I was only trying to eat some crackers 😅
Beloveds, I’m in a goofball mood this 🌄 morning. Laugh with me…
I have to take my morning medication with food.
It was too early for an actual meal, and I was still entirely too tickled from negotiating with hard for some PTO, so I decided Ritz crackers would do.
Simple.
Quiet.
Responsible even.
Ritz looked at me and said,
“Nah fam.”
👀
Excuse me?
I know a cracker did not just get smart with me before sunrise.
Before I could properly address Ritz, Ziploc showed up.
Nobody called Ziploc.
Nobody asked Ziploc.
But Ziploc took one look at the situation and said,
“Both of you need to zip it.”
😐
Oh.
So this is what we doing this morning.
I went and got annoyed.
You remember annoyed.
Blue.
Extra annoyed.
Already irritated about having to exist.
Annoyed came marching into the kitchen like somebody had activated the emergency response system.
“What happened?”
I pointed at Ritz.
Ritz said nothing.
I pointed at Ziploc.
Ziploc suddenly discovered silence.
Interesting.
Then boring showed up.
Now boring had JUST gotten free from PTO jail and should have gone somewhere and enjoyed being boring in peace.
But nooooo.
Boring heard commotion and decided this was the perfect morning to develop a personality.
Boring leaned against the counter.
“So we fighting crackers now?”
I looked at boring.
Annoyed looked at boring.
Ritz looked nervous.
Ziploc tried to disappear into a drawer.
And then amused arrived.
Amused brought coffee and donuts.
☕️🍩
Did amused come to help?
Absolutely not.
Amused pulled up a chair, got comfortable, took a sip of coffee and said,
“Please. Continue.”
😂
About that time, we heard a tiny knock from down the hall.
Everybody froze.
hard peeked around the corner.
“Can I come out now?”
I said, “Are you prepared to respect the PTO agreement?”
hard thought about it.
“Define respect.”
Annoyed stood up.
“OH, I GOT TIME TODAY.”
😂😂😂
Amused reached for another donut.
Boring whispered, “This is why I preferred PTO jail.”
Then peace wandered through in pajamas, surveyed the entire situation and turned right back around.
I couldn’t even blame peace.
😂
And somewhere between Ritz getting disrespectful, Ziploc getting mouthy, annoyed getting more annoyed, boring finding a personality, amused eating donuts and hard trying to renegotiate a contract we JUST signed…
I realized something.
Life can be lifing and still be ridiculous.
Something can hurt and something else can make you laugh five minutes later.
You don’t have to wait until everything is fixed before you’re allowed to enjoy something good.
Joy doesn’t always wait on the other side of hard.
Sometimes joy shows up right in the middle of it.
Sometimes carrying coffee and donuts.
Sometimes hiding inside a ridiculous conversation with a sleeve of crackers.
Sometimes it’s just a few minutes when hard isn’t getting all the attention.
And, beloveds, we’ll take those minutes.
Every single one.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to find patience.
Patience is late.
And annoyed has questions.
😅👖☕️🍩
loving me some you
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
