Today started off pretty crappy. I woke up just as Mom was leaving to go have lunch with a friend. She pushed the button to lift the garage door, drove her car out, then pushed the button to lower it back down. The garage door went down… about a foot before going back up. Why? We’re still not sure. All I know is that Dad and I have been working on it for over four hours.
It’s attached to cables that were really loose and snarled up, so we straightened and tightened those. No good. Maybe the door was off-center and getting jammed on the way down, so we disconnected the cables altogether and lowered the door to the ground. Not the problem. Maybe the wheels are getting stuck, maybe the spring is too tight, maybe the door has become a sentient being and is pissed off that one of its screws had been loose for months. We tightened that, but still nothing. And now one of our wrenches seems to have escaped as well. Damn sentient inanimate objects…
And as I stared at the garage door in frustration, it occurred to me that it was 50 degrees and sunny outside. Warm enough that I didn’t really need the jacket I was wearing. Meanwhile, out east, Mother Nature recently decided that Hurricane Sandy didn’t cause enough damage, so she sent a Nor’easter to hammer the coast as well. Snow, freezing temperatures, damaged houses with no power… my life is so very, very good in comparison right now.
That’s not to say I’m not allowed to be a little frustrated, but I’m making sure to thank God, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Flying Spaghetti Monster and anyone else who might be listening up there. Thank you for all the blessings in my life, thank you for giving me such tiny problems to whine about and please help out the people who need it most. Amen.
