Just a Suggestion...

Sometimes tranquility eludes us. This is a simple fact of life. Whether it's because you go back to work after a week off to find out one person was fired, two were laid off, and three others had their hours cut... Or perhaps it's because your parent's house was sold, then it wasn't, now it is, but they're just waiting to hear from someone... Or it might be because things at home aren't progressing as fast as you would like but there's only so much daylight in a day which, of course, is gone by the time I get home from work because the sun goes down at 4:30 pm instead of 9 p.m. like it did three short months ago...

The emotional exhaustion factor is running rampant in all areas of life at the moment, much like my hamster Nibbles used to do in his squeaky little wheel before my previous black cat, Pavement, decided he would be better as nutrition than an electricity generator... (I've lost more hamsters and gerbils that way...) And while Nibbles, Pipsqueak, Buster, Tripod, and a host of other hamsters and gerbils have gone the way of that great Nike shoebox buried in the backyard--as have Pavement and Spot and their tag-teaming terrorism of my pet rodent population--the giant hamster wheel of life for the rest of us continues in its never-ending cycle. Of course, since our electricity bill is supposed to go up by 30 percent in January due to rate hikes, it would be nice if all this running in that intangible wheel would generate a little extra electricity on the side...

Just a suggestion...

Of course, things will get better, such is the nature of the wheel. It just sucks when you realize you've hit the part of the wheel that's missing a few rungs and you stumble for a bit, stub your toes, bloody your nose, that sort of thing.

Before you know it, Mom and Dad will be enjoying their new home, work will pick up, and the renovations to our home will be complete--it just takes time, patience, and a few more spins of the wheel.

(Squeaky, squeaky, squeaky...) Although, if truth be told, a little WD40 every now and then would be nice... Sort of ease us through the really squeaky parts?

Just another suggestion...