I sent this email out at work this morning to family and friends ... thought perhaps my faithful readers might like to see how my brain works sometimes! (Warning, there is a curse word or two in here)
This is what I sent out:
Good Morning All,
Thought you might enjoy a little peek into my life these
days (well just yesterday and today).
- Wednesday, 5 p.m. – Pulled into the alley, see a huge amount of dust, think for a brief moment, what the heck! Pull up to my yard, see John Brighton, mulching my mountain of leaves. Pulls at my heartstrings just a bit, as that is generally where I found Doug at the end of the day in the fall.
- Wednesday, 5:30 – Start emptying pots and containers outside … such a sense of accomplishment.
- Wednesday, 10ish p.m. – Messaging with April on the phone just a little bit … both of us exhausted and not yet unpacked from the amazing wedding weekend.
- Wednesday, 10:41 p.m. – DOORBELL RINGS – yep, you guessed it, I froze in the chair, if I pretend it’s not happening it’s not … RIGHT? … WRONG
- Wednesday, 10:42 p.m. – Peek out front window, doorbell rings again, go out back, see a van in the alley, don’t know the vehicle.
- Wednesday, 10:43 p.m. – Strain to see out back, to see who’s at the door, can’t see, go and BRAVELY open the door, cell phone in hand. NO one THERE!
- Wednesday, 10:44 p.m. – Heart racing, hand on open door, doorbell rings again … I walk SLOWLY to the front door, can’t see because it’s dark, flip on light, peer through window at the landing. Some lady is standing there. I open door, she tells me I’m parked in front of her garage, she’s renting from the neighbor.
- Wednesday, 10:45 p.m. – Go outside in my robe, tennis shoes, move car, and hope the cold night air will jump start my heart that is pounding.
- Wednesday, 10:51 p.m. – Sitting in chair, major meltdown, oh yes, MAJOR … quite amusing even to myself. Because who’s going to save me from the boogie mans now, who’s going to answer the door in the middle of the night (yeah it rings so often), who’s going to find the flashlight when the electricity goes out, who’s going to be my protector and hero … oh yeah, I was a great mess … seriously, you have to giggle, because it is kind of funny the dither I got myself worked up into!
- Wednesday, 11:30 p.m. – Make decision to ask Steve to put a peep hole on front door as well as back door.
- Wednesday, 1:11 a.m. – Shut off light, put down phone, and hope sleep overtakes the OVER-ACTIVE imagination!
This brings us to Thursday … yes today!
- Thursday, 6:45 – Shut off alarm, roll over go back to sleep
- Thursday, 7:00 – Must have shut off second alarm, go back to sleep (not on purpose)
- Thursday, 7:30 – SHIT … I’ve overslept
- Thursday, 8:32 – Walk out the door, cute, but still very late!
- Thursday, 8:32.5 – SHITTTTTTTTTTTTT … I don’t have my car keys, they are inside, along with my HOUSE KEYS, PANIC PANIC PANIC … if only I’d listened to Steve and hid a key so I could get back into the house … dang dang dang … I hate admitting someone is right, I’m wrong, much less a MAN!
- Thursday, 8:34 or 8:35 – Another little bit of what I like to refer to as a MELTDOWN
- Thursday, 8:36ish – Kicking myself, trying to decide what to do … hit the door in frustration … and IT OPENS … Uh huh … that door doesn’t always pull shut.
- Thursday, 8:37 – In car, thinking I’m going to be OK
- Thursday, 9:04 – In work parking lot, in car, putting keys safely in purse … NO PHONE … second time in one month … NO PHONE … not sure if it’s still on the bed, in the bathroom, on the counter, in the fridge, perhaps in the bread drawer … but it’s NOT with ME!
- Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – done confessing … I do feel much better, whew!
Hope you have a fabulous day … I know mine is on its way to being BETTER!
Until Soon,
Vic
Vickie, what you need is some grandkids to brighten your days! I'm babysitting Tressa's kids for a couple of days and this morning Hayden told me he needed pop for breakfast because juice makes him "ugly"! Never a dull moment!
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