M&M's and Mighty Merle

After a trip to Missouri on Monday (down and back, right at 12 hours of driving), with plenty of time to contemplate my misery - a memory trip if you will, I've come to some conclusions. One being that I should never mix M&M's and Merle Haggard for a long road trip. Some of Mighty Merle's words sure provided "mental fat to chew on." I particularly like "I'll be a hero when I strike"...and "You can't love me and still love to hurt me..."

Then today two of my cousins were in town and as we ran around enjoying Roy's BBQ and Stutzman's Nursery and Glenn's Bulk Food Store we had some pretty intense conversations. One of the comments made to me was that my "situation" was like the snake story. So after listening to a brief description, I looked it up on line. Here are the words to the song in question:

On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Poor thing," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
She wrapped him all cozy in a comforter of silk
And laid him by her fireside with some honey and some milk
She hurried home from work that night and soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken to had been revived
"Take me in, tender woman Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
She clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died"
She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks, the snake gave her a vicious bite
"Take me in, tender woman Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
"I saved you," cried the woman "And you've bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
"Take me in, tender woman Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake.

Can't say that I necessarily agree that this fits my situation, but I can "see where you're coming from"....

I think probably this post should end here. (And I promise...no more posts on this subject.)