As I’ve mentioned before, Scottie encouraged me to share my – ok, we will use “unique” – perspective and experiences in my daily work life.
I will admit, this has been a bit of a week.
We have a bit of a partnership at the shop between myself and a very wonderful lady who has been there for 43 years. I can’t keep up with her. She has an ability to organize and handle problems that I do not… but they quite literally built the business around her. Would you believe this bitch went on vacation! I know, how rude is that~! So now I am flying around trying to do half of what she made look so easy and not drop the ball on the things I do daily promising myself to get a full roll of duct tape to strap her down if she ever hints at taking time off again. She has been gone for 8 days of work so far, only another 5 work days to go. Wish me luck.
We’ve had our first snow of the season. And, we’ve had excuses coming from one of our workers that “he can’t make it to work because it’s cold and snowing and he walks”. That didn’t pass when I was a kid in school, but I have to “understand”?
Now, I have a turkey – yes this story gets more ridiculous – I am now waiting on this idiot to come to work to receive his Thanksgiving Turkey, and I really couldn’t give a shit. Is that wrong of me? Why am I going out of my way for someone too lazy to come to work?
I’ve also mentioned in the past that I haven’t always responded the best to anger. It was really my wonderful and wacky dog that helped me with that. I needed that responsibility to help me think twice, that love to come home to, that absolute joy of life. I can’t tell you how much I miss her.
But also, If I am to be honest with myself, I’m still really disappointed by the vote. I’m still angry and afraid. I so wanted better things for our country, for our world.
I wanted to live in a world where people love who they want to love, express themselves genuinely, not indebt themselves in the healthcare gulags, not be forced to consider paying for electricity or eating.
I wanted to live in a world where education and intelligence are valued, where love is shared, where hope is prized. Will we ever get there?
I just hope for each of our sakes that we don’t get so wrapped up in the frustrations of life that we forget to live. I need to remember that there are still beautiful things in this world. I need to continue to look forward with expectation of better things.
I need to choose hope.
-Randy
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Yes, please do choose hope! And strive to see a bit of beauty, at least, every day.
I don’t blame you a bit for feeling as you do about waiting for that guy to show up for his turkey. Or his shift, even. I bet it meant more to him than it appeared that you did that, though. Which is a good thing.
You are a kind person, no matter whether you always feel kind. I bet there’s a doggy waiting for you to give them their best life, pretty soon. It’ll be good for your health, too, and I-had-her-name-right-up-til-I-needed-to-type-it-here; my very embarrassed apologies! She wants you to find a fur kid again to share what you and she shared. She knows you aren’t replacing her, and she wants you to have comfort. Anyway, I’m not trying to make you cry, either! But these days try our souls, don’t they?
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