Hope is the Thing with Feathers…

 

Blah.  The weather outside is heavy & grey, perfect match for my mood.  Actually, I wish it would storm, inclement weather energizes me.  Why am I down in the dumps?  Thanks for asking, my lovely Wasteland Wanderers.  Ranger Mike & I “splurge” two nights every week; we eat a meal that doesn’t fall in line with our normal clean eating (organic, non-GMO, non processed/refined, no refined sugar).  So we’ll get pizza, burgers, Mexican, or “lesser splurges” of Indian, teriyaki w/brown rice, etc.  RM was scheduled off work yesterday & today, so we were going to live it up with take out & video games tonight once I got home.  Poor boy called me during my lunch break to say he’d been called in to cover someone’s shift.  What the?  Awwwwww…disappointment.  He’s already scheduled to work Thurs & Fri nights, so in essence, I won’t see him for more than an hour a day until Saturday afternoon (after I get off work).  Awwwwww…disappointment.

I was already feeling blech, it’s that week, ya know.  But this change of plans turned my mood sour.  Trying to be positive, I asked RM to check the schedule at work & see if the “sick” employee is working Fri night.  If not, I will not rest until she switches shifts with him.  Because that’s only fair.  You see, at my husband’s company, if the managers can’t find someone else to cover your shift, you don’t get to call out sick.  Nope, you come in, snot & all.  It’s happened to RM before.  So if you cover a shift, especially at short notice like RM did today, you are owed a major favor by the other employee.  It’s the code.

Wow, I’m long winded today.  I guess I’m always long winded, oh well.  Anyhoo.  The thought of RM possibly having Friday night off gave me hope.  And hope trumps everything else.

 

 

Hope is like sunshine piercing through the clouds of despair, depression…which is why it’s always described as a “ray” of hope.  The following are my hopes for today, what remains of it.

 

I hope I don’t get sick – I’ve been working in close quarters with someone who has acute bronchitis

 

I hope I sleep well tonight – last night I had an oddly stressful dream that involved Sean Bean opening a comic book store in downtown Long Beach.  And a flood or tsunami, I can’t quite remember, but there was a lot of water involved.

 

Sean Bean is coming...to a comic book store near you!

 

I hope my hair grow fast & thick – if not, at least I’ve finally found a model with Muppet hair like mine

 

Iceland's Kolfinna Kristofersdottir

 

I hope diet & exercise pay off – I’ve been working out & counting calories 5 days/week, hoping to tone up my jiggly bits before bikini weather.  Not that I will be basking in the sun, but that’s a post for another day.

 

My goal abs

 

I hope that mercy touches the hearts of those who wish us harm – For the first time in my life, I prayed for someone to die; not out of mercy to relieve his suffering, but to relieve the suffering he inflicts on his own family.  But the humbling of a spiteful heart would be just as good (maybe better?)

 

 

I hope for our world-family – that I can do my best to even the scales, to dry tears & lift the weary

 

I hope they keeping smiling

 

I hope Ranger Mike has an easy shift, finds a good parking spot after, & returns home safely to me.

 

See? I feel better already.  What did you hope for today?  I hope that life is blessing you with all that you need, because what’s the point of surviving the apocalypse if you can’t wander the Wasteland with friends?

 

 

Rock-it Ruby signing off.

 

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