It is amazing how little things can grab our attention, calm our nerves, sooth our soul, brighten our spirits, and tickle our funny bones. Even though I have been awake, upright and functioning for only nine hours, I have experienced all of the aforementioned.
Mid-morning, as I was driving on a rural Wisconsin highway and hoping for vivid fall colors, I was feeling disappointment at every mile I passed. The colors all blended together in one muted collage of bright yellows fading to pale yellow. Suddenly, upon rounding a curve, the splendid and brilliant hues of a grove of maple trees came into view, far enough away that I could enjoy their beauty for almost two miles.
My attention was grabbed and my soul was soothed.
I had an unexpected treat-to-beat-all-treats this morning when I had the opportunity to Skype (video chat) with the Three Musketeers. As in teaching - when one really good day could carry me for weeks - the time spent seeing their faces and hearing their excited voices as we shared "show and tell" will remain in my visual and auditory memory until I get to see them face-to-face in a couple of weeks.
Spirit-brightening for sure!
For some reason, unknown to me, I arrived home from my drive to Wisconsin a bit mentally discombobulated. There was no logical reason for my discombobulation but it was there, nonetheless. Brewing a fresh cup of coffee was the only action I could think that could sooth my troubled mind and calm the internal unrest.
Mission accomplished.
Lastly, as I was enjoying my early-afternoon cup-a-joe, I signed on to the internet and found an email from a department store that promised a $5.00-off coupon if I answered a few questions. I figured I could use five bucks any day so I answered the queries on the survey. When I had concluded the survey part of the email, there were a few questions to determine demographics, which I did not mind answering since none of them were personally intrusive.......but, it was seriously depressing yet funny-bone humorous that, when the last bit of information was posed and I had to input the year of birth, my sidebar cursor had to scroll almost all of the way down my screen to locate the year in which I was born.
Funny-bone tickling.........I guess.
Ancora imparo
