Feeling 'female dog-ish' - BEWARE! Rant coming!

Ever just feel 'female dog-ish'? I've been dealing with constant traffic rudeness today. I can't take care of simple stuff for my family 'cause I'm not the 'man'. Trying my best to help others in my current community. Just feeling frustrated. Too much to do, not enough time.

I know I'm cranky when I want to buy flowers at the market. Flowers smell nice, they're pretty. They're fun. Seeing men who make so little money it's shameful walking the roads hoping for a ride, hearing about desperate need and feeling so powerless - it's frustrating. Seeing folks so full of needing to feel powerful, that they neglect to utilize or reach out to the resources around them. Seeing folks get into a power trip about 'helping' is bizarre. And yet, I see it here. Helping others isn't about feeling good yourself. It's about OTHERS.

I get people asking me all the time to help their kids (it's part of what I do). And my first thought is always, "Well, what are YOU doing? What have YOU tried? Or are you just trying to pawn off your responsibility onto someone else?" Granted, I'd never say this to some one directly, but some parents I just don't get.

I see a lot of garbage in other people's marriages over here (amongst the ex-pats). Affairs, 'kept' women in different countries, marriage for money and not for love etc, men paying for 'services'. Blah, blah, blah...the list goes on. But, the one that takes the cake...... Wife is possibly dying (being treated for cancer), husband sues for divorce, gets the housekeeper to testify against the wife in the HOME COUNTRY, then takes the kids away from the possibly dying mum to be raised by, essentially, the maid back here in the Middle East. What the $&*$ ? Really? How nasty can it get?

Yup. Female dog-ish. Had a good friend go in for a surgery (gynecological procedure). Insurance made her sit the morning of the surgery for 8 hours before approving it. The insurance was all kinds of worried that she was a single and IF she was a pregnant lady! Really? Wow. 8 hours. She's NEVER been pregnant! Insurance had blood work and ultrasound pics!

To ladies in Western Countries - don't flush your rights. Hang on to them with both fists squeezed tight. Do you live some place where people know how to wait their turn in a line? Appreciate it! Don't take it for granted!

Peace (I know I could sure use some). Maybe I should go flush some money on some pretty flowers.