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Son-in-law Big Time at sea for who knows how long.
The Missus Herself is out in California for a few weeks.
It's just the feline staff and me, holding down the fort.
Idiots in Washington are...
Nah, not even going to think about that.
Changes are afoot on more than one front in my personal life. I'm on a different road, don't know where it's going, but it's all good. Trust me.
What is normal?
If only one of you listens to and appreciates this song, we have a connection. Somewhere.
Normal
The Foo Fighters**
The waves that silences break come again, one by one
I lay awake and I count til I drown
Turn up the room it's getting too loud
I know I don't have to say it
Pick up and move and go find some new ground
Somewhere I know I can make it
But I won't give up when I want it enough
No, I won't give up
Anything, anyway, anyone, any day
Cause I figured it out
Here and the now takes me day by day
Will you come out tonight
Will you back down, will you put up a fight
Turn me around and make everything right
Make me normal from now on
Erased everyone I've replaced
In the end they're all gone
The faces all fade as the time passes by
What could I do I was waiting for you
Grown sick and tired of faking
Give me those eyes when I give you the truth
Finally here for the taking
But I won't give up
When I want it enough
No, I won't give up
Anything, anyway, anyone, any day
Cause I figured it out
Here and the now takes me day by day
Will you come out tonight
Will you back down, will you put up a fight
Turn me around and make everything right
Make me normal from now on
Hey, will you come out tonight
Will you back down, will you put up a fight
Turn me around and make everything right
Make me normal from now on
I've figured it out here and the now
Hey, will you come out tonight
Will you back down, will you put up a fight
Turn me around and make everything right
Make me normal from now on
Hey, will you come out tonight
Will you back down, will you put up a fight
Turn me around and make everything right
Make me normal from now on
Make me normal from now on
Make me normal from now on
Make me normal from now on
(Source)
Yup, bit contemplative today.
This too shall pass...
* Loving the photos at this website, as you might be able to tell. Lately I'm finding all sorts of stuff to fit my ever-changing moods.
** What is it about this band that strikes such a chord in my soul? Always finding something to match my mood.
There's almost always a 'new normal' as we pass through life. But it's the journey that counts because nobody is really looking forward to that six foot drop and a mouth full of dirt. Embracing the day is important.
ReplyDeleteI try very hard to carpe diem, some days it's easier than others.
DeleteNormal is Change. Change is good. And as LL eloquently put it nobody looks forward to the inevitable. Hang in there.
ReplyDeleteYou have options.
First option: Refer to the Dash 1 (Page 126)
1) Stick-Forward. 2) Ailerons and Rudder - Neutral 3) If not recovered - Maintain full forward stick and deploy drag chute.
Second option: Bob Marley
"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
Always good to refer to the Dash 1 - but my crew chief ain't here and I have a number of gripes which need fixing. Which are usually adjusted by a quick "upside the head," to simulate Gs ya know, and a "suck it up and drive on" comment.
DeleteDidn't take you for a Bob Marley kinda guy. Nice!
Well, I'm not usually, but I am a Jimmy Buffett fan and his channel on Pandora plays quite a bit of Bob Marley. I like "Three Little Birds", it's got a nice beat to it, and pretty good lyrics, but, no surprise, I can't dance to it. ;-)
DeleteUm, yes, "safety of flight" and all that.
DeleteOr so Tuna says...
Three little birds is a big favorite of mine too. You CAN dance to it, and as usual, the more Margaritas you have, the better of a dancer you are! And besides, you have forty acres and a mule out there in Texas, or something like that, so plenty of room to avoid injury! And as for the FF song, we have a connection. What's the number mean? Feb 2, 2025?
DeleteThe Foo Fighters have recently released a few Extended Play albums (as opposed to an LP) with four or five songs each. I'm not sure of the significance of the numbers. When I figure that out (or someone tells me) I'll let you know.
DeleteFWIW, 02 February 2025 should be into my fourth year of retirement...
Maybe?
Ok, I thought maybe that was your retirement date! Haha.
DeleteHahaha!
DeleteBut anything's possible...
Very interesting. So you finally decided to decide. Well, cool. Cleared with Significant Other? Or just pre-deciding?
DeleteNothing has been approved. It's a goal.
DeleteNormal is the new normal and we just learn to live with it, but I hate being normal, so being normal, well that too shall pass. Can't control what you can't control all you can do it keep moving forward, smile a bit and act normal. :-) Sorry, I got off on a bit of a tangent, just as I normally do.
ReplyDelete"smile a bit and act normal" - sound wisdom Harold!
DeleteLive in the moment... one day at a time.
ReplyDeleteNo point in dwelling on the past; it’s done.
No point in worrying about the future; hasn’t happened yet.
When you have one foot in yesterday and the other is in tomorrow, you’re peeing all over today.
Hahaha!
DeleteWise as always Skip!
Lately my thought go drifting back to events of years past with no conscious effort on my part. Trivial things, like a neighborhood kid breaking our aquarium and loosing a nice fish. Am I preparing for the next step in my journey? At age 75, who knows? Oh well, I do what I've always done. Get up and start putting one foot in front of the other.
ReplyDeleteOne foot in front of the other...
DeleteSometimes that's all you can do. Sound advice WSF.
I wonder if your son in law is on the same ship (USS Theodore Roosevelt) as my son in law.
ReplyDeleteHe is indeed!
DeleteNow,the REAL coincidence there would be if they shared the same cabin.
DeleteIn fact I'm pretty sure they're both in this picture waving at you both.
Deletejuvat #1 - They'd have to be in the same squadron.
Deletejuvat #2 - Heh, yeah, I see him.
DeleteI dunno, Juvat. My eyes aren't as good as they used to be. ;-)
DeleteHeh, I feel ya brother.
DeleteNormal? What the heck is that?
ReplyDeleteAll my life doctors have asked if anything was abnormal. Lesse. Really bad allergies. Constant headaches from said allergies. Tinnitus from both genetics, anti-allergy drugs (subsequently taken off market) and life. Irritable BS. Basically beginning stage arthritis from day 1 (me gots some creaky bones.) All that, so what the heck is normal.
Diabetic neuropathy? How can I tell? They've always hurt, and they've always had dead spots (that move, because what's normal, right?) So some dummmoctor starts sticking me feet with a needle thinking he's going to prove a point and I about kick him in the head because he didn't tell me he was going to stick me. Because he never listened that the nerve pain, that I've had all my life, is either on the surface or deep in the bones, but the meat of the foot has really good feeling. (Yes, I have woken up having scratched a hole in my foot while sleeping.) My solution has always been to bomb the itchy painful area with as hot as possible water to overload the surface nerves that are faking other pains. All my life.
So... what is normal? Don't know, don't ask me. Normal is horking and hacking and pooping for half an hour every morning, to get rid of all sorts of stuff, wait, that's not normal? Done it all my life. It's normal to me.
Normal people don't take 4 times the recommended daily allowance of Benadryl and still have every mucus membrane sliming in overtime. Twice a year. For two weeks. Minimum. So much for perfect attendance.
Normal?
Normal is for losers.
Consistent abnormality is what I strive for.
Other than that, look at what you have, what you are doing, what is planned for you to be doing. Are you happy now and in the future if you follow that path? If so, quit worrying and go for the ride. You'll know when to push the 'Stop' button. If not, remember, elbows in when activating the ejection system, elbows in. (Because you don't want to scrape the elbows flat on your way out.)
Being alone sucks. Hopefully you and she are maintaining constant communications. If not, do so pronto, video if possible. Feel free to babble on here about whatever you need to babble.
Hope Corona-Chan avoids you and yours. And that wish goes out to all y'all in the Chant world.
Other than that, hope your trip to Church went well, and have a good day with the cats. Maybe think about an anti-raccoon and anti-heron system for the fish pond. You do know they sell remote controlled tanks, right?
HAHAHAHAHA!! I can just hear what The Missus Herself would have to say about a remote controlled tank to defend her fish pond!!! Even from herons and raccoons!! giggle...snort...tehehehe...
DeleteBut, yes, Beans is right...normal is a no drama day, or week, or month. And once you have gazed at your navel for a couple of days, and worked out "The Plan", then all that is left is to work the plan. Step by step, day by day.
Scary?
Sometimes.
But you can get too OCD and overthink things too sometimes. And THAT can be dangerous also. (yes, ya locked the door, I saw ya do it)
Sooo, go to church, talk with someone who can answer back in English as opposed to kitty-cat, and make sure your TO-DO list is done so when the Command Staff returns everything is ship-shape.
Normal? There is no such thing since it varies for everyone. There is "the usual" and "routine", and "the calm before the storm" which I am hoping is what Washington DC is experiencing. Talk about folks who need a smack upside the head!! Yeesh!!
I think I know one reason why you like the FF so much...they play music that sounds like music...as opposed to noise, and they have a LOT of percussion going on in their music. (Have you beat on the drums recently? No one around to say you are playing too loudly...) And as they are getting older, they are probably getting more introspective too. It's a maturing thing we all do.
Hope you have a lovely, calm, day with lots of quality kitty cuddle time.
After you have washed your hands...cause ya did go to church, right? Ya don't want to get the RI flu, never mind any other kind that is wandering around out there...ya want to be OCD, wash your hands--often--til at least May to avoid the local crud.
Beans - 'consistent abnormality" - love it, very apt.
DeleteRemote controlled tanks, WANT. But, well, trying to get an appropriation through The Missus Herself for such an item is tough.
What, you think I haven't tried?
Mind you, I'm not depressed or anything. I just get too introspective at times. It's my combined Gaelic-Gallic nature. (What bits are English, maybe a quarter, are constantly telling the Gaelic-Gallic majority to "piss off." So I've got that going for me.)
😁
Suz - You nailed it on the FF, I beat the drums extensively on Friday and Saturday, while listening to the Foo. Of course.
DeleteCats are keeping me sane, I did go to church and talk to humans. Which was good, I have an awesome church family.
I wash my hands, I don't wish to make my 89-year old mother drive down to Little Rhody and kick my behind. She would ya know!
I get it. Too many changes. I've outlived a husband (original), a child (stillborn), two siblings, and two parents and I'm barely 60. Yet, each day brings a new chance, new plans, and nefarious plots involving shop tools. Life is good. - Brigid
ReplyDelete"nefarious plots involving shop tools" - sounds like you Brigid! 😉
DeleteYou can hear the demon-song of the router, just waiting to rip you up...
DeleteHahaha!
DeleteBeans. I've heard that router song, and bear the scars of battle.
DeleteOuch!
DeleteI wonder if part of accepting change is how much change in how much time. (I'm sure that can be written as some equation, but not by me.)
ReplyDeleteOr maybe we have some sort of mental storage tank to accept change, and when that tank runs over we have problems. Also whether or not the change was by our choice, or forced upon us.
(I just spent a few seconds trying to delete a period, and finally realized it was a dust spec on the monitor.)
Good post for a gray and rainy afternoon.
Too much change in too short a time period can be problematic.
DeleteBeen there...
** If you knew the why, would it change anything? They're just a fantastic band made up of alien musicians (like a "human" Grohl could have four-tracked the first album all by himself. Riiight.).
ReplyDelete"Normal" can have a lot of meanings. Only a very few of them have anything to do with being close to the center of the bell curve. That place is also called a rut.
The pensive guy looked like he was texting for an uncomfortably long moment.
Great post.
Would make no difference at all. Rut, yup, that's what normal can feel like at times.
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