One of “those” days – take two.

You know how when someone says “it’s been one of those days” we all are ready for the litany of things gone wrong, plans messed up or disappointments by the bundle.

What if we turned it around? I mean there is nothing intrinsic to the words or that particular sentence that make it an obligation for a tale of woe. What if one put positive elements in, such as “it was one of those days” when I went back to bed for a good read; went for a lovely long walk in the sun; met a friend for coffee, tea, lunch – dinner; got the check I was waiting for (or more likely the bank deposit these days); had a phone call or e-mail from a friend with whom I hadn’t spoke in months; met a new friend; went to a great concert, etc.

I imagine though that we would have to eliminate “it was just” and add on one or more of the above-mentioned qualifiers, still think I’m going to give it a go and declare today “one of those days” where nothing goes wrong and only pleasure is had.

And I’ll wish you all the same type of days as I go off to chase the rainbows - rainbows every bit as quirky as my life.

 

The Rainbows in my life

The iffy fall weather means that physically there are lots of rainbows (yesterday alone – 4 in various spots as I drove through the city).

But there are also the emotional ones:

• My two sons
• My brother and sister - their spouses
• My younger son’s girlfriend
• My housemate
• My innumerable (o.k. I can actually number them, but I have been to richly blessed that I prefer the innumerable label) female friends, those I’ve known a life-time, those I’ve known for 40 years, those I’ve known for only a few, even those new friends. They all have their roles in my life; they all bring me something positive.
• The male friends who have treated me exactly the same after (my husband’s death) as before.
• Concerts, museums
• Magazines, good books (and sometimes even the indifferent ones)
• Good meals whether in a restaurant or at friends
• TV series – DVDs that make me laugh
• A house and enough to live on: blessed more than many in this world

And the list is not exhaustive, nor did I try and remember everyone.

I hope that everyone has at least a few rainbows in their lives. Feel free to borrow the one below if needs be!

Nov.7, 2013: morning rainbow "dot"

Welcome to the mountains

Leaving my various roommates to watch the house, I took my youngest son, my new car, way-more-than-possible-luggage and myself off to my summer rental in the Swiss Alps.

Even the skies pulled out all the stops – offering us a rainbow visible on both mountain and clouds! 

Near Martigny, Switzerland