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Ah yes, the tide-turning words Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery Ghandi spoke to Izzie last night on Grey’s Anatomy…so true. Yes. So true.

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m about to embark on a new semester tomorrow, or because I’m going through my bi-annual Work at Home Funk…but that quote really hit a nerve with me. I so desperately want to be the change I wish to see in the world, especially on a professional level. I keep thinking that if I lead by example…good things might happen, and some sort of positive change will be effected.

But, kinda like Izzie, I keep losing the lion fights. I keep jumping in - I suppose - because I am hard-wired biologically to do so. Either that or I’m that gazelle on National Geographic who simply does a good job of hiding and running between safe spot and safe spot, thinking she’s in the fight when she’s really not.

Gah. Listen to me. As excited as I am when each semester ends because really, I need the break…I actually do look forward to school starting up again. It sounds rather pathetic, but during those twelve consecutive weeks, three times a year…I feel smart. I feel like I can do more than quote Grey’s Anatomy, tell you in what country Mariah Carey picked up a marriage license this week, and explain to our technical support folks for the eighty bajillionth time that Windows XP is not a browser.

People in my classes now take an interest in what I have to say, and in at least a couple of circles…I am actually sought out by people to work on teams. I have so much to offer, and the only thing worse than not seeing anyone take advantage of that…is the distressing realization that I’m not really putting it out there. After four years in the same job, you realize your professional life is beginning to pass you by and if you don’t catch up, you run the very real risk of becoming irrelevant.

On an up note (because really, this post so far has been quite the downer)…I’ve coined a new phrase: “eco-trendy.” This word describes those folks who embrace the environmental or “green” movement…sorta. They’re the people who shop with me at Market Street and tote around their hip canvas grocery bags, then later hop into their Expeditions and drive away.

They’re also the folks who drive cutesy hybrid vehicles…and then water their lawns three times a week. During the middle of the day…in the sweltering Texas heat.

What would be some other examples of “eco-trendiness”?

Oh, and the other word which is sweeping the Snarkwife/UberHusband household…”old timey.” We love that one…as in, “Check out the old timey mustache on that guy” or, “Pensions and retirement gifts are such quaint, old timey notions.”

Man…what a manic post. Must be Friday.