Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

I type too slow.

But it’s not entirely my fault. It usually goes something like this:

News breaks! I am full of outrage (or the even more furious poutrage) and sit down at my computer to start to send my displeasure clattering away through the intertubes, I’m really into a groove, just getting ready to -

“Grandma! The baby has a plastic bag on his head!”

I rush over, remove all plastic bags from heads and wherever else they are not supposed to be, get things calmed down and then sit down to recommence my rant, getting to the heart of why -

“Nanette! NANETTE! Can you get me a cup of coffee?”

I go refill my mother’s coffee cup, getting the creamer and sweetener just right and heating it up to the perfect temperature and then make sure her water glass is filled before getting back to expressing, in unambiguous terms just how angry –

“Grandma! We’re hungry! And the baby’s trying to smother the cat!”

I run to save the cat, then slap together something tasty and nutritious – or, at least quick – for everyone to eat, make sure more food winds up in the toddler’s mouth than on the floor, swipe a cloth over the counters, get the kids down for a nap, then get ready to really delve into the finer points of -

“Nanette! NANETTE! Can I get my cigarettes now?”

I check the time, go and hand mom her cigarettes for the time period, then walk slowly back to my computer – at which point, it seems like a good idea to check the original story so I can remember what I was writing about – only to find out that the whole thing has changed anyway, that what was reported wasn’t the whole thing and that there really is little to be outraged about after all. Or maybe more, but different reason.

So. I may miss out on good rants (and who doesn’t enjoy one of those from time to time?) but I find it easier and less time wasting just to wait for a bit before spouting off.

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