Sophia is frustrated. She sees one of her goals in life to be able to get into anything she desires. She has mastered opening bi-fold closet doors. Since she can open them at will that gives her an endless opportunity to explore things hidden from sight.
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| One of her successful forays when I left the door open! |
She discovered in her first days of living here that a trip downstairs to the “storage room and cat “restroom” affords her the opportunity to leap up on the counter, then onto the fridge and from there to launch into the ceiling. This is one of her favorite nap spots because no one knows she’s there and it’s total peace and quiet. It is also the place to which she retreats when I practice the piano. She despises piano playing and is of the opinion that it should not happen.
Her current obsession is the sliding doors on my desk. She has tried in vain to open them the same way she manipulates the closet doors. It doesn’t work. She knows there is probably some stuff behind the doors which requires her attention but she can’t get at it. Frustrating! Those stupid doors stand in the way of the fulfillment of her vocation.
This is one of Sophia’s quirks. I wrote about some of my own last week. I totally forgot about the quirk which sent me off that direction when I began writing last week’s blog. Chemo-brain! I’ve been told I can use that excuse for the rest of my life. It does come in handy.
Back to the quirk. I admit that I cook outside on the grill in every month of the year. My neighbors wait for the first nice evening in the spring to fire up a grill. I just can’t wait that long. I grilled outside last night and made enough so I don’t have to face the weather tonight. When I remodeled the kitchen and gave up my second Jenn-Aire range with the indoor grill I have to say I was bereft. I loved that thing and used it most every night. I know I lived with it for at least a year after the oven door began locking mysteriously whilst baking something. I did discover by going to the basement and shutting off the breaker to the range the door would eventually open. Eventually is the operative word here. This resulted in some highly overdone baking at times.
At any rate, Jenn-Aire doesn’t make those ranges anymore so I had to chose something else for my remodeling plans. This range is quite well behaved so I do not have to make numerous trips to the breaker box. I do have to make trips to the deck to cook on the electric grill which is my replacement for the aforementioned range. It’s right outside the kitchen door so there’s no problem. I know I’m the only one in the neighborhood regaling others with the delectable odors of my dinner cooking outside. It’s a rather delicious quirk.
Christmas week tends to become a little busy around here. The cathedral choir sings for two service on Christmas Eve. I was miserably tired before the first began, so much so that I though I might plead illness and stay home. Knowing that we were short of tenors, I bravely went forth. Having been a director of a volunteer choir I know how frustrating it can be to have one’s plans totally destroyed by the absence of even one person. Once I got into it I was fine. By the 10:30 PM service I was ready to go. After going to church Christmas morning I was ready for a nap. In between snoozes I watched services from other favorite churches and enjoyed the music. Christmas dinner was at a friend’s home so I did not have to do anything but go! It was a nice time.
The three days after Christmas are major holy days. I celebrated Thursday, and Friday, and today for a funeral. Then I’ll celebrate two services tomorrow before I head for a meeting. It’s been a little difficult keeping straight which homily I’m preaching on which day.
Aside from the tiredness which has not kept me down I’ve been feeling fine. The tiredness has kept me from doing all the exercise I usually do. I know that causes me to feel tired. So, it is what one might call a vicious circle—exercise and you’ll be tired, don’t exercise and you’ll feel more tired. It’s difficult to win the battle. I won’t give up.
The drizzle began late last night and has continued through the day. The temperature has been hovering around 32 degrees. That means the rain could turn to ice and snow. The prognosticators have warned us the there could be a lot of moisture in one form or other. The worst will be ice which is covered in snow. That will not make for pleasant driving.
I hope your Christmas week was a joyful one, or a peaceful one, or both. It can be a trying and exhausting time of the year. I’ve finally learned not to allow that to happen to me.
Along with your prayers for me please include our fragile world and all the people in it that peace may reign and poverty and disease and hate will be overcome by love, generosity and good will.
Thanks for reading. Thank you for your prayers.
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