811 2015

This morning already I have swung at a hanging curve ball & missed. That’s right. I made a plan & a recheck of the calculations at the last minute was wrong.

Today, eleven August (8/11) is St Clare’s day. Saint Clare was one fo the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi back in the 12th Century.

I had a Blessed event yesterday AND in honor of my Mother & FBNG both whose name is Clare, I decided attending the Daily Mass this day a good idea & a good thing to do. Plus, this whole this began at the rental property which just happens to be, drum roll ... 811. Worth the time.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO DO ?

Are YOU kidding ? What are you ... a Cardashian ?

All kinds of things. Haven’t you been paying any attention ?

WHATEV … SO WHAT’S THIS BLESSED EVENT ?

You ARE Cardashian !! Kim, Chloe or Kate maybe ??

Early yesterday evening, the smartphoney lights up with a text from tenant at 811 that AC went out & it was getting warm. I waited for a while & ran some scenarios and also ran thru some disaster plans. You know, the ‘what ifs …’.

This could turn into a novella so I am going to take summarization liberties. I recalled a former neighbor out thata way that went rogue into a Heating/AC business sole proprietorship.

Miraculously, I found his card & made the call only to hit the voice mail box wall. I am in the meantime texting the tenant keeping her up to date & current to make her THINK I care & am doing something.

Anyway, Ling calls back quickly. I bring him up to speed with the AC problem & after business is taken care of, it was ‘How’s the wife & kids …?’ & ‘What have you (I) been up to …’?

One of the last texts back to tenant was to tell the tenant that she could call in addition & independently to see if she could get someone esle out there at the off-hour for a service call. Sometimes chicks have more luck with these sort of pleading calls.

Ling said sure, 8:00-8:30 tomorrow morning & gave me some questions to ask the tenant. So I called the tenant this time & in the ensuing conversation told me she did find a neighbor that was coming over. Seems this neighbor works for an AC repair company. See where this is going ?

The next text I get from her is the thing I FIXED. It was a capacitor, he had one and as a favor replaced it for $50. I told her to take $50 off the next rent payment which she agreed to.

I called Ling to stand down & Happy Ending.

So getting back on track, I checked the daily Mass schedule at St Michaels after taking a shower & good thing I did. I knew that 8:00 am was standard but when I dug the bulletin from this week from the recyclables, there were in fact daily 8:00 am Masses alright. On Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays. This is Tuesday, daily Mass Tuesday & Thursday is at 5:30 pm. Imagine my anger at getting there and THEN finding this out ?

So here I am. Trying to decide if 5:30 this afternoon will work for me. It will be brutally hot, traffic will be the afternoon rush hour nightmare & I don’t go Saturday afternoons now for just these reasons.

But I can record the news & go just the same. This is how God works.

People underestimate God way, way too often. I am thinking MOST people, not being Faithful or fully turned in, miss completely & totally overlook His workings. I am personally thinking that these people, the GOOD Muslims MIGHT call them Infidels, unbelievers, Philistines, pick a label or name of YOUR convenience to call them, these people are just so totally distracted by status symbols, money, themselves or social media that they miss God's tests, the hidden messages & challenges he gives us routinely to make us a better person or as Matthew Kelley preaches, a better (or best ?) version of ourselves.

End of Lesson.

Morning beverage is sun tea, herbal estate blend & iced. Just delightful as I sit here plotting & making back-up plans to fill the day until 5:30. I think I’ll set the alarm watch for 4:00 as the Saturday reminder to get ready.

I think I should mow the lawn to knock down the taller grasses. NOT WEEDS. The heat & limited watering necessitates a trim for the opportunistic varieties.

Afterall, it isn’t going to get any cooler today. Then I can retire to more pressing duties, tasks & activities inside.

It’s a good day.

Enjoy it. Accomplish something today.

Bill out.