It has been busy and everything is falling apart. My car is on its' last legs. As the service person listed all that is wrong, he wanted to give me some good news - "your tires are good." My reponse, "Well, let's wait to see if I can sell and move to Niagara Falls." Of course the housing market is the lowest it has been since......
Then my washing machine broke down twice and it cost almost as much as a new one. Samsung which served me well in the past, doesn't any longer so I switched to Maytag. It was supposed to arrive Saturday and it did but it was too damaged to use, so another is supposed to arrive today. I have an enormous amount of laundry to do and did't realize how much clothing I have. It simply lasts forever. Let's see what happens today. The only reason I haven't gone to a laundry mat is because there is no parking. There is lots of parking in Niagara Falls. There were more breakdowns and associated costs, but I surrender. The positives? I have food to eat. I have a warm bed and I am fortunate to have a good family so I don't have insecurities so many now have in Canada. We always need to count what is positive in our lives where everything seems downstream, but it is not. So Alberta is going to remain in Canada and so much money was wasted to figure that one out, that could have been better spent. Quebec is going to wait for Trump to step down before they start and quite frankly I am tired of this. You want to leave Canada - go. Find something better, but pack your own suit case and bye bye. If you find a better country please tell the rest of the world. The world now seems out of control, but it isn't. The majority of people are good and care for each other. More wisdom is required to choose better leaders and to recognize when they fail to be democratic. There was also a tragedy in Wainwright where four soldiers died and dozens more are in hospial with burn injuries. What can I say about all the suffering there? Regardless of all that seems wrong with the world, recognize that there is also so much good. Take time to reflect each day and to spend time with nature.
Take care of yourselves.
