The Universal Question

Life gets in the way sometimes.

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans," John Lennon said.

Life is messy.

It's freaking wonderful.

Sometimes life is unbearable.

Occasionally you just laugh at it.

I've settled into this routine. Wake up ... fall in the shower ... ride my bike to the Breakfast Club ... walk Goddess .... run the beach ... walk Goddess again drinking Gator-aid while I cool down ... water the flowers ... baptize myself in the holiness of the outdoor shower ... move to the beloved back deck and write ... post ... go to work in a virtual world ... take a break for the Bored meeting (if I'm not in town or traveling) ... go back to work in a virtual world ... wait for Goddess to nudge me that it's time to take her for another walk (unless Dedra's on island then it is afternoon delight swim time now that she has upgraded her accommodations) ... take Goddess for aforementioned walk ... contemplate dinner ... take a bike ride ... go back to work in a virtual world ... then sit on the beloved back deck into the night.

Today ... that all got messed up.

Actually it started last night. Rocky disrupted my bike ride but we sat and talked as friends do so it was good. Then Tracy Thompson who was my partner in SABHC, health care and she rose from the dead and called me and we talked and talked catching one another up as good friends do. As I was falling asleep Esther called and we talked until 1:30 in the morning. I normally don't do stuff like that but I love Esther.

This morning it continued. Dedra suddenly remembered all ten commandments and how many she's broken. Chelsea my baby girl came back from six months in Europe and is still on London time where it's two in the afternoon so she's actually up in the morning wanting to talk. Carlos from St. Martin texted to talk. Esther calls back, and like Chelsea, I'm stunned that she's awake. This all happens at the same time!

It's all cool.

I'm having a good time. These are the people I love.

Then Dave Buck calls. This is work intruding on my personal time. The universe is suddenly off kilter.

I'm being punished for my sins! (Actually I've broken far more commandments than Dedra has ... some repeatedly!)

We talk for an hour about ... work!!!!

I stare at the clock. I'm supposed to be at Bar Church. God needs me. Dave Buck won't let me go.

Hmmmm... God? Dave Buck? God Dave Buck?

I ask myself the universal question repeatedly.

Then Dave Buck hangs up and I immediately ...

call Esther ...

We finish.

I'm late for Bar Church.

God forgive me.

Wait!

Never mind God ...

You're the one who sent all of this other stuff anyway...

Thanks.

I think you're great!