There are many games we play as kids. Some of them include an area designated as base, safety, or home. Ultimately, it is a spot where in the game you are safe. You can rest and plan your next move. I just realized that in my mind I have a "safety" zone in the game of life. My home base where I feel like I can shut out the crazy, regain my thoughts and get back out there is... the bathroom! I just had this realization of course...while I was in the bathroom. I expect when I am in the bathroom with the door closed, that I will not be disturbed. Now, this can be any bathroom. For example, my home bathroom, a restaurant bathroom stall, a lucky port a pottie ;) I have recently realized that no one else is playing this game. Apparently, NO ONE else knows these rules and/or they just don't respect the rules. I am at work, and every time I go in the bathroom someone is two seconds behind me knocking on the door and trying to get the door open. I have to break my cardinal bathroom rule, and say "Just a minute" in the most peaceful and undisturbed voice possible. The truth is I do not want to talk while I am in the bathroom, and I AM being disturbed. No, I don't talk on the phone, talk between stall walls, or text in the bathroom. I just like to clear my gut and my mind at the same time. My mother, it seems, waits until I am in the bathroom to communicate with me through the door. "Lisa, what do you want on your burger? Your brother called, make sure you call him back." I don't want to think about what is in my next meal while I am getting rid of the last one...you know what I mean? Also, I am not calling my brother while I am in the bathroom so I think I can wait to find out that I need to call him. These are just tactics from the opponent to get me off base and lose my peace of mind! I am very competitive and I will win this game. I will come out of the bathroom in peace...not in pieces! When I emerge from the bathroom in peace, everyone is a winner!
Blessings & Bathroom Bliss,
Two Funny:
The Queen of Comedy, Lisa Belluomini
&
The First Lady of Comedy, DeAnn Alaine
P.S. If you want to read this in the bathroom you are safe ;)
