Today I awoke with a cat on my bed and a dog beside the bed. The dog is not mine, but the cat is. As I lay there thinking what the day held in store, and it suddenly dawned on me, that I had no reason whatsoever to leave my little bed. Oh, sure the dog and cat need fed and let out for a bathroom break, but other than that I could just lay there all day and no one would know, or care.
Once upon a time I had a mother, father, 4 brothers, 4 sisters, aunts, uncles and lots of cousins. I had friends galore. I had places to go and people to see, but sadly that has all changed. My family is all gone except for one sister that I never talk to or see. The one friend that I had for many years moved down south some where. She had a daughter who was very disrespectful to me and my "brood", so we stopped communication. The friends that I made here in Colorado have mostly died , or pissed me off for one reason or another. I have no room in my life for deceit, disrespect, and judgementalists. So I guess, as Mother would say, "I have made my own bed and now I can just sleep in it". We all know how wise my Mother was!
I live in a 2400 square foot house, all by myself. I have a cat. The cat loves me. I have 7 geese who do not! They depend on me for food, water and a shed to keep them safe from the foxes and such. Bret was 8 when I got the geese as babies. He is 32 now. Geese, under ideal conditions will live about 16 years. This makes mine 24 years old. Every morning when I go to let them out, I expect to find one with his feet in the air, but it has not happened yet. Someone suggested that I give them to the zoo so they could use them as food for the lions. That is not happening.
I have always said that when the geese die off, of natural causes, I will sell this place and move somewhere else. My destination is not set in stone, just so it is some where else. I entertained the idea of buying a small van and just going from place to place, but even that seems like a lot of work. I could just call someone to handle an estate sale for me and walk out the door with one suitcase. That actually is the most appealing scenario at this point. I could visit each of my kids for a month at a time. They would be glad to see me twice that way (once when I came and once when I left!)
But for today, I will let the geese out of their pen so they can play in the pond I built for them in the garden area. I am toying with the idea of planting fruit trees in the garden area. If I cut down the cottonwood tree, I can fit 2 peach , 2 apricot, and 2 cherry trees in that area. Or I can just drink another cup of coffee and wait for Jeopardy! to come on this afternoon. I love that show. I turn it on at 3:00 and then I wake up about 4:00.
Peace!
