One of those days
I’m not sorry to see end. First thing this morning, as usual, I turned on my
computer. It told me it was shutting down, and proceeded to do so for an
inordinate amount of time. Finally got past that, and it wouldn’t accept my
password, although I knew it was the one I’ve been using for months. It gave me
a helpful message about changing the password at a web site—but I couldn’t
access the site to change it! This went on for about an hour and a half. I tried
the web site on my iPad, but was told it couldn’t be found. Jordan said, “No
you can do it that way.” Finally used the cell phone, changed the password, and
got in.
Meanwhile, the TV
went in and out, couldn’t decide what it wanted to do. Finally did come on. A
friend came for coffee, and we visited for about an hour.
Sophie was having
the time of her life, frantically chasing squirrels. I’m not sure if the
squirrels were taunting her more or what was different about today, but she ran
all over the yard all morning, serenading us with that shrill, excited bark,
and occasionally coming in for water. When I trapped her inside at lunch time,
I suddenly saw that there was mud all over the floor, rug, and my bedroom
carpet. I deliberately let it dry, thinking it needs a stiff brush to loosen it
and then a vacuum. I did mop the wood floor and probably need to do it again,
but I’m waiting until someone—Jordan—vacuums. Neither scrubbing the dirt loose
nor vacuuming are on the list of things my hip will let me do.
Of course, there
was a muddy dog to deal with. Since it never did rain here, I think she came in
to drink, pawed at the water, and then went out—making her own mud. I cleaned
her paws as best I could and pulled up the covers so she wouldn’t crawl into my
bed. When she slept on the couch, I looked away. She has a regularly scheduled
bath tomorrow morning, thank goodness.
Finally after
lunch I turned to my editing project. I’m sure the Lord was teaching me a
lesson—I don’t have to get it all done right away just because it’s there. So
today I’m more relaxed about it. What choice did I have? It’s tedious work,
mostly correcting commas or so it seems to me. I’m trying to create one
manuscript with corrections and suggestions from the editor and the two beta
readers so I’m merging corrections. I’ve finally developed a method for working
with two versions on the screen at once that works pretty well. But it’s slow.
I’ve finished six chapters, hope to get two more done tonight.
Tomorrow is just
bound to be a better day. Reminding myself that too many people have problems
that are much more severe than muddy carpets.
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