Tuesday tirade

Happy Tuesday evening my dearest friends,

How are you all doing? Surviving the rain? I am, however I wasn’t happy having to drive in it for 6 hours today. Ugh, the wet roads just make driving that much more stressful. I’m just happy to be home safe and sound. I love the rain, but hate driving in it.

Rain is in the forecast for the remainder of the week. We need it, so I won’t be wishing it away. I just wish I would have gotten my flowers planted before the rain started.

What about you guys, are you in the area of intense rain this week? Or are you where the skies are sunny and blue? Perhaps you’re where the snow is covering the ground? Wherever you are, I hope you are enjoying the gift of being where you are.

John always teases me and says when I get flustered, mad or irritated my pigtails come out. He loves to play pout back at me, then lovingly says, “there’s those pigtails again”. I think he teases me about the pigtails because when we first met I shared a photo with him of me as a little girl. My mother always did my hair up like Shirley Temple. I still remember the dippity-doo she put in my hair to keep it just so.

Below is a photo of my infamous Shirley Temple doo. Check me out, I even had my daddy’s blue eyes. Funny how they’ve changed to more of a Hazel since I’ve gotten older. Guess the only blue eyes now belong to dad’s sons, my brothers.

Anyway, this is me a long, long, long, long time ago. I’ve since lost the blue eyes along with the Shirley curls.

Today I thought I’d title the blog Tuesday tirade because I needed to vent about the hours of traffic I had to sit in. Not only did I sit in traffic but I had to sit in traffic in the rain. I could feel my blood boiling over with all the crazy moves being done on the freeway and side streets. Funny how it seems folks are in more of a hurry when it rains. I left early and still hit the major traffic. Oh well, tomorrow’s another day. Fingers crossed it won’t be so darn crazy.

Vent. Release. Tirade over. All I can say is there is one blessing about the amount of traffic I sat in today. I finished another audible book. “Unfollow” by Megan Phelps-Roper. Amazing book. I couldn’t relate to the beginning of the book, however when Megan and her sister Grace finally left the church, that’s where their story became more relatable. I am truly enjoying all the books I get to listen to. That is my positive when I have to drive.

I’m ready for a little break in life as I’m sure you can all relate to. I’m looking into some writers retreats and workshops. I thought joining something like a workshop or retreat might keep me focused in a good way. I found a couple that sound interesting. The only thing about the workshops I’ve found is they’re online/zoom. I was hoping to find something where I could go during the day. Seems like all the creative writing classes I’ve found are either online or at night. I didn’t think finding workshops and classes would be that difficult but it is. I suppose God must have another plan for me right now. I suppose I must patiently wait to see what those plans are. Not my best qualities. Patience and waiting. Every time the pigtails come out, I’m reminded by Him that I need to exercise patience.

Let go, let God. I’m working on it and He’s reminding me this is a must.

Tomorrow we’ll be half way through the week and I can’t wait for the weekend. Lunch with Art and Laura and then I’ll be enjoying my loft/craft studio and home. I am hoping if the rain lets up this week I can go see Aunt Billie. I know our visits are good for both of us. Being with her always reminds me of how precious life truly is. More importantly, it reminds me how important she is in my life and how limited our time is together. She’ll be celebrating 100 years next month. Every day with her is a gift and I want to embrace as many of those gifts as possible. I can’t imagine life without her.

Like Aunt Billie always says, “live with little to no regret.” I don’t want to take time for granted and regret not spending quality time with her.

Well guys, it’s getting to be my bedtime. Thank you for stopping by and taking time to read tonight’s blog. I appreciate you all so very much.

Sleep well my dear friends and until next time, don’t forget, Love Life++ Hugs.