Monday, February 20, 2012

Cranky Pants and Theme Songs

I put my cranky pants on by accident on Sunday. Apparently these are my cranky pants.


Once I had put them on my mood changed. I'd been happy when I got up. I'd felt pretty good so Bubbles and I laced on our walking shoes (that in a previous life were running shoes) and set out on a leisurely 7k. I came home a little tired but okay. I had my breakfast still feeling quite happy. Then I had my shower and put on those shorts and something switched. It could have had something to do with Iven not remembering that we'd planned to go to the movies and he'd decided to fill his day with something different that involved NO FUN WHATSOEVER FOR ME. But I'm blaming the pants. I've since washed them and hung them out in the sun to improve their disposition so I'm hoping they will behave themselves next time I wear them.

So how did I spend my Sunday instead of going to see my other celebrity free pass at the movies? First I'll explain the idea of the celebrity free pass. It is the celebrity who you quite fancy and who you get a free pass from your marriage to spend a little 'quality' time with (assuming that they find you as irresistible as you find them - which of course they would). The celebrity with my top billing is Hugh Jackman (being an Aussie and a nice guy and having a thing for older women helped put him on top). But I've always been a little partial to Liam Neeson. I think it's the accent. And he was starring in the movie that Iven FORGOT we were going to see. (and I have not yet forgotten that he forgot - I'm a little like an elephant that way)  So I got to spend the day WORKING. No wonder I had my cranky pants on. I spent four less-than-blissful hours cutting out bikinis for body builders. I'd have rather gone to the movies.

I'm not a very good patient. I think it's because I'm lacking the patient gene. You'd have thought that having three kids would have given me the patience of a saint - but not so. My theme song at the moment is Anastacia's Sick and Tired. Yep, I'm sick and tired of always feeling sick and tired. Maybe she had Glandular Fever too. Or maybe she was just singing about a bad relationship. 

Thank goodness I have friends who give me their time to have breakfast with and let me vent to. And, funnily, when I'm with them there doesn't seem to be so strong a need to vent. They give me a little dose of sanity and perspective. Maybe I should change my theme song to Barbra Streisand's People and change the lyrics just slightly to 'People who have people are the luckiest people in the world.'

What's your theme song today?


13 comments:

  1. Man, I love blaming crankiness on the pants I am wearing. I am going to use that one. And the celebrity free pass.......best idea ever. You may be cranky but you have great ideas.

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  2. You blamed your trusty pants instead of your hubby? That's not fun! I love blaming men, all of them, for whatever goes wrong in my world. :)
    Celebrity free pass - love the idea.
    Your cupcakes pics always, ALWAYS, make me hungry! Thanks!

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  3. I love the cranky pants getting the blame. LOVE.

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  4. I think there was a crankiness halo over Brisvegas on Sunday - not just your shorts sharing the love. lol

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  5. I hope a good washing helps with the cranky pants :) And Hugh Jackman is a great celebrity free pass...oh my. Hope you get to see your movie soon.

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  6. LOL! My theme song for today is Lianne La Havas "No Room for Doubt" - where she sings that "we all make mistakes"...

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  7. Pants? No, I think it was the shirt. Or maybe your husband. Or likely one of the animals.

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  8. I love Hugh Jackman too, he just seems like such a down-to-earth guy. I don't blame you for lacking patience withy our illness, it's a real pain in the backside. Hope you are wearing your happy pants today.

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  9. My theme song? "Tougher than the rest" by Bruce Springsteen but I am afraid it is only an illusion:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_91hNV6vuBY&feature=related
    I hope you see the movie soon.

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  10. funny story for you - would you believe I met and slept with one of my free passes ;) fun eh??? thankfully I wasn't married or in a relationship but I thought it was cool nonetheless. lol

    Ya judge away I had premarital sex people.

    Anyway I love that you're blaming your shorts. they look like nice shorts :)

    I hope you run into Hugh ;)

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  11. I have running shorts which deem me poor races, they hang out at the back of the dresser and are only worn when times are desperate (none others clean)...so I fully understand your cranky pants. Hope you get to the movie soon...maybe with one of your more reliable girlfriends? :)

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  12. Just left 3 of the whoopie pies off with Jameson and gave my hubby 2. If you're counting that means I ate two.

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  13. I hope the sunshine helped improve the mood of those cranky pants!

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