Kristine Joy, Writer

To Whom It May Concern and FWIW,*

• I need for Jalen Brunson’s head to not snap back independent of his body and/or by cause of any physical contact by the opposing team.
  • I need to retract that statement if Jalen Brunson has a diagnosed tick that causes his head to engage in such violent Jalen-in-the-Box pops up and immediately gets imaginatively punched in the face.
    • I needed for my frustration with Brunson to be negated by my unintended pun; following back-to-back-to-back Pacer offense via a 3 pointer, dunk and steal for a lay-up, I said, “Holy Buckets“.

• Speaking of snapping, I needed for a slow rainy day at the golf course to be interrupted by an (on/off) course turtle. No animals were harmed in the shooing of said turtle into a garbage can via usage of a driver; he/she was safely returned to the river.
  • I later asked my co-workers for the craziest event in their time at the golf course:
    • #1: The Derecho! Employees were laying on the floor of the bathrooms while the roof was torn off the Clubhouse as trees fell left, right and on the Clubhouse.
      • 980 trees were lost; many of them 100+ year old oaks and pines! 😲 🌳 🌳 🌳 
        • The 100 year old poison ivy was left intact.
    • #2: A driver in a high speed chase turned onto the course and attempted to drive over a cart path bridge. The high speed chase ended because the car came to a halt because the bridge was not wide enough. They had to bring in a crew to extract the car from the bridge’s grip.

• I need to add Disney Kris to my first and last name aliases on the About page.
  • Everyone shakes their head and acts as if they don’t know me when Disney employees tell me not to run, but they somehow keep pace enough to be first in line for the best attraction upon park opening.
    • Strangely, my friends and family aren’t complaining when we get there. In fact, they’re all sporting their “I’m with Disney Kris 👉” shirts.
      • And for the record, what Disney employees constitute as “running” for me, I would strongly argue is closer to Olympic Race Walking.

• I needed for my young hip friend to say this to my not as young hip friend:

Not As Young Hip Friend: Did you see that meme?

Young Hip Friend (deadpan): Um, it’s actually pronounced me me, as in you and me me.

Not As Young Hip Friend: Seriously? Wow, I’m an idiot!

• I need to inform you that the Not As Young Hip Friend is the furthest from an idiot that you can imagine; she was a Federal Prosecutor for 20 years! #brainly

• I needed to have lived seemingly different and quite interesting decades in my last 40 years!
  • Ages 5-15: Child at Play
  • Ages 15-25: Professional Student, DI Athlete
  • Ages 25-35: Coach, Operations & Marketing Director, Volunteer Firefighter, Semi-Pro Tennis and Ultimate Frisbee, Wife of a Husband Entrenched in the Poker Industry
  • Ages 35-45: Coach, College Professor, App Developer, Ironman Competitor, Reality TV Contestant, Pickleball Pro, Wife of a Coach
  • Ages 45+: Assortment From ☝️ + Writer

• While mowing the front yard, I checked the notification on my watch FOUR times before reaching the conclusion that the FIFTH time would also and still be our RING camera. I needed to have figured this out after the FIRST time. 🤦‍♀️
  • I need for my husband to be okay with me mowing the yard because it’s how I was raised (see You Can Lead a Horse to Water) and because his surgically semi-repaired knees (both of them) won’t allow for it.
    • I need him to know how appreciative I am that he does ALL of the laundry and MOST of the dishes because I’d much rather spend that time mowing the lawn.

• I need for my neighbor, when I’M the one voluntarily doing the digging to help plant THEIR 15 foot tree, to not repeatedly ask me if I’d rather use the spade instead of the shovel.
  • “For the 18th time, no, I’d rather use the apparatus that removes 3-4x the volume so that I only have to do this 50x instead of 150-200x.”

• I needed to hear that my friend’s 13 and 10 year old sons used the 4-wheeler to bring the trailer up to the driveway and then proceeded to properly hook the trailer up to the truck by themselves!
  • I needed to not be with my friend in said truck and trailer when she went to the City to pick up free mulch and ended up hardcore denting the back of her husband’s truck when she jackknifed the trailer.
    • We should have sent the youngsters to get the job done!

I appreciate your readership. I need the validation as writer; if there is a like or heart icon for you to depress, I’d most appreciate the support!

Sincerely,

K.J. Sculling

* The content is presented as “needs”, and some of them may front a harsh reality that evoke strong emotions. Others are expressed in pure jest to entertain myself (and maybe you?!?). Ultimately, the notion that we all live in a more idyllic world is at the core and not actual need. Life can be tough; regardless of your own circumstances, please keep up the fight because life can also be grand! The idea of ‘I Need…’ stemmed from my thought process while sitting at a red light listening to the song, Alright by Darius Rucker, on the radio (you can read the original ‘Idealist’ post here and all ‘Idealist’ posts here). If you’re inspired to submit your own ‘Idealist’ “needs” for future reader write-in posts, I’d love to hear from you via this form.