Really? Aren’t some of us just a tad too old for that kind of activity? Well, perhaps certain people do things like that in order to “put their house in order” before big changes come to light on their old, bent shoulders. (Creak. Creak.)

You see, sometimes when we are old, we still have the old “want to”, but without the energy to see the job finished. That’s my current battle. Well, not JUST that, but that’s a good start. You know this all starts with a great sense of determination. And then, when we realize that it’s so late, we steel ourselves to just “Git ‘er done”, so to speak.

What in the world am I talking about? Oh, just a little ‘ole task I prepared several hours ago. I was really in high fettle when I called to wish my sister Happy Birthday. And I had all this wonderful advice to give her. Now that I have begun the task, I realize it is not as simple as I thought. Sigh. You see, I was taking her under my wing in order to help her simplify her life. What I didn’t realize was that she would be so keen on it, and then suddenly I realized I didn’t have the items where I could get to them on my computer. Well, I think they are in there somewhere. But, you see, we (my computer and I) have had a few cross words together. And now I can’t find what I was just going to so easily look up and copy off. Does this make any sense to you at all?

You see, when you have good ideas and good intentions to go with them, sometimes it’s a little too easy to tell yourself, “Yes, this is a good thing. I’ll just go to my trusty computer and find those things I was talking about so genuinely with my sister.” But that call was this morning, and now it’s 11:43 p.m. and my brain just doesn’t want to play fetch in an easy and friendly way. It’s kind of like being resolute in that you will do the deed on your own time frame. Like making an old dog get excited about chasing the ‘ole tennis ball after he’s already found a comfortable shady spot to take his siesta in. It’s not that he hasn’t always been able to chase balls. It’s not that he didn’t enjoy doing that earlier. It’s not that he is intent on being disobedient. You see, the timing is a little wobbly.

So, since it’s not 11:43 anymore, and I still don’t know how to find a lost item on my computer, we are at an impasse, Ye Olde Computer and Me. That’s when you get really wily. Uh, huh. You figure that it’s just a simple misunderstanding between the two of you. You hike up your big-girl britches and determine to have your own way. Hey, it’s only a machine, right? Sometimes you just have to bluster your way through and make it do whatever you have determined to be right and helpful, and no lousy good-for-nothing machine is going to win. You’re the human. The lousy machine is supposed to do your bidding.

Just maybe not this month. But there, there, stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of this quandary, when we hear the person say, “I AM NOT GOING TO BE DEFEATED BY A LOUSY PIECE OF WHATEVER THESE THINGS ARE MADE OF!!!”

And then, my friends, you get up to go get another cup of coffee and trip over the wires on the floor and suddenly, it’s totally blank.

Ha! Take that. I’m going to bed. But lest you think you’ve won, don’t bet on it……….

With love,

Katy

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Burning the ‘Ole Midnight Oil

Katy

God is Good! All the time! All the time God is Good!