This morning Kitty caught a Dove. She “brought” it to me as I was trying to leave for work. Much to her dismay, I made her let it go and it promptly went to hide out underneath my car. Great. Now I had to try and get it out from underneath the car, try not to scare it any more than it already was, and try to put it in a safe place so that Kitty didn’t find it again while I was at work.
First I tried to use a shovel, thinking it was long and maybe the bird would just walk onto it. NOPE. Then I tried a broom. NOPE.
Finally I just freaking picked the thing up from halfway underneath the car (and yes, I was dressed for work so this was just so much fun) and talked to it. I finally convinced Super Bird that I just wanted to help it. It settled down and let me put it in a tree where it would be safe. Its’s wings and neck seemed to be ok and I think it was just very Dazed and Confused.
After this little field trip from my every day life I was also a little confused, covered in dirt and had red ants all over me from rolling around underneath the car in a sundress. Thank Buddha & the Code Gods I chose to wear pretty underwear today, cause all the neighbors were getting a show. It must have been good karma for lighting incense and candles last night in the hopes that WordPress Wednesday would go well today.
So, finally I am driving to work about 15 minutes late (I WAS 30 minutes EARLY before this) and I was thinking about the Poster contest. I realized that the only way to actually do anything is to have NO FEAR. Crap. This one really sucks. So, I decided to actually submit the drawings to the poster contest and to email Dean and see if he wants the Mitzi’s Little Dragon domain back.
I got into work and that was its normal crazy stuff and guess who emailed me: PosterGirl. She is still accepting applications and will take mine on Friday. So, I have to finish the last one today and tomorrow.
I also got this: “Train yourself in three hard disciplines.” These are the difficult practices of mindfulness, of expulsion and of ‘interrupting the flow.’ I am having visions of a nightmarish WordPress Wednesday. I will let you know how it goes.
