I don’t know what people’s expectations are about my blog, but you can usually expect to see the Daily Bitch calendar.
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It’s not unrealistic to expect that there are many quotes out there about expectations.
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I wonder if my other images for today will meet your expectations.
In a therapy group last night, several people expressed relief that the month of September is coming to a close, so my expectation is that some of my readers may feel the same way.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “expectations.”
I have no expectations about what comments people might make about this “expectations” post, but I’m still looking forward to them.
Any expectations about how I’m going to end this post?
My nice and cute guy, Michael, actually said the word “cute” when I showed him one of those images. Can you guess which one?
Yesterday I had a cute idea of how I might spend my May 8 – 23 vacation from work. Instead of spending the whole time in our cute home by the sea, I thought it might be cute to do “The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally” World Tour. That is, I could visit some of my cute readers, staying in cute hotels, and eating in cute restaurants. If you want me to visit you, leave a cute and convincing comment below.
My careful husband Michael, who is all that I could wish for, likes to say, “Be careful what you wish for.”
If you wish for a careful definition of that statement, here‘s one:
(be) careful what you wish for — idiom
Definition of (be) careful what you wish for
—used to tell people to think before they say that they want something and to suggest that they may not actually want it
You think having twins would be fun? Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it.
Over the past few months, I’ve often wished for
more time at home,
the chance to relax, and
major changes in the current political situation.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m getting what I wished for. I guess I should have been careful.
I want to be careful in explaining what I’m currently wishing for, because it might sound bad. I’m wishing that if I had been tested for COVID-19 (which my doctors unsuccessfully wished for and asked for) when I was briefly hospitalized with fevers earlier this week, I would have tested positive.
Why am I wishing for THAT? Because
I’ve been self-quarantining, so I know I’ve done my best to reduce the spread,
I’d be immensely relieved to know that I survived the pandemic unscathed despite being in the major risk categories (age and underlying health issues), and
Whether or not Dr. Salem wishes to be quoted in this blog, he often is. Here is an excerpt of his email to me this week after my release from the hospital:
It is criminal that we have not been able to test. It is really good to hear that you are better since anyone that has the illness and recovers should now be immune.
It looks like Dr. Salem also wishes that I would have tested positive for the illness, if testing had been available.
Be careful what photos you wish for, because you might get these:
Be careful what you wish for if you wish to eat pasta every day, because that’s what we’ve got!
For those of us who wished to see more of Mayor Pete Buttigieg this year, we got this …
It looks like Pete, a huge Star Trek fan, got what he wished for his first time guest hosting an American late night TV show.
Here‘s part of the classic be-careful-what-you-wish-for Twilight Zone episode, “Time Enough at Last”:
What I wish for now includes (1) comments and (2) the opportunity to express my gratitude for all who help me create these daily blog posts, including YOU!
How bad could it be that I’m self quarantining, knowing I’m doing the best for myself and for all those I care about?
How bad could it be for me to share these photos with my good readers?
How bad could it be if
Michael cooks delicious pasta and
Oscar and Harley look up and share our happiness?
How bad could it be if Stephen Sondheim is turning 90 years old this month? Here he is playing “Move On” at the memorial service for Michael Bennett, who died during the AIDS pandemic:
How bad could it be where you are, here and now?
How good could it be to express gratitude to all those I appreciate, including YOU?
Yesterday, in the stillness of the night, I facilitated a Coping and Healing group where we focused on the topic of “stillness.”
After everybody had shared their thoughts on stillness and we had finished wrap-up with three minutes remaining until the end of the group, I suggested we spend that time in stillness.
Do you see stillness in any of my other new photos?
During the stillness of the latest software update for my laptop, I started writing this post on my phone.
I am going to break the stillness here with the songs I mentioned in my written thoughts on stillness, shown above.
I’m still ending every blog post with gratitude, so please accept the stillness of my thanks for all who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — for YOU.
After I published this post, I discovered that my only other post about “stillness” was published exactly four years ago, to the day. What are the odds of that?
Yesterday, when I was wearing that t-shirt, somebody asked me, “Who is it?” and I didn’t have an answer.
Apparently, it’s not me this morning. My laptop computer is inexplicably dead, dead, dead and I am calm, calm, calm, despite my usual panic about such things.
If it’s not me, who is it? Perhaps it’s somebody who finally realizes that fear and panic solve nothing.
It’s not me in my other photos from yesterday.
It’s now me pointing out that my laptop was working perfectly well last night before we watched the Boston fireworks from our home.
It’s not me who can fix an Apple laptop, so I’ll be consulting some expert today.
It is me who is the expert on my own experience; it’s not me who is the expert on computer technology (even though I used to be a technical writer).
It’s not me who prefers to blog on my phone; it is me who overcomes obstacles to do what’s important to me.
It’s not me who is singing this …
… but it is me who will be performing my second original song at an Open Mic tomorrow night.
It’s not me who said “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life” but it is me who has gratitude, here and now, for all who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — for YOU.
As I look around, I see many people making questionable choices.
Is it a questionable choice for me to share my first photo from yesterday?
I made some questionable choices yesterday, including using Gorilla Glue to reattach my lost-and-found necklace piece. However, after questioning the internet, I made choices to effectively remove the excess glue from my fingers and from the repaired necklace.
Are any of my other photos from yesterday questionable choices?
Last night, one of my unquestionable choices, Michael, showed me a short film from the NY Cat Film Festival about a man who has made choices some might find questionable. I hope you make the choice to watch this:
It’s not a questionable choice to thank Michael, Ian Christopher Goodman, Akamatsu the Cat, Harley the cat, Hallmark Cards, seaside locations, the internet, and — of course! — you, for choosing to visit here, now.
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