I hope I am not surprised by the results of the election next week. There have been too many unpleasant surprises (political and otherwise) in my long life.
I wonder if there are any surprises in my blog post today.
There are several surprises on today’s list and I am surprised that the Daily Bitch knew that it was International Scented Candle Day.
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Here’s what I find when I search for surprises on YouTube.
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I like those kind of surprises.
Thanks to all who show up for surprises here, including YOU!
Yesterday, after I watched Jimmy Kimmel Live! and was surprised by the miracle of Jeremy Renner‘s incredible recovery from his snow plow accident , I asked this question about miracles on Twitter:
Here’s the interview that inspired my question about miracles:
Do you see miracles in my other images for today?
Cancelling our noisy and unhelpful thoughts might be a miracle.
Today, after I witness miracles in my therapy group, we’re taking our cat Joan to the vet. If she doesn’t need medicated eye drops, that would be a miracle, and if we can apply eye drops easily, that would be a miracle, too.
What are your thoughts and feelings about miracles?
Thanks to all who help me believe in miracles, including YOU!
Today is April Fool’s Day, so let’s start out with a definition of “fool.”
If I were at a restaurant and somebody said “that damn fool waiter” to me, I would get away from that person as soon as I could, and I’m not fooling.
That reminds me of the time when I was waiting at my favorite restaurant to meet a guy from a dating site for the first time who had a very prestigious job, and he was late. The waiter kept refilling my water and when I started to feel like a fool I let the waiter know what was going on. When the guy finally showed up, I wasn’t fooled by him — he seemed insensitive, entitled, and humorless — and after a few minutes I said, “Look, I don’t think this is going to work out. I don’t want either of us to waste our time,” and I said goodbye and left. It’s a good thing I wasn’t fooled by him, because later that week I met my husband, Michael, who, if he is a fool, is the same kind of fool I am.
Also, the next time I went back to my favorite restaurant, the waiter (who was no damn fool) told me that the staff who saw everything loved it when I walked out.
Here are some quotes about fools:
I obviously don’t write for fools.
In my images for today, can you spot the fool who took the photos?
Somebody who is no fool shared that image on Twitter yesterday in honor of National Crayon Day.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “fools.”
I look forward to reading all the comments on this “fools” post and thanks to all who helped me create it, including YOU.
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!
