I seem to have caught some kind of bug and am not sure how to treat it!
I woke and got out of bed at the odd hour of 10 am and didn't crawl right back under the covers after feeding the cats. Without even thinking about it, I tidied my hutch drawers, did my few dishes from supper, arranged my consultant kit so it's ready to go at the drop of a hat, put away the home decor items that were out of season and redecorated with seasonal items and attended a conference call meeting (and even paid attention!). (note these are not in cronological order) Next I intend to organize my catch all basket of filing and rearrange my sample kit. I don't know where I could have picked up such a nasty bug but I sure hope it goes away soon!! Heaven only knows what I'll do if I know where everything is without having to dig through a half dozen piles of stuff!! OMG!! What will I do next? - clean and organize my craft room? my bedroom? maybe even (shudder at the thought) the storage room?
While doing all this, I didn't even take one break to
Has Hell completely frozen over?? Is the sky going to fall? Oh me, oh my!!!
Yesterday (OK, technically it was early this morning) I talked a bit about my spastic kitten, Majik. Today I have another story about my four legged brats. Misty is a long haired cat prone to matting who for some reason absolutely refuses to let me cut her butt hair - you'd think she doesn't trust me with scissors for some reason. Anyway earlier today I could smell something very unpleasant and figured Majik had been too lazy to go down to the basement to do her thing. I searched all possible nooks and crannies (amazingly easy to do now that the room is clean) with no success. Then I got a lovely surprize when Misty jumped up on my lap for a cuddle. Yup, you guessed it! She had a lovely clump of doo-doo stuck in her butt hair. After my immediate reaction of 'get off me!!' I rushed her into the bathroom and drew her a lovely bath. Well you can imagine that she was NOT appreciative of the dunking!! I never thought I'd be so glad that she is declawed! I definitely got a huge laugh at her expense after her bath - she looked soooo pissed off and unfuzzy!
And that sends me onto another tangle of thoughts.....Don't you wish people could find it as easy as animals to be forgiving? If a person slights another (even when done with the best of intentions) we tend to hold onto that anger/hurt/disappointment for far too long. This causes feelings between both parties that can, if not dealt with in a healthy manner, can wreck marriages, long term friendships, break apart siblings, etc. And all too often when the slighter acknowledges their slight and apologizes to the slightee and the slightee responds with forgiving words (don't worry about it, I forgive you, it wasn't anything worth fighting over, etc), neither one really means it. Thus the slight festers and grows into something really ugly.
As I grow older and wiser (at least I'd like to think there is some benefit to getting old), I look back on past relationships and can see how I let the ugly growth come between us - all too often over something so petty as to be ridiculous. Now, I'm not saying that I've learned to forgive and forget - there are still some hurts from the past that are too embedded in my psyche to forget, and to be honest I don't want to let go of the constant companionship of that said growth. However, I am learning how to let go of the petty grievances and keep the ugly growths from growing larger and uglier. It is not always easy to admit when you have caused someone discomfort or downright pain and admitting your error may not always result in being forgiven. But if you honestly mean your apology and can accept that you can't control how your apology is taken, then at the least you have kept another monster at bay.
We should all strive to be like Misty - she was truly upset at being tossed into a tub of water (and I think her feelings were hurt when I laughed at her) but after spending a few minutes trying to put her fur back into its usually fuzzy state, she was again on my lap, purring and licking my ear. Can you just imagine what the world would be like if we all were like her?
WOW!! That was a mouthful! And that last line made me laugh as I got a mental picture of everyone in the world as cats. Can you just imagine the amount of hair balls there would be? Even worse, with everyone being a cat, there would be no humans around to feed us or clean up after us!
After hopping from topic to topic, I seem to have refound my natural state of laziness and no longer feel the urge to do further cleaning. Whew!! I certainly hope that is the end of that!! Now I am trying to decide if I want to get up off my butt for a snack or just stay put and touch base with my FB games. That is much more like the true me - hope that imposter stays away now. That basket of filing and the sample reorganizing will just have to wait for another day.
So long for now. Smile at someone you don't know - likely you'll have brightened their day and yours.
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