You’re only blessed if you believe you are
I had a mini meltdown this morning – Julio was coming to do the floors and I figured I couldn’t do anything at the house so I might as well get other things accomplished. So I had a list – of course – and on my way to Pilates I realized I forgot the drycleaning and a pair of shoes for the cobbler. So I had a hissy fit – that I’m overwhelmed – that I can’t do every last thing by myself – that ….
Then I gathered myself and came back and got the drycleaning and decided I would just be late to Pilates. So now I’m back on my way to Pilates when I get a phone call that lo and behold Lowes has another washing machine and they are bringing it out first thing this morning! So now I can’t go to the drycleaners or the cobblers.
So I get inside and am doing Pilates and about ten minutes before it ends I decide to leave so I can run drop the clothes off on the way to go meet Lowes. I get two minutes from the Pilates studio and am trapped like a rat in parade traffic and have to maneuver my way back to the other side and finally I pull up in front of the house and it dawns on me that these clothes are not getting in before Mardi Gras – as MG has a way of taking over.
Inside is Julio who shows me how my oven has been dragged across the living room floor into the kitchen and has created almost tire treads as well as there are paint splotches everywhere – this is all going to cost me – he informs me also that I owe him $300. And so I have another hissy fit and call Steve – who calls Julio – who then says don’t worry about it. But backstory – remember Julio had to do the floors before I was ready because I wouldn’t get him otherwise and it costs $300 to cover the floors – and I told Steve I wouldn’t pay and he said don’t worry about it. Now I have to pay extra because Giovanni slopped paint here and there.
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
So then I see that Joe has left a bunch of wood on the side of the house and so I put it in the truck and decide to dispose of it myself. As I’m driving back from the LaLa to the Can I am starting another hissy fit about how the hell am I going to get rid of this wood and I should have sawed it up and suddenly I hit a pothole and all the wood goes flying out of the back of the truck. I’m stopped in the middle of the road picking it up and cussing under my breath when a guy pulls up and says, Miss, can I have that lumber?
He takes all of the lumber and the bag of insulation and tells me that God sent me to him today. Now I have to say to myself – self, when are you going to get up and realize that world is full of so many wonderful things, and if you focus on all the petty details it is just going to weigh you down and what did Lena Horne say – It’s not the burden that wears you down, it’s how you carry it.