Musings at Altitude

I’ve received text messages, calls, and emails from all over the country asking things like:

Are you nuts?

Are you still alive?

Do you watch what you drink and eat at home now?

Is your life insurance up to date?

Do you have a will?

Are you trying to anger it?

And so many more!  Why is it that when I show my feelings and I share my pain, I’m the one in trouble?  I should be applauded for being open and honest in our relationship, and I should be encouraged to continue to share my feelings and not hold all this within me!

OK…maybe not…maybe I did take quite a risk by heading into those overly sacred and definitely protected areas of discussion centered on perimenopausal activities.  But the word had to get out. 

The world needs to know that we have alternative energy sources right here in our own homes.  We need to harness the heat coming from these bodies and use them to the benefit of this nation and our world.  We could be off petroleum within years!  I could heat my home, fuel my car, and share the excess energy with my neighbors, who maybe too young or too mature and not be blessed like I am to have such an attractive and readily available energy source right here in the bed next to me!

Wow!  We may be on to something!  Does anyone who reads this know anything about alternative energy?

PS.  We slept with the windows closed last night and all was bliss till 1:06 in the morning when I leaped out of bed because I thought something was flying around the bedroom and landing on the bed.  I turned the lights on and felt around, but found nothing.  I didn’t sleep well from then on, but when I went to the front door to let the dog out this morning, I was surprised to find this:

Coincidence?  Doubtful.

PSS.  Speaking of “no help at all”, our coffee pot has refused to brew for two days straight.  I believe it’s on strike because it did not like the vinegar cleaning Denise gave it a week or so ago.  It worked beautifully up until the time it was cleaned.  Now it’s decided to tease us with lights and gurgling sounds and then drop none of that much needed, caffeine infused elixir in the coffee pot.  So Denise pulled out the coffee pot manual (does anyone else really do things like that?) and went to the trouble shooting sector.  It gave her incredibly wise suggestions for the trouble category of “the coffee is not brewing”:

• “Plug unit in”
• “Wait for power to be restored”
• “Check the water windows”
• “Insert filter basket correctly”
• “Place decanter correctly on decanter plate”

These user’s manuals need to have two categories of troubleshooting, one for those who have made 20,000 pots of coffee in their lives, and the other for the 2 and 3 year olds that may be new to coffee.