"I Crack My Own Self Up"


The funniest thing happened to me yesterday. I was packing up my things to leave the building to go home. I must've got side-tracked from talking to my co-worker on the way out but anyway, as I was going down the steps I realized I really had to go to the bathroom and I only had 8 minutes to walk & catch my bus. The last thing I wanted to do was hold my urine on my 45 minute commute home. I rushed to the 1st floor and I realized everyone was going in the opposite direction that I'm used to walking....but anyway, to the bathroom was all I was concerned about. I run into the bathroom, put my bag down and run into the stall. I begin to use the bathroom and I happen to look towards the floor and to to my surprise, in the next stall I spot men's shoes....WTF!!!! I immediately go into panic mode....and I'm thinking, I know a man is not in the women's bathroom. Then I began to wonder, maybe I'm in the men's bathroom. I noticed when I ran into the restroom that it looked slightly different from the one on my floor but with all the remodeling going on in my building, that wouldn't be strange.

Well, to my surprise, I was in fact in the men's restroom-WOW!!! I immediately panicked. I cut what I was doing short, pants weren't even zipped up, I opened the door & grabbed my bag & made a dash for the door. I looked both ways (to make sure I didn't bump into any men), made a dash to the women's bathroom to finish. The funny thing is...I wasn't even embarrassed. All I could do is shake my head and laugh at myself...that was too funny.

I'm Trying to be Nice......

My boyfriend has this saying that he always says to me when I'm ready to do or say something really foul. "Be Nice" is what he tells me and sometimes I change my attitude but other times I say, "I don't want to be nice." Well...today is one of those days...ignorant people have caused me to want to say nasty things, be nasty, basically, I want to slap someone. I sometimes wonder why the devil is so busy, especially a day like today(I don't do Mondays). I wonder why people do some of the things that they do....like intentionally hurt someone's feelings.

This morning I was faced with a dilemma. A person who I love dearly has been going through some turmoil with people whom she thought loved & cared about her but she recently found out that they're assasinating her daily. I'm a person who loves & loves hard. When someone close to me is hurting, I hurt. Today she's discoverd that someone very close to her is trying to break her down and along with that person, others have joined in to help. I know that all of those people are miserable(only miserable people set out to intentionally hurt someone) so I try to keep that in my brain but when I see her hurting the way she is, it makes me want react.

Now, if I react, I will have to suffer some extreme consequences and I'm not sure if these people are worth it. Now, the person that I love & her well-being is worth it, but these animals who are trying to destroy aren't. I don't want to give them the glory of knowing that they have won.

Why do ignorant people feel that they've gained the victory when they hurt people? Why don't they feel bad for the choices they've made? Why don't they feel remorse when they see the hurt in the person's eyes that they've attacked? Why don't they reverse the situation and think about how they would feel if someone were to do the same thing to them? Why can't they just be nice?

I've been in prayer all morning. I tossed & turned all night long. I woke up around 2:30am and couldn't get back to sleep. Was this God's way of preparing me for what was to come this morning? I couldn't even sleep this morning on my commute to work because I was struggling with an angel on my right shoulder & the devil on my left. The devil was telling me to start making some phone calls to curse some folks out, do some visiting to smack some folk and think of some ways to hurt these people. On the other hand, the angel was telling me to continue doing what I was doing, praying, being there for that person who's hurting & remain silent. I don't want the devil to win, I never want him to get his way so.....I guess I have no choice but to BE NICE!!!!

"Another Wonderful Trip to NYC"

Last Sunday, I hosted another bus trip to NYC to see The Color Purple on Broadway. The first time (March 06') was good, but this time, it was awesome. Fantasia was Celie and she played this role like it was made for her. The weather was nice, the bus was filled with very pleasant people and the day just went well.

We started out in Harlem where we had a chance to do some shopping and to eat lunch at Amy Ruth's. The food was so-ooo good. I can't wait to go back to Harlem because I've always wanted to visit and now that I've gone, I know I need to go back to shop, sightsee & most of all, to eat at Amy Ruth's.








Amy Ruth's Home Style Southern Cuisine

113 West 116th Street, Harlem, NY






The play was spectacular. Fantasia was the star of this show. I'm really happy for her because alot of people doubted her ability to perform this role and she's proving those negative people wrong. "GO TASIA"


Fantasia...this role was made for you girl.....you really had the tears flowing.

Fantasia finishing the show up...ENCORE!!! There was supposed to be no cameras in the theatre....u know black folks don't listen(lol).

The day was perfect, I couldn't have asked for better weather, better food or better people to participate. Another perfect day in New York City, can't wait to go back.