Advice from Joan Rivers

"If you can laugh at it, you can live with it." Joan Rivers was dispensing advice on N. P. R. tonight and I ate it up. Maybe it was the day I had at work, but when I heard her say that, suddenly I got a good dose of perspective. I said to myself, "Self, can I laugh at my day today?" And sure enough, a big smile crossed my face. Yes, I can. You see, today was "one of those days" where you have an idea of how things are going to go, simple, straightforward tasks, then bam, the things you thought were going to be simple turn into day-long affairs. And on my way home, I was ruminating a bit and half-listening to the radio while I focused intently on driving. You know, the usual M.O. for the hour-long commute. Then here comes Joan Rivers being interviewed on All Things Considered talking about face lifts and turning 77 and telling listeners, "If you can laugh at it, you can live with it." It resonated with me and I am pretty sure that it was the right thing to go with instead of the segment on medical marijuana.

I also found that I could laugh and live with #1 Husband's idea of what he told me he wants for his birthday. Me. In a bikini. HAHAHAHA!!!!

Thanks for telling me this AFTER I ate the amazing chicken parm you made us for dinner.

And instead of laughing myself silly, I flew off to the gym. Yay for me!

Now we're at the table enjoying each other's company as I blog away and he stares importantly at plan sets. Him: "It's not about making fun of your husband, I'm just going to start writing about you! 'Oh yeah she went to the gym but really was watching American Idol for Midgets!'" Me: "It's America's Next Top Model" 5' 7" and under... geesh.