One more year almost down

I am so excited. One of the last birthdays of the year is done and over. Only one more to go. I am almost done with all my Christmas shopping. I only have ONE more thing to buy. I can't believe how happy that makes me. Every time I have had to go anywhere to pick something up it makes me almost want to go into the mountains of Tibet and find a cave where no one will ever find me again. Seems much more safe that way to me! I can't believe another year is almost here. It is amazing how fast time is flying. When Mark and I first got together Jacob was 2 1/2- 3 years old, now he is eight. Growing like a weed and not far from out growing me. So painful to see. Not in a bad way either. I have come to realize one of the problems with Americans. We never slow down enough to enjoy the good things in life anymore. Everything is rushed, have to have a full schedule, have to have our kids in 50 different things so they barely have time to do their homework let alone have enough space in their heads to remember it. We feel we have so much to do when we really don't. Heaven forbid we be burdened by the very things that we gave life to. Much easier to sit them in front of a tv, with a remote in their hands playing highly inappropriate games that they shouldn't be playing let alone watching. We take everything for granted. We work more than anyone else in the world, and we value stuff over anything else. How can so much stuff make so many people seem so happy. What a load of crap. Everything we value is the total opposite of what we should be valuing. Look at drivers. Everyone on the road is either reading, talking, texting, or looking up something on their computers. They think they have to speed, cut people off, tailgate and just plan be rude. Do people not know that in a 60 mile drive, if you are going 5 miles over the speed limit you will get to your destination 3 minutes early? 3 minutes that is it. Why don't people get off their rear ends and leave 5 minutes early instead of what they do? People just think they are more important than everyone else and their for their actions are justified. No ones actions are justified because of that excuse. It is so silly. People need to stop being so self absorbed and realize that their are other people out there, doing the same as you, trying to get to work, to get to the doctor, airport, mall, whatever and everyone wants to get their in one piece along with their car in tact. If I didn't want to be around my family so darn much, I would so move somewhere small, and I mean small!!!!!! No traffic, no shopping malls, NO RUDENESS! It is no wonder so many people suffer from hyperactivity, and depression. Because the way they lead their life is depressing, why shouldn't they be depressed, and they have to be hyper to get through a day of the crap we are expected to accomplish just to impress our peers.
Well now that I am done ranting, I just wanted to say that I am so very excited that I have all but one thing on my list to buy, and that another year is almost gone and done with. That isn't as negative as it sounds either. I just couldn't find a better, happier way to put it.