10 Stupid Things Women do to Mess Up Their Lives

It's a book.

Sounds like a good read, eh?

I've had it on my shelf for years.  Dr. Laura (I'm not even going to spell her last name, because I can't) is a radio personality who used to host therapy on her show.  I have 2 general memories about my dad and getting in his pick-up.  Either Rush Limbaugh was on, or Dr. Laura.  So I had a little exposure to her growing up.  She's quite the lady. 

One morning, I was just staring at my bookshelf, and my eyes kept coming back to this book.  So I started reading it.  She goes through 10 things women do in their lives that adds extra baggage and heartache to our lives...which is stupid.  She uses a lot of examples from her talk show, people calling in and being fed up with their relationship and that moment of realization of, "yeah, that was stupid of me, what was I thinking..." 

The chapters go through being stupid in not having self-esteem and relying on a less-than-par guy to give you that.  Not going to happen.  Having babies to make a guy stay, not having any goals but only following his, not being yourself, putting guys before children.  Although a lot of these situations will not happen for me, there is a lot of truth in all of it that we can be smart and avoid.

My problem in reading this is that I will never finish the book.

Why?

It got stolen.
Out of my car.

Yep, I was on the last chapter of the book, and had it in my gym bag, on the front seat of my car.  When I left work, I saw glass everywhere by my passenger door.  Are you kidding me?  It was a mess.  All they took was my favorite black bag, my favorite workout ensemble...including my favorite sports bra, and that book.  Stupid thing I did to mess up my life was leave my workout clothes in my room.  Or was it needing to workout...not sure.  The thing is, I totally thought earlier that day, "don't leave that on the front seat."  Grr.  The whole ordeal was quite devastating.  I was already a mess that week because of stupid things men do to mess up their lives.  Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't have just sat in my backyard and sobbed.  Kind of pathetic, but I think we all have our breaking points, and clearly someone breaking into my car is mine.  But all in all, it was a good experience. I have some great people in my life as a support.  Not a stupid thing to do.

I recommend the book...let me know how that last chapter is :0)