve to confront your child. You make sure you remember that drug users lie. You don't want to think your kid lies, but drug users lie. Your kid denies the accusation, of course. You show the kit and the kid acknowledges that yes, he just recently tried it and will never do it again. Remember that drug users lie. He has acknowledged the drug use. Do you still need to test? Should you wait? Now what?

Now what?