I sit down at the end of the night and I think nothing much has really happened, I worked, I did a few chores, I watched TV. It’s not true though. When I review my photos for the day I see that Josh, the new manny showed up with 5 kids in tow and they all had a great time in the pool which is now much warmer. Proof of that being that even Lukas went in! My new arched gateway has arrived and I need to put it together soon. Lukas found a wasp nest in my little library. Good thing it was still small and there was only one unhappy wasp when I knocked it out of there with the rake. There was a big earthquake in Mexico which led me to reach out immediately to Mau who was a homestay student here the year I moved back and I will always call him Grandson. He responded immediately that he was not shaken and that it was his high school graduation! I watched the live feed and although it was all in Spanish and I was trying an interpreter app that only gave me snippets, I was moved and so happy to share that with him.
At one point to day I took a picture of the Temp as it had reached the forecasted high of 29. Later in the day I noticed it was up to 33 and my indoor was up to 27. After the grad live stream I went out to mow the lawn as it was getting so long it was nearly impossible to cut. It took a lot of effort and I was exhausted and boiling when I was done so I came in, turned on all fans with windows and doors open, threw a freezie in my water bottle, added a shot of Vodka and coloured while I watched AGT. So much talent out there, it is inspiring.
It got me thinking though that all those people rely on us being able to get together and be entertained. I am sure the show will soon end as they run out of pre-taped episodes. There is no return to normal. This is it. What we get is what we get. I can’t help but think that I am living in the opening monologue of every post-apocalyptic movie I have ever seen. My step-grandma Laureen once told me that she was proud of me for being skilled in so many areas. I would be able to survive the next thing. She said people who could only do one thing well were going to be in trouble if it wasn’t their thing that was needed when things went sideways. She had lived through the Depression Era so I listened. She was a nurse, I think that particular profession will always be needed. I took what she said to heart and try to be self sufficient. I do wonder though if my need to branch out, have multiple jobs and options with a flowing schedule is a reaction to the times. I shall have to think on that. I have always done well being self-employed but I need to make choices that may be permanent. Preparing to not be a burden is definitely new to me. Maybe this is my midlife crisis! I have always said I was going to live to be 105 and I am 57 now. Right on schedule!!
triumphgal 