I let the doggie out early. Early to me is 4:30 AM today. Sometimes early is 2:00. It all depends on what time I wake up and what the prospects are of falling back to sleep. It just seems kind of futile to lay there and wait for sleep to come when my mind is racing and I know there is not any hope of the arms of the sleep goddess cradling me into the oblivion that I welcome. Back to the point.
I let the doggie out and of course he wants me to walk around with him, because he is apparently afraid of the dark. I am here to tell you that fall is in the air! I know it is hard to imagine when the afternoon sun warms us up to 100+ degrees, but it is coming. The trees have the gentle rustle that tells me the leaves are drying and soon they will be yellow and falling. Where did the time go!
It seems it was last week that I was poking around to find the Crocus that grow by the car port. I was unhooking the hoses when I used them so that if it froze I would not lose the hydrant. I was going to have a yard sale! What happened with that? Course I was going to have one of those last year and did not make it. I did not even get the things that keep your neck cool made for the migrant workers. Were there any migrant workers? Are tomatoes ready to be canned? This year went by so fast!
Wait a minute! My whole life has gone by like a blur! I am now old. At least I think I am old. I do not feel old, but I look at the obituaries daily in hopes my name is there and find people way younger than me. My great grandmother lived to be 104 and until the last month of her life she was puttering in Aunt Mabel's kitchen and had all her wits about her. On that scenario I could be looking at another 30 years. Ah, come on, God! Give me a break here! That is a lot of putting on of the night gown and a lot of brushing of the teeth and filling the gas tank about 720 more times. Let's put this in perspective here!
I have been a good girl, most of the time. I have not killed anyone and tried to be honest. I help my fellow man and can count on one finger how many times I have been drunk in the last 45 years. I have pretty well followed the 10 commandments. I do not steal, cheat or bear false witness, and pay my tithe at the church most of the time. I am way too old to be dying young.
I guess I might as well accept things as they are. That means I have to get dressed again today. I have to pick the grandson up from pre-school and then the good part will begin. 5 hours later I will deliver him to his daddy and I will be worn to a frazzle. I guess when it is all said and done, life is good.
But I hate to think that it is fall already, but the signs are all there!
Have a good one, because we never know when it will be our last one.
I let the doggie out and of course he wants me to walk around with him, because he is apparently afraid of the dark. I am here to tell you that fall is in the air! I know it is hard to imagine when the afternoon sun warms us up to 100+ degrees, but it is coming. The trees have the gentle rustle that tells me the leaves are drying and soon they will be yellow and falling. Where did the time go!
It seems it was last week that I was poking around to find the Crocus that grow by the car port. I was unhooking the hoses when I used them so that if it froze I would not lose the hydrant. I was going to have a yard sale! What happened with that? Course I was going to have one of those last year and did not make it. I did not even get the things that keep your neck cool made for the migrant workers. Were there any migrant workers? Are tomatoes ready to be canned? This year went by so fast!
Wait a minute! My whole life has gone by like a blur! I am now old. At least I think I am old. I do not feel old, but I look at the obituaries daily in hopes my name is there and find people way younger than me. My great grandmother lived to be 104 and until the last month of her life she was puttering in Aunt Mabel's kitchen and had all her wits about her. On that scenario I could be looking at another 30 years. Ah, come on, God! Give me a break here! That is a lot of putting on of the night gown and a lot of brushing of the teeth and filling the gas tank about 720 more times. Let's put this in perspective here!
I have been a good girl, most of the time. I have not killed anyone and tried to be honest. I help my fellow man and can count on one finger how many times I have been drunk in the last 45 years. I have pretty well followed the 10 commandments. I do not steal, cheat or bear false witness, and pay my tithe at the church most of the time. I am way too old to be dying young.
I guess I might as well accept things as they are. That means I have to get dressed again today. I have to pick the grandson up from pre-school and then the good part will begin. 5 hours later I will deliver him to his daddy and I will be worn to a frazzle. I guess when it is all said and done, life is good.
But I hate to think that it is fall already, but the signs are all there!
Have a good one, because we never know when it will be our last one.
