30 Days Take Two - Grinches and Clauses

Ok so I had so much fun doing the 30 days of thankful I have a new monthly post and I hope you will follow along, commenting and doing you own daily blogging. So since its Christmas we could so something about the greatest gifts or something that brings you joy but really after five days I don’t know if I could do the gifts thing without getting bored and joy is pretty much the same thing as thankful.

So after some thinking I thought we could do the opposite. To get in the Christmas spirit let’s vent a little and dish on our not so favorite personal Grinches. So what is a Grinch exactly? Now I’m not following the Dr. Seuss version of a grumbly old green monster who wants to steal Christmas cheer exactly. My definition is anyone or thing that tries to steal your Christmas mojo or overall just annoys you and like the Who’s of Whoville who all gathered around to sing the Grinch into the Christmas spirit maybe our good hearted venting will make all our personal Grinches lighten up to. So hats off to Dr. Seuss for an awesome inspiration and let’s start dishing!

But in the honor of the Christmas spirit and since the Who’s did all sing their Christmas cheer. I’ve also decided we should do our Clauses (as in Santa Claus) too. Now my new made up definition for a Claus is anyone or anything who helps bring you Christmas mojo or good cheer. A Claus is the exact opposite of a Grinch. So lets melt our Grinch's hearts with all this good Christmas cheer!

So odd days are Grinches and even days are Clauses – not too complicated right?

So let’s get started and since it’s an odd day it’s time for my first Grinch…

My first Grinch is Mean Girls. You know who I’m talking about and if you don’t there is a pretty good Lindsay Lohan movie of the same title that will tell you all you need to know. Unfortunately you don’t leave the Mean Girls in high school. They and their male counterpart - is there a name for that? I don’t know and so for the purpose of this blog guys and girls are Mean Girls. Anyway, Mean Girls will follow you and torment you or some other poor unsuspecting soul the rest of your/their life.

I’m not sure why Mean Girls are what they are. They are a bunch of theories – Google it if you have time. My personal theory is they are sad little people who are jealous for whatever reason of you or said victim. And to be a clique by definition it seems you have to shun someone else.

Now we’ve all been guilty of the occasional eye roll or mean comment behind someone’s back but Mean Girls take it a step further. They are unrepentant bitches. They aren’t afraid to talk about you in front of your face, they’ll challenge your authority, they’ll make fun of people for no reason and generally just act like complete and utter snots. They are sixteen year old girls trapped in a grown man/woman’s body. They delight in making other people feel bad and try to delude everyone into thinking their clique is the best.

So Mean Girls repent and be happy with who you are. First off, we can all see you trying to hide behind your hands while you gossip about us behind (or in front of) our backs. We get it that you have better hair, clothes, house, friends, etc than us and frankly we don’t care. Not to mention seeing a middle-aged woman or man behave like a sixteen year old Mean Girl just comes across as desperate and sad. And chances are half your friends are probably sick of your Mean Girl attitude too but are too scared to say it to your face. So lighten up and grow up.