LIFE: What Can I Say, It’s All a Long Strange Trip!
Author: Bill Garwood
LIFE: What Can I Say, It’s All a Long Strange Trip!
We are ALL alive, if not, this newspaper has a huge, long-distance distribution list.
What does “life” mean to each of us? That’s right, I’m asking you, don’t look around like I’m not talking to you! We all have our routines for each day or week. We all get up in the morning, do our daily ablutions, washing up, etc. I will NOT go into detail!
Then we go about our day, work, play, shopping. Whatever we need to get done. We each have our own way of doing things, in the way we are comfortable doing them. If you are married, you most times coordinate with your significant other to set up or move around your various schedules. This is life in its simplest form. Then, the many times mentioned “Mr. Murphy” shows up unannounced. And everything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
I think we all wish for just a few hours more in the day to get things done; it never happens. If we plan a bit better, we can get several things done at once. Example: we need to wash clothes; we also need to mow the lawn and take out the trash. We do not need to sit around while the clothes wash…plenty of time to do other things. Then we put the clothes in the dryer and have more time to get things done.
I know it sounds easy, but this actually is. Unless you have a house full of “Rug Rats, Curtin climbers, Crumb snatchers, Yard apes.” Then you are busy most of the day. Then your other needs to step up and, even though they are tired, help out. You see, they eat, sleep, crap, etc. In that house too!
But I digress; we each have our own routine. Usually, things are a bit different each day. If every day is the same, look around for Rod Serling. Because you are in the “Twilight Zone" (hear the music? Do de do doo do de do doo.) You know you do. Life can be drudgery, but it always has its moments, usually around Saturday nights.
I’m not going to go on about stopping to smell the roses - again. Those poor roses have been snorted up enough. But slow down and look around at our local area. Right now, we are having an incredibly warm winter. We ALL know the other muck boot is about to drop, I mean it IS winter in Montana!
Want a laugh? Next time you are in one of our wonderful local stores, especially Walmart, look past what you came in there for and really look around at all the bizarre things they sell. “What is that, and what on God’s green Earth is it for?”
Good fun, I know we all work hard, but if we can’t look around and laugh a bit, we will burn out! I’m talking to you, Alex (checker at Bob’s); get happy! You are surrounded by happy, crazy people; I’m one of them. Enjoy your job; eat more candy!
Stay well, fellow Townsendites.
