The case of the missing foot

It’s probably in my mouth. You better believe I’ll mess up a good moment with the next thing that comes outta my mouth. Part of loving me is accepting that. Thank you to everyone that loves me, I don’t deserve it.

Case in point. Today while talking with my kid’s teacher and another staff member: They were discussing politics. That should have been a red flag for me to get outta there, but nope. The teacher said something like can you believe Brown only beat Whitman by a few percentage points! I didn’t have much to say here, Everyone hated Whitman, big deal. But then the staff member says, “Yeah I was on edge about Prop 19″. Where I should have shut up I said, “Yeah I know, too bad it didn’t pass.” “heh,” …Let me sink into this miniature chair right here. Damn it! There’s no where to hide! These people are mandated reporters here! Really, Rosie. And those sharp looks and that silence could have cut me in half.

But I didn’t even mean it like that. Prop 19 in California was intended to legalize Marijuana. I just wrote a paper on the topic of the principles of drug addiction. This stuff was sorta fresh in my head. The real evidence was pretty compelling. The fact is that marijuana was incorrectly labeled a narcotic and made illegal for less than scientifically or medically correct reasons and false rumors about the effects spread like madness. And that’s what lead to it being outlawed. I have the citations* for this somewhere, I’m not just making it up. Not to mention the health hazards of marijuana compared to some legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco. They can’t even compare. All this was what prompted my response to the Prop 19 comment. I don’t smoke, damnit! Did I say all of this? No. I think my phone dinged or I saw something shiny that caught my attention and I was outta there. But the staff like me, I now they didn’t really judge me for it. It was just an example of a time I should have just shut up.

So… that’s a wrap. The case of the missing foot. Ooooh, I like pictures, Let’s see if I can find a good one.

*Pinel, J. (2007) Basics of Biopsychology. Pearson Education: Allyn & BAcon. (It’s in chapter 13 about Addiction if you ever find the textbook..I don’t have a website on this)