One Thing Leads to Another

'Tis the season to be jolly fa,la,la,la,la,la,la,la.la. It also is the time when everything goes flooey! December is the month when all things sane suddenly go insane. If something goes wrong, burns out, or gets lost, it will probably happen in December. It's the only month that usually sane people go out in a snow or wind storm to buy a present for someone they really don't like.

However, most of us find Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's, to be worth the hassle.

Since I'm into music, I am always involved playing and performing in choir concerts and playing for song fests during the month. To me the music makes it all worthwhile.

My family members are all grown and have their own homes and lifestyles. But we do try to see each other during Christmas.This year, two of my grown Grandchildren and my Daughter-in-law spent Christmas with me. But, I'm leaving out one member of my household--my 17-18 year old cat, Julie.

For a cat, 17 or 18 years is very old. Julie is getting a little hard of hearing, her eyesight is failing, and arthritis in her lower back is hindering her ablilty to walk, jump, or leap. For a cat, that is a big loss., but she has learned to make do. With the aid of footstools, low chairs, she is able to climb up on the bed or her favorite sleeping chair.

She has adjusted her life around her ailments.Something she has done with full acceptance of her situation. Her ability to cope with her old age seems to come quite easily--much more so than mine. I'm not able to conquer my annoyance with changes that the years bring, as well as Julie does.

The Tuesday night before Christmas, we had a power outage that dropped the whole building into absolute darkness. I was in the kitchen, and as I started feeling my way around the room, I felt a little furry creature "nosing" my leg with every step I took. I then realized with no light in the apartment, Julie was blind. She can see as long as there is some light in the room, but with no natural or artificial light, she couldn't see a thing. I finally found a flashlight and we managed from then on.

The power outage somehow affected one of my computers.It finally gave up the day before Christmas. Now that the festivities have gone away, I managed to pull up Wealthy Affiliate on my second computer today. Tomorrow I hope to find someone to fix my other computer.

We willl be fully up and running by 2022.

As for Julie, she has no intention of giving up. She has a certain will to live that cannot be denied. I'm amazed to watch her.

Life has a way of teaching us how to cope with whatever comes our way. Sometimes our lessons come in round about ways. As for Julie and me, who trained whom is anybody's guess.

Happy New Year everybody. Oh yes, I took pictures of Julie with her new toy, but the camera decided to quit.