Garbage day

The recycling collection truck is noisy.

In other news, no rp yesterday. Not much of anything, though I did read a bit.

No tiles for the back patio arrived. They should be in either today or tomorrow. I'm not impressed. Not at all.

But it could be worse.

Supposedly sometime today Molly Maid is sending two cleaners for two hours each to my house, courtesy of my Mom. This is a nice thing. It's a reward, Mom tells me, for passing my classes in my Master's Degree. *laughs* Hey, I'm not going to say no...

It's still amusing though.

THE DONKEY

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously
for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided
the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just
wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a
shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized
what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was
astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the
donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the
animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon,
everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of
the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to
getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by
not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less

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Oh, and if anyone is interested, we can do an arts/crafts/music night this Friday evening. For those who have the time, just let me know.

And if you can't make it, it's okay - you don't have to apologize! No worries at all.