In case you were unaware, my emotions control the weather.
At least, my children believe that to be true. I’m not entirely convinced that they are wrong.
As a kid, I used to try to control the lightning flashes and thunder crashes with my mind. It’s hard to say for sure if I was actually controlling them or if I just had good timing. It was Florida, there was a lot of lightning. (Side note: Storm, from the X-Men, first appeared in 1975 and so did I. Coincidence???)
So, on the 0.002% chance that my emotions actually do control the weather, I’d like to apologize for the monsoon, blizzard, dense fog and also the 80 degree days. I know it’s confusing. It’s been an emotional couple of weeks for me.
It all started out great! I was walking on sunshine, as usual. Then when I went to pick up The Boy from Cub Scouts, on that bright sunshiny day, they told me that his den was being disbanded and also, he hurt his foot playing hockey. It started to get a little cloudy right about that time.
It quickly became obvious that his foot was more than just a little hurt. He was in quite a bit of pain. I took him to Urgent Care and they did x-rays but couldn’t tell for sure if it was fractured or just banged up real bad because the injury was right along a growth plate. They recommended that we take him to the local ortho clinic and get him checked out. Ortho clinic sent him to the foot/ankle specialist. Everybody had the same answer. It might not be a fracture but whether it is or not, it’s right on the growth plate. We need to protect that! So, they booted him.
The Boy and the boot did not hit it off right away. I gotta tell you, I’ve never seen anybody want to say bad words so badly and do such a great job of controlling it! It was impressive. He got the hang of it eventually. I felt so terrible for him and I was so sad that he was hurting but I was also a little bit entertained by the melodrama.
This was about the time that the storms began. You would not believe these storms. Emotional and literal, they were big. We had a Tornado Warning while at work with about a billion people visiting our campus that day (it was actually more like 60) and my parents driving down the wide open highway to doctor appointments. Even after the warning had passed the rain just kept pouring down. So much so, that my car got stuck.
I did not park in the Everglades when I arrived at work that morning but when I went to move my car at lunch time, it was indeed a wetland. I ALMOST made it out. I probably would have if I had just floored it.
But alas, I did not.
I wasn’t the only one though. A tow company was called and they agreed to get all of us out for one fee. We were very grateful!
Funny thing happened though. They hooked up my car to the two cable and then one guy got inside my car. As he was inside my car, steering cautiously around alligators and anacondas, my car connected to my phone via bluetooth.
My car starts blasting Jam On It (Newcleus, 1984)!!! Seriously, I listen to it loud.
When he got out he told me that he was enjoying rocking out in my car! I was a little embarrassed but not really. I mean, it could have been blasting Vanilla Ice or something. So, we laughed and danced a little jig in the rain. I said “thank you” many times and told him I was so glad I could provide a little entertainment on this terrible day. Then I moved out of the way so they could continue their soggy rescue mission.
We all thought the tow team was great but we didn’t realize how great until it was time to settle up.
They didn’t charge us at all!
I think if my emotions really controlled the weather, the sun would have parted the clouds right then because that just made my day! It didn’t brighten up that day but it did stop raining eventually. However, that weekend, it snowed.
And the day after that, was the sixth anniversary of losing my mom. We could barely see through the fog. That was a pretty accurate interpretation of my emotions.
This week has continued to be filled with ups and downs, emotionally and weather-wise. I’ll try to get it under control for you.
The Boy should be out of the boot soon. I’m working on an exciting project with one of my very best friends in the world. AND my birthday is coming up. Maybe we will be having a couple of weeks of cool sunshine with a light breeze. (Maybe not.) But JUST in case we do…
You’re welcome!
The Way I Remember It 