FEBRUARY

Okay..okay, it’s like this:  I just can’t seem to get that break.  Now that everybody knows that my office is in my home basement, I may as well let you in on where I’ve been in the last month.  Yes, I did try to convince you that it’s all well and good to work from home.  I confessed I work from “downstairs”.

Now I must tell you what happened several weeks back as I was working diligently at my desk, I had to go to the ……well you know…….the…….I had to go number 1.  Conveniently, I only have to walk around a few corners to…..well you know….the “powder room”.    So as luck would have it, I found water flowing like a happy river all over the place.

Yes, after the Plumber came and investigated, the problem moved to our front yard.  We had a broken sewer pipe about ten feet down!  If my son had still been three years old, I know I would have had to drag him away from the window as he would have wanted to watch the big trucks dig up one quarter of my front lawn.  But since he’s now 21 years old, he was outside next to the two men that dug a hole half way to Hell.  That was amusing in itself.

The purpose of my sharing this story is that I would like to demonstrate how I have learned to cope with the problems that seem to find me, even when I hide in my basement most of my days. There just doesn’t seem to be a way to escape or hide from the kind of luck I seem to have lately.

A month later, my carpets and floors have been replaced and the painting and moldings are almost done. The offices are very nearly put back together, maybe even more organized than before the flood, (A sign of the good that comes from bad.)  But most of all, I’ve learned that even when everything around you seems to be going wrong……….well you know………when ……well………

You just need to know how to relax and make the best of it. So I’m back!