It's hard to dance with the devil on your back

What ever happened to good, honest, dependable men and women of their word? now a day we don't have to be dependable, or people of our word because if we change our minds it's as easy as shooting a text. Even breaking up with people is made easier through texting! If we make plans, then something else (or something better some would say) comes up no harm, no foul, we can just get on our cell phones and call or text our regrets, or reschedule. This way we are being dependable, without actually committing. That is the famous "C-word" of our generation. Commitment. That's what it all boils down to ladies and gents! We don't actually stand people up anymore if we aren't where we say we'll be because either they call us and ask, or we call them saying we got lost, or we are late, or we just plum forgot!

Really though I want good ole fashioned dependability! If you tell me you are going to be somewhere be there! I recently had a little flash back experience that actually inspired this blog topic. My phone had died, and my roommate Alli and I had said that we were going to meet back at our apartment, drop my car off, and then head to a party together in her car. Well I get home, Alli is no where to be seen. Remember my phone is dead, so there is no way for either of us to get in contact with one another. So I am sitting, waiting...luckily it's a nice night, so it's not too bad outside, but I am so annoyed! We planned to meet back at the house, and here I am sitting outside for 20min waiting for her!

I have no idea where she is, and while I speculate for a second that she could have gotten a flat tire on the side of the road and I have no idea, honestly I don't know where she could be! A good half hour later, after I'd gone inside, changed a lightbulb, checked the mail, and charged my phone Alli comes cruising down the parking lot. REALLY?!?! Yeah it was quite annoying, but it just taught me a very valuable lesson. When you tell someone you are going to be somewhere do it! What if we didn't have cell phones. What then? What would you do? Be dependable NOW!