Trials and Tribulations

Life occasionally throws you a curve ball.

My dog has injured both of his hind legs and may need at least one operation. The surgeon is out of town on a multi-week vacation. Lucky duck. My vacation is tomorrow and the kennel I use cannot accommodate my dog's special needs. Throw in a boa snake and African pygmy hedgehog that also need caretakers (yet to be found), and this isn't looking very good.

My in-laws paid for the beach house where the entire family is supposed to congregate for the next week. We are not the only family branch that ran into issues. So, it looks like the 7 bedrooms may not all be filled. And, that is making my in-laws very cranky. (They're in their mid and late 80's, so they are entitled.)

I'm writing this because I realize I lead a pretty charmed life. This is a very rare occurrence. I know people who have issues all the time. Don't know why some people have issues and others do not, but I suspect it has something to do with quality of choices and plain old luck.

While my recent luck has been less than perfect, I'm not complaining.

Firstly, nobody likes a complainer.
Secondly, complaining only makes you feel worse.
Thirdly, complaining doesn't fix anything.
Lastly, I believe negative energy begets negative results - and, complaining is definitely negative energy.

I don't know how this is all going to work out. I have all day to do whatever can be done. The point being, I am doing something about this and not sitting around feeling sorry for myself.

That was yesterday.

(joke - smile)