July 2023
Blog
I Am Not Job: A Haiku
Would
that the gods ceased
Having
sport with me for I
Am
most sorely pressed.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(6/29/23)
I do not expect life to be
fair, but I’m not happy it has been this unfair. Several months ago our car was
hit in the parking lot of a mall where my husband has a small movie and TV memorabilia
collectibles shop. A truck came around a blind corner and turned right in front
of him as he was pulling out, basically ripping the front end off. It was a hit
and run and the insurance company wanted to total the car. We wanted it fixed.
They said they would no longer cover it if they paid us for it. So we paid
almost eight hundred dollars out of pocket to get it fixed.
A couple of days ago, the
car was stolen from our driveway late at night. We thought the police had
little chance of finding it and getting a replacement was way beyond our means.
Enter the friend of a dear
friend who set up a Go Fund Me account to help us replace the stolen car. We
had high hopes.
The police found the car
(damaged, but drivable) two days later. We got it back and planned on using the
Go Fund Me funds to fix it.
We actually got it back
yesterday around 4PM. My husband drove it two blocks to the mall this morning
and parked it. Less than an hour later, another dealer cut a sharp right turn
in from along side the car and took the front end off again.
The car is now really
totaled. We don’t know what if anything the driver’s insurance will pay. So we are
back to relying on the Go Fund Me to help us obtain a serviceable car.
Neither one of us is in
good health, and we surely don’t need this stress and aggravation, but we keep
plugging along. Well, I for one am done with life being this unfair.
But it seems life is not
through being unfair. As I am writing this, we found out our over-priced cable company
no longer carries the one channel we watch almost from the time we turn the TV
on until we fall asleep. As of today, we now have to get an antenna. (Gee, just
like the olden days, right?)
Basically the point of all
of this ranting and raving is this: I am
tired of things happening to me and mine. I am declaring to the gods that be
that I will no longer play the victim. I wlll become proactive instead of
reactive. The replacement car will have an alarm. There will be a motion sensor
light in the driveway. We will get an antenna and dump our over-priced cable
company. I will pull my “big girl panties” up and live my life “balls out”! My
new motto is “Get ‘er done!” and I do mean now.
Taking a deep breath now.
I’m going to type this. (I still write with pen on paper.) Once posted, I will
get some sleep and hit the floor in the morning with every intention of having
a good day. Enough has been enough. Listen for my roar!
As always, I welcome your
reactions and responses to any of my blogs. I love to hear from my readers.
Also, here are links to my Twitter and Facebook accounts, if you care to share
your thoughts with me there or look for any publication announcements.
amazon.com/author/annwilmerlasky
https://www.facebook.com/ann.wilmerlasky
Also, here’s a link to that
“Go Fund Me” page so you can see what I have written is for real. (I know, it
sounds like a wild tale.) Trust me, I couldn’t make this stuff up!
It’s now July and the year
is half over. Summer is upon us, and we still need rain. I’ve planted some
sunflowers and herbs this year, and I am watering them faithfully. They are
still alive. So, there’s hope.
