It was a Dhhaaaay !
You know when Life seems to gather its moxy and decide todays the day ?
....felt like that today.
So lets go:
1.
5:30am - i spend so much focus tiptoeing around and over the dog lying asleep in front of the front door, its only once I'm outside and pulling the door shut - do i realize i forgot to pick up my keys on the way over the dog, from the dresser.....and now I've locked myself outside🤦♀
My son's dad won't be home from shift for at least another hour, (i stay at his place the nights i need to look after our adult son).
Its still dark at this time of the morning and about 2 monkey nuts freezing degrees. Yay🙄
So im gonna be cold and late for work.
2.
Get to work.....finally.
The toilet that got trashed yesterday at school, the one i spent an hour cleaning, (ceiling and all), i discovered was also covered in at least a months worth of liquid hand soap that some student had put a decent amount of time into pumping onto the floor.
I spentd another half an hour mopping and continually changing buckets on a tiny 2 square meters of floor.
Really ?
So im still cold, (heaters in building dont turn of yet), been late....and am now an hour and a half behind my routine.
3. I also forgot to mention that yesterday, while tippy toeing on a plasitc chair while trying to reach to scrub said ceiling....i aggrivated my shoulder that was, upto that point, all seemingly healed.
So i had a shit night being awake with my shoulder aching.
Im rushed, sore, late, cold and its only 7:30 am ... JUST FUCKING LOVING this day so far 😠
We skip to later that morning:
Physio appt at least goes well👍 - he deems damage not so bad. All good.
5. Drive back, check on son, stuff some lunch in me and sit for a blessed moment.....and nod off.
- i wake up with minutes to spare to leave, to get to doctors on time in town.
(That should be ok. I know me - ive already set my schedule with half an hour to spare....jic of 'me' doing 'me' stuff. )
6. Traffic is slow due to road works, and people pushing into the safety gap i leave....i breath zennly - i made time for this crap.
7. Find park, choose stairwell , (coz you know ....every bit helps💪).
Realize BAD IDEA ! . I did legs and glute bridges yesterday. So i look like im a 90 year old lady jelly walking, hanging onto the icky germy handrail like its my lover. I hate touching handrails 😡
Reach bottom. Level ground. My thighs weep with joy.
All good , stairs done, hussle walk thru town. So quick i think i have time to grab a matcha and sit in the park for the spare 10 minites i have.
🤗
Sit in sun.... blissfully sipping🤗🌞☕...oooh i enjoy the moment.
Its only a monemt tho coz...
7... Sudden epiphany - i left the notes from my physio for the doctor in the car. You gotsta be kidding me! 🤦♀(This is one of those 'me' things i was telling you about.
Shit 😖
I down my matcha, and start speed walking back thru town to the carpark, dodging people.
Get there....and realize I've done another 'me' and not noticed what level i parked on....fuckedy fuck !
No worries - ill take the stairs and retrace my steps.....my thighs scream at me so much on the way up i lose track and just fucking GUESS the floor.
I choose 3...pretty sure it was three.
Nope😑
4?
Nope😑
Ugh....5?
- also no.😑
Still doing the stairs as the lift is SO SLOW here ill die a slow death before it gets here.
I go to seven before i just KNOW i didn't park that far up.
Back down the stairs....im nealry juz sliding down them at this point as my thighs have given up and gone on strike.
..if its the 2nd floor im gonna cry.
It is .....i cry...🤦♀🤦♀🤦♀😂
I now have 3 minutes to cover a 10 minute walk to the doctors clinic.
(Note - im in blunnies, (Blundstone steel capped boots).
I speed walk. Its winter - but im now sweating. ...and stripping off layers as i go.
By the sheer fucking grace of the universe, (and i swear some sort of time warp), i reach the doctors in time....wheezing a little, sweaty a lot, over hyped and my thighs on fire.
Receptionist has the stupidity to ask if I'm ok.
So i tell him the entirety of my last 20 minutes of self fuckery in like 2.6 seconds of flustery scatter box manic talk.
He smiles serenely before passing me thru.
That there is an EXPERIENCED receptionist ! 👌
Personally if it was me - i woulda called the cops thinking i had some sort of junkie trying to get in .
This is where the day gets better🤗
My shoulder is all cleared. We agree to a few more physio visits while i strengthen it in the coming weeks.
Awesome💪
Walk back thru town in the winter sun. Day is lovely for a winter day.
Waiitng for lights to change, dude next to me lurches forward to step on the road..... instinctly i shove my arm out in front of him .
Light hasn't changed yet. 🚦
He's startled. He goes "omg - i don't know what made me do that! " .
I get it.
I walk and my mind wanders and i totally forget my surroundings sometimes.
We cross, we start chatting.
He's had the MOST AMAZING LIFE !
Sydney mardi gras float designer, traveled, protested for Gay rights, (back in the days when it was about normal stuff and not agendas and toilet privileges an' shit).
We are walking in the same direction so we keep chatting.
.... untill we realize we are both walking to chat and have no particular direction.😂
I ask him if he'd like a coffee, we find a lovely little place and sit outside.
Its so nice. Its like the 80's/90's again when people meet and talk real.
We bitch about life. We laugh at absurdity. We people watch and do a rolling commentary. Its just simple fun.
It was one of those universe things🤗
I dont know what it is. I just seem to click with gay people. Maybe its a style of thinking ....i dunno.
Anywho. Find out he's a bit of a shut in. He's only in town today coz hes got shit to do.
But we are both chuffed to be out, chillin, talkin, and stepping back from the crowd.
We swap numbers.
Day goes normal after that, except for a near collision on the way home from a lunatic driver. But all good.
Oh.....i run into some past students at a shppping center - lots of hugs, catching ups all round. Good kids.
And now im home.
So....an uncomfortable, difficult, tricky, busy .... but ultimately good feels day.
😊
....felt like that today.
So lets go:
1.
5:30am - i spend so much focus tiptoeing around and over the dog lying asleep in front of the front door, its only once I'm outside and pulling the door shut - do i realize i forgot to pick up my keys on the way over the dog, from the dresser.....and now I've locked myself outside🤦♀
My son's dad won't be home from shift for at least another hour, (i stay at his place the nights i need to look after our adult son).
Its still dark at this time of the morning and about 2 monkey nuts freezing degrees. Yay🙄
So im gonna be cold and late for work.
2.
Get to work.....finally.
The toilet that got trashed yesterday at school, the one i spent an hour cleaning, (ceiling and all), i discovered was also covered in at least a months worth of liquid hand soap that some student had put a decent amount of time into pumping onto the floor.
I spentd another half an hour mopping and continually changing buckets on a tiny 2 square meters of floor.
Really ?
So im still cold, (heaters in building dont turn of yet), been late....and am now an hour and a half behind my routine.
3. I also forgot to mention that yesterday, while tippy toeing on a plasitc chair while trying to reach to scrub said ceiling....i aggrivated my shoulder that was, upto that point, all seemingly healed.
So i had a shit night being awake with my shoulder aching.
Im rushed, sore, late, cold and its only 7:30 am ... JUST FUCKING LOVING this day so far 😠
We skip to later that morning:
Physio appt at least goes well👍 - he deems damage not so bad. All good.
5. Drive back, check on son, stuff some lunch in me and sit for a blessed moment.....and nod off.
- i wake up with minutes to spare to leave, to get to doctors on time in town.
(That should be ok. I know me - ive already set my schedule with half an hour to spare....jic of 'me' doing 'me' stuff. )
6. Traffic is slow due to road works, and people pushing into the safety gap i leave....i breath zennly - i made time for this crap.
7. Find park, choose stairwell , (coz you know ....every bit helps💪).
Realize BAD IDEA ! . I did legs and glute bridges yesterday. So i look like im a 90 year old lady jelly walking, hanging onto the icky germy handrail like its my lover. I hate touching handrails 😡
Reach bottom. Level ground. My thighs weep with joy.
All good , stairs done, hussle walk thru town. So quick i think i have time to grab a matcha and sit in the park for the spare 10 minites i have.
🤗
Sit in sun.... blissfully sipping🤗🌞☕...oooh i enjoy the moment.
Its only a monemt tho coz...
7... Sudden epiphany - i left the notes from my physio for the doctor in the car. You gotsta be kidding me! 🤦♀(This is one of those 'me' things i was telling you about.
Shit 😖
I down my matcha, and start speed walking back thru town to the carpark, dodging people.
Get there....and realize I've done another 'me' and not noticed what level i parked on....fuckedy fuck !
No worries - ill take the stairs and retrace my steps.....my thighs scream at me so much on the way up i lose track and just fucking GUESS the floor.
I choose 3...pretty sure it was three.
Nope😑
4?
Nope😑
Ugh....5?
- also no.😑
Still doing the stairs as the lift is SO SLOW here ill die a slow death before it gets here.
I go to seven before i just KNOW i didn't park that far up.
Back down the stairs....im nealry juz sliding down them at this point as my thighs have given up and gone on strike.
..if its the 2nd floor im gonna cry.
It is .....i cry...🤦♀🤦♀🤦♀😂
I now have 3 minutes to cover a 10 minute walk to the doctors clinic.
(Note - im in blunnies, (Blundstone steel capped boots).
I speed walk. Its winter - but im now sweating. ...and stripping off layers as i go.
By the sheer fucking grace of the universe, (and i swear some sort of time warp), i reach the doctors in time....wheezing a little, sweaty a lot, over hyped and my thighs on fire.
Receptionist has the stupidity to ask if I'm ok.
So i tell him the entirety of my last 20 minutes of self fuckery in like 2.6 seconds of flustery scatter box manic talk.
He smiles serenely before passing me thru.
That there is an EXPERIENCED receptionist ! 👌
Personally if it was me - i woulda called the cops thinking i had some sort of junkie trying to get in .
This is where the day gets better🤗
My shoulder is all cleared. We agree to a few more physio visits while i strengthen it in the coming weeks.
Awesome💪
Walk back thru town in the winter sun. Day is lovely for a winter day.
Waiitng for lights to change, dude next to me lurches forward to step on the road..... instinctly i shove my arm out in front of him .
Light hasn't changed yet. 🚦
He's startled. He goes "omg - i don't know what made me do that! " .
I get it.
I walk and my mind wanders and i totally forget my surroundings sometimes.
We cross, we start chatting.
He's had the MOST AMAZING LIFE !
Sydney mardi gras float designer, traveled, protested for Gay rights, (back in the days when it was about normal stuff and not agendas and toilet privileges an' shit).
We are walking in the same direction so we keep chatting.
.... untill we realize we are both walking to chat and have no particular direction.😂
I ask him if he'd like a coffee, we find a lovely little place and sit outside.
Its so nice. Its like the 80's/90's again when people meet and talk real.
We bitch about life. We laugh at absurdity. We people watch and do a rolling commentary. Its just simple fun.
It was one of those universe things🤗
I dont know what it is. I just seem to click with gay people. Maybe its a style of thinking ....i dunno.
Anywho. Find out he's a bit of a shut in. He's only in town today coz hes got shit to do.
But we are both chuffed to be out, chillin, talkin, and stepping back from the crowd.
We swap numbers.
Day goes normal after that, except for a near collision on the way home from a lunatic driver. But all good.
Oh.....i run into some past students at a shppping center - lots of hugs, catching ups all round. Good kids.
And now im home.
So....an uncomfortable, difficult, tricky, busy .... but ultimately good feels day.
😊
