Stuff and Thangs

...wish i'd had a better phone.  this is a picture i got this morning of the sun.  the haze was so thick over route 82 that the morning sun was a blood ball in the middle of the sky, like a red moon.  it was marvelous to behold, and i'll likely edit the shot to restore the color to it.  that was the high point of the day.

the low part was coming to work.  not the job itself. 

there are moments, if you have even the slightest awareness, you know God is doing for you what you simply can't do for yourself, protects you because you're a baby or a fool.  you just know.  even if you're an avowed atheist or agnostic, you know it's beyond human power and/or comprehension to achieve the results you just got. 

that was this morning for me.  i got up, got dressed, gathered clothes, did a bit of writing, took my meds and read my stuff and got things gathered and prepared to head to work.  McGuffey is dug up so they are planning to resurface it correctly, but for now it is rough driving.  got through that though.  made it all the way to Goldie Road.  hit a small pothole, not deep at all, and next thing i know, BOOOOMP!! the car slouches like it had a stroke. 

i thought it was a blowout at first, hearing the car scraping the ground.  but no, something under the car broke, something i should have gotten checked out quite some time ago.  owning it.  i couldn't leave it in the street, so i had to slow drive it to the church lot across from my parent's house, since i had to go there anyway.  i took in a bag of dirty clothes, put them out the way and asked my mother to borrow her car. she said yes, and i made it to work on time. 

one client was a call off so the morning was sort of short.  i got the run done, went to my parent's house, called AAA, after i'd taken it to a shop my father suggested, and i arranged for the towing to the shop.  i washed and dried my clothes, made my mom and dad an omelet and grits, made a beef roast with cubed potatoes for their dinner, made myself a hamburger and had it with a bowl of applesauce.  i changed a basement fluorescent light for my father.  then i went back to work. 

i finished the day well enough, and came home.  i ate, worked on some music, had some dessert and am now laying in bed.  i think about what would have happened had i been on the highway when that ball joint and control arm went.  could have happened.  i think about how i need to be grateful for real.  could have been much worse, and wouldn't have been as bad if i'd dealt with the issue before.  but i know it is grace, i know i have been blessed and i am acknowledging that here and now.  but i'm getting tired, so i'm going to get it gone, and say Thank You to Jehovah for a pleasant learning day.