The dream right before it was time to wake up was interesting. I was in a crowded house, but more like an older adult family gathering than a fun friends party. A friend I knew while in Tennessee was there, as well as another friend from Long Island from decades earlier than Tennessee. I was looking for my suitcase (I’m almost always looking for something in dreams – a missing shoe, my passport, boarding pass). Instead of finding the suitcase in the room where I thought I had left it, I found partially eaten boxes of assorted chocolates.
Puddle corner. |
When it was time to leave for work, the gutter over the
front door was dripping like a decorative water feature in a restaurant or hotel lobby. A puddle an inch or more deep had collected
next to the front steps in the flower bed where the bleeding heart usually explodes from the space. Another had formed in front of the
steps. Over at the foot of the driveway, the usual pond-sized puddle was there, just like it is every time it rains.
The top priority home maintenance and repair list is looking
like a larger capacity sump pump and new gutters. Cha-ching! Both come with questions and
complications. Can’t hardly wait. Bye, bye 2024 vacation. It was nice thinking we might be a thing. Adulting is totally
overrated.
Afternoon treats. |
Those of us in the office were blessed with chocolate frosted brownies, blond brownies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, coconut
chocolate nut layered bars and some other thing that seemed to be dried apricots
and cashews. Some days things are mostly mediocre, but turn around and improve like magic.
The rain stopped and after work the basement was still holding
steady and mostly dry. I have never been so obsessed with a mostly empty concrete
room as I have the past few months with all the wet weather. I need a good, long drought
so I can shift my obsession to something more fun. Almost anything will do, but it would be nice to dwell on something not
costing thousands of dollars that doesn’t also include spa services and waiters
bringing fancy beverages adorned with colorful fruit and little umbrellas. Is that too much to ask? Just wondering.
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