This Is How It Is

I walked into one of my favorite bookstores to pick up a voucher today.  I told the sales clerk, "Picking up for last name 'Wright' with a 'W.'  Thanks!"

Without missing a beat she goes, "Gripe.  As in g-r-i-p-e?"

I could practically hear God cackling.  I wanted to roll my eyes but didn't because he would have been all, "Oh, what?  Like she's wrong."

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It occurred to me this weekend that things are not as simple as they used to be.  Truthfully, they never were in the first place, but I get all whiny and lose sight of that.

Remember when our trips to the vet were like this?

Not anymore!

Now we can't even make it to the vet because we can't wrangle Lucy into her carrier.  She looks at us like, "Look, people.  I can't stress this enough.  You are so not in control here."

On Saturday morning we tried forever to lure her into her carrier.  To no avail.  Poor G had to wrangle me into the kitchen (I fall to pieces at the thought of sweet bunnies of yore.  This little rat is too much for me and it slays my heart.) and then proceed to try to sweet talk her into furry submission.

We had to call the vet and cancel.

Lord help us all if she ever gets sick.  She will meet her maker in the middle of the living room floor and there's no way around that.

There are three introverts living in this house.  Sometimes it's too much.

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Some key things in life are changing and I can't really talk about it - yet - on the blog.  No, I'm not pregnant.  But it's a big enough change that I feel like I'm reeling about, untethered.  Things are not how they used to be, but they are not yet settled into something new.  I'm in a Middle Ground where faith is tested and I don't exactly…how shall I say…excel in this type of situation.

I tend to roam around the house.  And zone out in front of the Christmas tree.  And whine incessantly until I get called out by a sales clerk.

But!  This is how things are and I want to live in the moment.  We are not guaranteed tomorrow and all that.  However, I find myself surrounded by life's rolling waves and pointing out to God, to quote a movie line, "We're gonna need a bigger boat."