Sanity is not in any of these places

I apologize for disappearing. Seeking sanity is a time-consuming event -- kind of like a scavenger hunt on crack. Where have I been seeking this elusive elixir? Well, the usual places, of course. In case you're seeking your own sanity, I will save you some time by telling you some places NOT to look, for I surely found no sanity in these locations: at the bottom of a half gallon of ice cream -- no matter how many treasures for how few calories it offers; in a tube of cream that promises to eliminate those not-so-funny laugh lines; on the clearance rack of your favorite store, not even the "perfect" lime green sweater that reminds you of those fun nights at rollerskating rinks; in a bottle of hair dye that does make you look younger, but that just makes the grays that more noticeable as they rear their ugly heads; in a pile of books you "should" read and "wish you had read" but that just don't even remotely interest you as the ones you WANT to read; in a magazine full of amazingly fit athletes who look just like you -- or at least how you envision yourself looking until you look in the next place most definitely NOT to seek sanity. . . the mirror. Will I stop seeking sanity in these places? Well, some. I certainly can stop looking in containers of ice cream (because all the cute ice cream shops will be opening, so I can surely find sanity in serving-size cones!). I also can stop buying the books I should have read because, well, I very likely will not finish the ones I own, but at least I can impress myself when I look at them. I most definitely will stop seeking sanity on the clearance racks. I mean, who wants to walk by all those new-right-now-full-priced items anyway? The hair dye and eye cream. . . they may not bring me sanity, but they do seem to bring the illusion of youth, and I ask you, what's more sane than wanting to look younger?!? Riddle me that, Batman. ;-) OK, well this covers all the places I DID NOT find sanity. My next blog . . . whenever that may be . . . will cover where I DO find sanity.