I was left alone today.

 

 

I didn’t have to cart any kids anywhere.

I didn’t have to listen to any whinny bitching about this or that.

 

 

I’m as shocked as I can be without wetting myself.

 

 

I did have to wash our bed sheets as somebody had an accident (It wasn’t me… this time :P)

I did have to cook dinner and went to pick up lunch.

I did finish putting our front yard furniture cushions back together after washing it over the past few days due to “I didn’t do it” some unexplained mud splatters.

 

 

So… what did I do with my time?

I took a nap. Yep, a nap. I went out into my backyard and curled up into a hammock and passed out. It was bliss. Then, over the rest of the day, I got about 4,000 words written on my Jessica Day story. Yes, it’s supposed to be called ‘A New Day’ but old mental habits are hard to break.

I’m still doing some cleaning up on it but otherwise, my submission for the July meeting is done. It’s not late. Holly basting bouncing butter balls of bureaucracy.

I did it.

 

 

Now i’m at a loss.

Do I keep pushing on and try to get ahead for next month?

Do I stop and smell the freshly washed sheet?

Do I continue looking up random pictures on the internet claiming its all part of my novel/blog research?

I don’t know…

 

 

I looking up at the skyline and watching as some huge cloud is drifting by off in the horizon. It’s cool watching it.

I am… at least for the moment… at peace.

 

F-Ya!

 

 

 

I can hear sirens going off in the distance. Hope it isn’t serious. My neighbor walked by a moment ago and I chated with her about how our lives are going. Four years flashed before my eyes and I missed it. Her youngest daughter graduated from UC Irvine. I recall her heading off to college and now here I am, four years later.

Ughhh….

 

Focus on the cloud Dave.

 

 

A couple of days ago Amazon had their prime day sales event. I bought myself something, go ahead a guess what it was. I’ve already mentioned it above. Did you guess hammock? That’s it, I bought myself another hammock. Only this one isn’t a backyard one on an aluminum stand. This one is a larger two person one with an under blanket which is used for sleeping in overnight.

Yep, my big splurge was all about relaxing.

Will I use it? I sure hope so. I do use the other two in my backyard, when time allows. I do plan on using this one as well should my life change in such a way that people stop peeing and learning how to fix their own meals.

One day at a time Dave, one day at a time.

Just because you got a single day off to enjoy yourself doens’t mean you get to go thinking it’s going to happen again.

 

I haven’t done this in a while…

<Commercial Break> *FU Dwight* </Commercial Break>

And now back to the program.

 

What else is there to talk/rant about?

 

Hey Dave, enjoy that cloud again.

 

Okay…

 

It’s getting darker, not because of rain but because of the setting sun. It’s as of this very moment, 8:21pm. I live in the Sacramento area of California and today is June 24th. The days from this point forward are going to start getting shorter again. (silent yippie as I’m not a summer person.)

 

What can I make out of the cloud using my imagination? The whole thing sorta looks like a backwards swimming dolphin. The tail is the leading edge.

And now it no longer does.

 

Am I rambling?

Yes, yes I am.

It’s my time right now. It’s my day off.

 

The dolphin looks like it got a labotamy with the top part of its head now missing/blown away.

Its buthole region is being illuminated by the setting sun so it’s looking even weirder.

 

Its changing again.

 

Next thing I know my own kids are going to be graduating from their next stages of life and I’ll be once more wondering where did the time go. Did I waste it all gazing at cloud buttholes?

Yeah, I said it. Cloud buttholes.

It really happened.