| Apr. 28th, 2006 @ 06:27 am Aaarrggh! |
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This morning I was sitting here on the couch feeling overwhelmed. The barn hasn't moved an inch forward--I'm still waiting for my excavator to dig out the stumps. Things at school are rough right now and taking a lot of physical and thinking time. Soon school is going to impede on my building time with two Sunday events in a row. My house is a mess. I'm still having water problems. Wah, wah, wah. I was sitting here thinking, "this sucks" when sudddenly, but quietly, the unmistakable odor of skunk came wafting my way.
I sniffed. I snorted. Was it me? A faint trace of our previous skunk encounters? No. Of course it's not me. Faint? Not anymore. AAAARRRGGH! Jesse and all three cats are outside. Aaarrrgh! I ran outside, sniffing all the way. "JESSSSEE!!" (no dog in their right mind would come to someone using the tone of voice I was using). Luckily, Jesse was feeling generous this morning and came running, full tilt, directly at me from over by the neighbors. Emmett was in hot pursuit.
She smelled normal. Emmett smelled normal. Ada was inside. Thank goodness! It's not us! It's not us! It's not us! Poppy has yet to turn up but I saw her this morning and she's far too lazy to get sprayed by a skunk.
So, essentially, this was a nice little way of being reminded that things are rough, but not *that* rough.
Some might say that things can and will always get worse but I look at this morning as a blessing. It'll all work out. Peace. Peace. |