1. RUOK? My dear friend Fran from Tasmania messages me (and her other friends) this from time to time, a check-in adopted during the pandemic. She messaged me this today at a time when I was feeling very sorry for myself, feeling abandoned and wishing I had a dog so I could go for a walk (I know!). 2. I told her the last part about wanting a dog so I could go for a walk. It sounded as ridiculous then as it does now so I also told her that there was no reason I couldn’t just walk out the front door and take myself for a walk. I told her I’d get back to her. 3. Armed with my phone so I could take photos of the rapidly changing seasons and wearing my raincoat from Arizona, I walked to the end of the road, four houses down, to the railway tracks. 4. Brush and Bomardier’s rail car yard on one side and railway tracks and brush on the other. Huge expanse of sky east and west, the direction of the path. I felt like I could walk forever, use clouds as steps into pools of blue. 5. I lost my mood somewhere on that walk. Perhaps it tumbled into the cluster of wild yellow snapdragons as I bent to take a picture. 6. When we build the fence, then we can get a dog. I so miss dog energy even though I love kitty energy. Give me both all the time, please. 7. Rob came home with groceries. Whether we need them or not, he can’t resist a good deal. BUT when he went to put them into the stand-up freezer, juices were dripping down the shelves. Practically everything had thawed! 8. Exhausted now, physically and emotionally, from cleaning it all up and dealing with everything. Rob is still cooking up some stuff. The smoke alarms keep going off as he’s tired too and is rush-cooking things I think. Not the peaceful, relaxing evening we’d envisioned! 9. We saved about 2/3 of the food, I reckon. The freezer seems to be working now—overfull I think—so I hope it’s OK. I asked it. RUOK? 10. Still waiting on a definitive answer. Day 251 #365daysofsybwriting #365daysofhaiku Little cat snuggles chill night wind whistles dark windows open still Day 8 Effy's blogalong
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Laurey S
9/8/2021 11:26:39 pm
I am okay. Glad you are okay. Would love to see the yellow snapdragons. <3
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Renee Magnusson
9/9/2021 12:19:46 am
I wish you could get a dog too and I loved this glimpse into your day. xx
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Angela F
9/9/2021 01:25:10 am
Glad you are ok! SO glad I had the day off work today as it being RUOK Day everyone would be asking each time you pass them!
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