This last little while has been a giant lesson in patience.
The hot water tap in the bathroom stopped working. Every trip to every store resulted in the store not carryng the thing I went for, or me forgetting to get the thing I went for, or some other ridiculous scenario.
Every appointment was late. Everything required more paperwork. Everything took just one extra step to finish. The garbage people didn't take all the garbage. The washer was running with the last load of laundry and suddenly someone found the thing they needed washed. There was always a missing ingredient for every recipe. There was always a strange smell somewhere in the kitchen, but also nowhere, and what on earth does that even mean??
If I could lose it, I did. I misplaced essays I was supposed to type, I forgot to call people I was supposed to call, I repeatedly sat down at the computer to do a specific task and stood up a few minutes later, walked away, and realized I hadn't done the task. Times hundred. Over and over again.
If a pot could boil over or an oven start smoking - it did. Did the toilet get clogged and every drain in the house slow down? Why yes! Did the defrosting milk develop a hole and leak everywhere? Sure! Did the cat throw up? Did all five people in the house get summer colds? Did I nick myself shaving my legs? Did we run out of all the things - like baking soda and butter and eggs and bread and balsamic vinegar and fresh vegetables and apparently all of the fruit? YES!
We planned a family walk and got lost driving there. We went to a dr. appointment and got stuck behind a road-hogging convoy of motorcycles. Guests dropped in unexpectedly and I hadn't done any dishes. Like...any. The meeting I was prepared for was cancelled. The ice cream store was closed when we went to get ice cream. I didn't have enough money with me to do the laminating I had to get done when I was AT the laminating place, so we just went home.
Games crashed on the tablet, clothespins broke apart in my hand as I hung clothes, someone stacked wood on my dahlias, no one changed the sliver of soap in the shower for an actual bar of soap for the next person (ME). A water bottle got upended in the car and soaked into the upholstery. Someone told me I needed to be more organized. I got a migraine.
The berry place closed early and I didn't get to pick blueberries this year. The fridge is making an odd noise. The children went crazy in all of the stores I entered. I had insomnia and tossed and turned. The 7yo has decided she wants to eat a vegetarian supper once a week and also remembered I said we'd do a nice joint birthday party for all the kids before summer is over. I have finally admitted that all my beautiful flower seeds resulted in only a few teeny, mostly non-flowering plants.
I just wanted to tell you this because if you also had a terrible couple of weeks, then solidarity. It ain't easy out there.
Peace.
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