Bird Ball

Today Steve and I went to see the Braves play the Dodgers in a spring training game. As you can see, a little birdie decided to join the game during an inning. I'm not sure if he was on the field as a coach or player, but he clearly felt he deserved to be there. He wasn't deterred by the players, coaches, officials, or fans. He stayed on the field for a few more minutes, then flew away, probably to tell of his adventure to his birdie friends, maybe even to top the chicken's story of how she crossed the road.

Moral of today's story? You can play on the big field with the professional big leaguers - you just have to have the courage to get on the field, stand your ground, and don't let anyone tell you that you don't belong there.

Here I Am Again ...

... at Disneyworld. Let me see, I was just here ... six weeks ago. This time I am not here to run a race, but to just have fun. Steve and I came today, he will leave Sunday, and then Molly and Scout will arrive and stay with me until Thursday.

There are always lots of stories to observe and tell about when I come here. Unfortunately tonight, I am too tired to think of any. Instead, I shall go wash my hands with my Mickey soap and get in the bed under my Mickey bedspread. See you tomorrow - I'll be the one eating the Mickey bar!

Yicky Jobs

Today I did one. I cleaned out the bathtub and bathroom sink drains. For those of you who didn't know that this is a job, it is. It involves taking out the stopper and digging out all the hair that is still trapped down in the drainpipe. Yes, it is as gross as it sounds.

The good news is that the water flows freely again.

The moral of this story is that there are yicky jobs. If you do them, thank you. If you don't do them, thank the ones who do.

This is Progress?

Yesterday I decided to update my laptop and install Windows Vista, in hopes of great things. Late this morning it finally finished installing. There have many installations and un-installations and updating during this process. My computer has started and restarted numerous times. I have put in passwords and clicked yes and confirmed "go aheads." It is about to drive me nuts. And no, I am not on my laptop, but on the "big" computer downstairs. Laptop is still doing its own thing.

I am hanging on to the supposition that my laptop with be much better with all these updates and improvements. However, at this point, I am questioning my decision to change.

I guess that's the way it is with a lot of things that we choose to change. We want things to be better, but have a hard time waiting for them to take place. Maybe the change for the better really comes from us - we learn patience and are forced to keep our cool while we wait. Maybe we appreciate the changes when they do finally occur because we were forced to wait on them. Maybe that's the only way we can really value the improvements that changes bring - by realizing the time it takes to make things better.

Today ...

... started early this morning around 4am with Shaggy the Cat waking me in an apparent display of dissatisfaction over yesterday's post. Why do I put up with him? Because some mornings he leaves me alone and lets me sleep in. Sometimes he cuddles up next to me and purrs. Sometimes he plays and does funny things. Sometimes he talks and we both think we are actually having a conversation.

But the real reason I put up with him? I'm a cat person, and put up with a lot of cat shenanigans. Oh well, guess I'd better turn in - tomorrow morning is just a few hours away!!