Things to Ponder on a Rainy day

 All I can do is shake my head this morning.
Let me paint you the picture....

 
It's raining outside.
It's been raining for about 3 days now.
Not much work can be done out at the shop.
Mr. keeps getting shocks from the welding cables when he tries to fix his machines because of the wetness.

So....Coffee cups keep getting filled up and drank down.
Neighbour comes over and two men sit and commiserate together about the weather and all the things they can't get done.

Someone says:
"We should go fishing, we can't do anything else."
"We could sit there and smoke cigarettes and fish all day."

And the adventure starts. One has to get the minnows out of the freezer, one has big garbage bags to pull over themselves to keep dry. One needs to find fishing hooks, one needs to go home and get rubber boots.Someone is off to find 5 gallon pails to sit on. 'Make sure you bring your warm jacket - last time I froze my butt off out there.'

I am directed to fill up the coffee thermos and get them ready.
Now, everyone is off and doing something on this cold and rainy day...

And as I am putting the lids on the coffee thermos, I am asked...

"Are you okay with this, dear?"

What? are you kidding me... I have to stop for a moment and check my ears.  Yup, I hear correctly... he stands there looking at me... and says... "Well, I mean, did you have plans to go anywhere or anything?"

Humm... PLEASE... get out of my space and go fishing already, would ya!!!!
It's like I used to feel when I would send my kids off to school... as the last one walks out of the door I sigh, and sit down for a cup of coffee and peace and quiet and thank my lucky stars for the blessed life I live.  Now, where did I leave my good book?  :)

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Get out of your head!!

Today was a lesson in love for me:

I told my Mr. that I had a date with some friends for coffee this morning.  He got up early and went fishing - with our only pick up truck... my coffee date time came around and he wasn't home yet... 4 hours later.
I started to get a little upset.  I started thinking those ugly thoughts like: He doesn't even respect me enough to get home in time so I could use the pick up.  He knows I don't ask to go visiting often. He doesn't think MY things are important.  When ever I go anywhere, he expects me to be home in record time and I damn well better check in if I'm going to be late....
The thoughts started to tumble harder and faster and darker....
I caught up with all my chores and called one of my friends to have her pick me up.  I wasn't going to miss out just because someone was too disrespectful to be home in time for me to do my thing.
Then just as I was cleaning up the kitchen I noticed a little note on the chalkboard that he had left me this morning at 5:30 when he went fishing....

Like a big old fat balloon... I felt my anger fade away... and then I realized that he was just enjoying his fishing time and had completely forgotten about the time.  He didn't mean to make me late - he just forgot.

Then the phone rang and he was all apologetic... and so sorry that he forgot.... I had already forgiven him so it was all good....  Thank goodness for a small note that helped me get my head back in the game again.

I just wanted to remind you all - sometimes a simple note will set things right... and hey... sometimes our biggest enemy is our own head!  Get out of your head!!!!