I created Random Thoughts area because these are thoughts that have nothing to do with anything. I just thought of them randomly.

I just bought some new shoes. I remember when shoes came with all the same laces. When did shoes changed from flat laces to the tube laces? I hate those tube laces they never stay tied and they are always so long. So now when I buys shoes have to buy flat shoe laces. Since I have to buy new shoe laces it does force my creative side to come out. I say this because white, black and brown shoe laces are boring unless that is all that comes in the length I need. But I like to buy the funky laces. Unfortunately this time had to buy black laces. Oh well next time.

Driving around yesterday and I was wondering why people still have their Christmas decorations up. I understand the lights on the house as long as they don’t put them on at night. Those things are a pain to put up, easier to just leave them there. But the decorations in the yard? Is that necessary? Are you that lazy that you can’t put those away? There is house behind us that still has their candy canes in the yard. Seriously Christmas was almost two months ago. It’s going to be Easter soon.

I am starting to read more books. When I was younger I read all the time. Now that the internet is so popular I lost my way from books to the internet. I read a lot of things during the day but not books. At one time I could had fill a little room with all the books I had. Finally I went through them and donated a lot of books that I just wasn’t going to read. Some of these books I have had for years! Some of my books I couldn’t part with. A lot of the books I couldn’t find digital replacement for. Some I just really like and would read them again. I separate those books to some books I have to read and get rid of. What sucks though is some are sequels and I know when I get to them I am not going to remember the first book. My own fault. Then I was wondering why all books aren’t digital? I was discussing with my husband and he said because if a book doesn’t have a demand for it why make it digital. True! But some books out there are crap yet they are digital. So I guess really don’t understand that.

Another thing I don’t understand is checks. What is this? The year before the 2000’s? Confession I have never successfully written a check. I say it that way because I have always had someone fill out most of it. I remember in school they would teach you how to write a check. I figure better to pay with cash back then. Why isn’t everything electronic now? Even if you don’t have cash let’s say food stamps. I was on those for a bit in my life. Food stamps aren’t food stamps anymore they were at one time. Instead of stamps they give you a card. You know a pre-paid card. Even the state got with the program. I think they should just get rid of the check most people just don’t know how to fill them out anyways. Let’s just go with card instead. It’s so much easier or pay with cash.

I re-watch BBC’s Sherlock Holmes last episode of the year 2014 the bad guy and Sherlock explore their Mind Palace. I always called my Mind Palace my imagination but I decided this is a cool idea. So now I am going to call my imagination the Mind Castle instead of Mind Palace because I can imagine a castle instead of a palace for some reason.

My Mind Castle is a like a library of useless and useful things. I like to walk in its many isles and pick the next subject to leisurely ponder over. There are many places to sit and wonder away, sometimes a beautiful island where it is warm or sit in outer space floating away while music is playing. If I go far enough in the library there is a section of just doors of files already created. Choose any door and experience a whole new chapter of an existing file waiting for its main character to arrive, which is me.

I have done many things in these files; I am a villain, a hero, rock star, world traveler, lived in many neat houses or castles, time traveler, kicked ass in a zombie apocalypse, a queen, rode dragons, have magical powers, superhero, solved crimes, created cures, flew without an airplane, met celebrities, became a vampire and many, many more roles. Seriously, I go on forever!

My Mind Castle can also be useful. Like going over to the serious section of the castle and sit in a big comfy chair in front of the fire place, this place is where all my worries are. This place I can cry and not have to use a tissue. I worry about a lot things because I am human. I worry about very minor things to large things. Some worries never go away like money, health, etc. While some are minor and go away. Some can be huge and it feels like a big piece of garbage that was clean out and no longer needs to be added to.

In another part of castle is place where problem arise. This place looks like some kind of secret government faculty where everyone has white lab coats on. The most brilliant people are there and yes some are fictional. Anyways there is a huge white board in a very large room where all the people are solving problems, my problems. This place gives me the freedom to ponder over the problems and really think about them. Of course a lot of people have told me, I think about some stuff too much but in my defense I like to see all the options even when there is only one.

Also my favorite part of the castle is the creative part, this where all my really cool poems come from. My creativity is important to me and I to get hang out with all my favorite fictional characters and go on adventures with them. Or maybe write poems or articles about them. I also like doing creative things like color, cross-stitch, crochet and many, many other creative things.

My Mind Castle is a wonderful tool to use when I need to escape from life for a while or need to really think about things. So, if you see me staring into the abyss, I am actually in my Mind Castle having fun or working on today’s problems.