Let me start off with a little housekeeping per se:Adele - Of course I remember you! I thought I had lost you to the abyss of the net! Glad to hear from you. I miss hearing about your adventures with your girls. I know it wasn’t you that left the ignorant comment and please don’t feel like you have to apologize. The person that left it knows who they are and my statement was directed at them. Please, Adele, feel free to drop in anytime!

FoX- Ahh… You are making me feel bad I can be an astonishingly sweet person, but as you probably know from reading my 101 facts and such, my pet peeve is people who are 2 faced and sneaky. The person who left me the ignorant comment embodies both of these characteristics and really annoyed me. When this happens, I admit, I can throw forth some lyrical lashings. You don’t have to worry though, I doubt any of this will ever be directed at you… Thanks for the idea about the cupboard. I will just tell my kids that mummy is playing hide and seek !

Spice- I have to agree with you on this. Through these last couple of days, I have noticed some of my own personal growth that I wasn’t previously aware of… and I am proud of my accomplishments. I have also realized where there is still some need for improvement and this is an excellent find as well!

Regan- Did you find it? I am doing great and am enjoying a slower, more relaxing weekend. Thanks

Polgara- My hubby and I have decided that it is much more fun to make this person “sweat it out” over when we will mention it to them. So, I am not going to release the name, but I will say that it is no one that most people on here know. We had a good laugh at the persons obvious ignorance. The things they said were funny, misspelled, and proved again why we don’t take their unsolicited advice seriously. I don’t want to go into more detail, but hopefully that will satisfy some of your curiosity.

SpoileChile- Welcome, welcome! I don’t know if you have checked out FoX’s blog yet, but he enjoys biking too. Our little community is quite nice and I am so lucky to have such great blogging buddies!

Now, down to my day… Let me start off by making it clear that I am in no way promoting drugs to youngsters. I do not partake of illegal drugs at the present time. I have children and they are very important to me. I will not and do not put myself in situations where my actions could harm them or my opportunity to raise them.

That being said… I had to take A to a “I’m too good for drugs” march this morning. She and her Focus Art group entered a banner into the march and this is the ONLY reason I brought her. Personally, I think a lot of these drug programs they have in schools around here are a bunch of hooey. Today, they had several schools, girl scout troops, etc enter banners into a contest and march around a neighborhood parade style carrying these banners. No one was watching this parade, except I did see a few teenagers walking past laughing hysterically over the whole thing. I was embarrassed. The rally had a marching band, free “too good for drugs” t-shirts, and balloons. I was given a t-shirt, but really, I’m not a snob and would feel like one wearing it. I have had my romp with drugs, enjoyed it for a bit, and am clean from them today. I would never give my child drugs or clap for them if I found out they were using them. I would definitely warn them of the dangers and keep an eye on the usage and activity level if it was possible. BUT I am a realist. I think more kids/people try drugs than not. I think this is normal. I could be wrong, but… its not likely. Secondly, in my realist position… Who the HELL is going to say “no” to drugs because when they were 8-years old they marched a half of mile in this ridiculous event. Come on! Then there are the contracts… “Hey, you want a hit this bong?” “oh, no 10 years ago I signed an I’m too good for drugs contract. I don’t want to violate this worthless document.”

I am sure some of you are aghast with what I have to say. I know that there is a good chance that my boys will try drugs. I want to be honest with them regarding my experience, educate them, but mostly be there for them if they need me and want them to feel comfortable to talk with me. I will probably lay awake at night worrying about them, but understand this is part of parenting, although it makes it none the easier.

My point being in this matter is that I think the money spent on events like this are wasted. I honestly can’t think of anyway that marches and contracts like these work. If you are in the middle of teenage angst or young adult discovery than all this stuff is out the window. You are gonna rage against what you have been told not to do. The most effective way, I believe, to educate and promote healthy behaviors would be to build stronger support systems for children and teens. These are the factors that drive to drugs!

I could go on and on regarding this topic, but realize this post is way too long as it is. If you have read through this entire thing… give yourself a gold star! And then go roll yourself up a nice big fat…

burrito! Yum!

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