Unforseen Circumstances.

To all three of my faithful readers out there, I'm so sorry about the lack of project postings this week.  I've been stranded in my hometown because my car broke down (typical).  It's been a long, LONG week, fully worthy of consideration for day-time soap opera material.  BUT.  I'm a firm believer in mostly positive thinking, and finding the humor in any given situation.  Why cry when you can laugh?  AMIRIGHT?

So, in a week full of "do withouts," here's what I've learned:

1. I love my husband very much, and miss even his most annoying antics more than I ever thought I would.
2. My family is generous, supportive, sympathetic, and they LOVE me.  Even though this visit was unplanned and has been inconvenient, it's also been really great getting to hang out with them.  I've gone to church with them, had a wonderful Fourth of July get-together with their pastor and his awesome family, floated down a river on obnoxiously colored inflatables with my mom, gone shopping, cooked, and have done menial housechores (including landscaping on the HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR - but that only lasted about 20 minutes before we dropped the shovels and broke out the swimsuits and the inflatables).  All of these things, down to the menial housechores, have been a great way to spend time with the people I care about deeply - time that we don't often get to share with each other.
3. Sometimes trusting that things are going to work out is really hard to do, and sometimes things just straight up don't work.  Again, instead of crying about it (well, maybe I cried just a little), I've learned to take in a deep breath through the nose, exhale sharply, shake it off, and go, "Okay, that sucks.  But how do we move forward from here?" 
4. I have a lot of junk - some of which I miss right now, some of which I don't.  But, I'm thankful, after having limited resources this week, for what I've got.  Cliche?  You bet your sweet bippy it is - but it's sincere.

Okay, that was all the emotional stuff.  Here's the funny stuff I learned this week:

1. My suspicions have been confirmed:  my cat Cuddles is actually an assassin.
2. I'm about 85% sure I have a disorder called "misophonia."  So does Kelly Ripa.  Google it.
3. "Teste Toss" is NOT a widely-approved name for the yard game "ladder ball."
4. I can't sit quietly for more than 10 minutes.  This is an interesting development.  In fact, since I started composing this post, I've broken into song at least four times - "Step by Step" by New Kids On the Block, "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, and "A Whole New World" from Aladdin.  That's right.  Aladdin.  
5. Extreme heat makes me want to be outside MORE.  What?!

And the week's not even over yet!  I have an interview tomorrow, so that should make for some good stories too...hopefully like "I-totally-rocked-that-interview" stories and not "I-am-a-complete-and-utter-fool" stories.

So, as long as the risk that I took with my car plays out to my advantage, I should be home by Saturday, and I'll be back to my normal craftiness. 

Maybe I'll even have a job.

Get excited, AKF.