My Thoughts

Do things ever work out for people?  I mean, do people actually get things they plan for, try for, hope for?  Because in my experience that is not the reality.  My plans never seem to happen the way I foresee or the way I want them to.  Consistently, I "roll with the flow".  Every plan I make doesn't happen by any of my parameters.  Surprisingly, it all turns out ok.  I can handle it. Today I had a very definite plan of what would happen - where I would go, what would happen when I got there what time I would leave and go to the next thing.  I have one late start day a week at work, so I can take care of some business matters in those three hours.  Not today. Needless to say I'm "rolling with the flow". I am handling the fact that my plans did not happen the way I needed them to happen.  It is characteristic of my life right now. I make a plan, and the plan doesn't happen.  I just make do with what I have on hand.  I ...

OMG!! I don't spook easily. I am not normally prone to superstitious ramblings. Guess I forgot to lock the front door. I had gone into my bedroom to get my shoes when I thought I heard a knock at the door. So I go to the door and no one is there. Going back into my bedroom to get my shoes, I hear the front door open and close. I am thinking it is Melanie home for lunch, but it isn't. Grabbing the first thing I see to use as a potential weapon, my heart races as I slowly walk through my house waiting for someone to jump out at me. As room by room I make sure all is clear, my breathing begins to return to normal. I manage to get the dry goods from the car to my house. Just as I am ready to sit down and return to watching "Case 39", my phone rings, scaring me back into a state of panic. It was Melanie saying she was headed home for lunch. I was so excited 'cause then I would have someone else to live out this state of paranoia with me. Finally, I sat ...