I Suck at Compromising

Relationships and life are about compromises.  Recently, I took in a stray - my roommate.  Yes, he is a human.  He's not furry and I cannot dicipline him if he breaks the rules.  I am finding myself for the first time in 15 years living with someone.  Two years ago I sold my 1100sq ft house for a 1900 sq ft house because I felt like my first home was too small for me, my two furry children and a closet full of clothes.  How did I end up taking in a stray human?  Well, a need to conserve money while hemoraging it to build my dream (RockScar Love) will make me break a rule of never allowing anyone to live with me again unless I am married to them.  So, I find myself learning to compromise over space.  Now, RockScar Love's warehouse is my living room versus my much larger guest room.  I am no longer able to just leave dishes randomly in the sink when I don't feel like unloading the dishwasher, and his socks somehow seem to make into my underwear drawer.  I am 6 weeks into this new chapter of my life  -  taking on a grown man living in my home with his own ideas of how my house should be run.  Let's hope it lasts till RSL is making enough money to move into a warehouse or he might find himself homeless.

Bad Attitude, Rule Breaking and Back Talking Authority

When I was a little girl it was not uncommon for me to get in trouble for having a bad attitude, mouthing off to my parents or just intentionally breaking the rules.  I was always considered the "Trouble Child".  If authority told me to go left then I would go right and might even flick you a bird on the way out the door.  My stated philosophy has always been "life is about coloring outside the lines and breaking the rules".  Many people wonder where the sassy attitude for RockScar Love comes from?!?!  Well, it is that side of me that my parents tried to spank out of me as a kid!  Little did my parents know that it would carry me through a transplant one day and fuel my business creativity. 

Amy Tippins