The weeks news. Something about a plan, but mostly my scattered thoughts.
It’s been a quiet week up here on the mountain, my little slice of heaven in the great northwest.
It’s been a while since I have written a blog, but life is like that sometimes. It’s been busy around here, but nothing exciting to bother writing about. The person who was interested in buying our land seems to be having second thoughts now. Yes, he really wants it, according to him, but he’s just not sure if he can afford it right now. So, we’re back to square one. We do have time, though I would like to have something in writing before winter sets in, and we really want to be moving as soon as possible next spring. It will happen, I’m sure.
A few weeks ago I said to the lovely wife, “Honey, by the looks of the counter in the bathroom, it looks like a couple of old people live here.” She gave me that look every man is familiar with, that I-love-you-but-you’re-an-idiot look, and told me to go look in the mirror. I did, and discovered my dad staring back at me. When did I get old? It seems like just last week I was in my twenties and roaring through life at a rapid pace. I guess I can’t complain too much, since I wasn’t supposed to live past the age of 3. Some kidney ailment I don’t remember the name of damn near ended me then. Doctors told my parents that they should go home and make funeral arrangements.
Religious people tell me that god has some plan for me, so it wasn’t my time to go. Well, I really do wish whichever deity that is would inform me on just what the hell that plan is. It just seems like I have been wandering through life on auto pilot. I did join the Navy, but I wasn’t an outstanding sailor; I didn’t want to be. I just wanted to get out, but, instead, ended up staying in for ten years. Years later, I served in a war, coming home with a few disabilities, and crippling PTSD. If that was part of god’s plan, god can stuff it. Yes, I do write, but I’m not a best selling author, and probably won’t be. I’m okay with that, but if a god has some plan, I would hope that the deity would have made it known long before now. After all, I ain’t gettin’ any younger here. Anyway, if there is a deity out there, if you’re bored, could you please let me know what the plan is? I would greatly appreciate it.
In the meantime, I’m trying to figure out just what to do with my blog site after we move. We will no longer be off grid, so there really isn’t much of a point. I will think of something, maybe I will blog about writing, or model railroading, or try my hand at any number of things that might pop into my already confusingly crowded skull. For now, I will continue blogging about the goings-on up here as interesting things happens.
Well, that’s all the news for the week. Bye for now.
