Sometimes, you have nothing exciting to post. Sometimes you are fresh out of ideas, or you literally have one...albeit preciously cute...picture on your phone. Sometimes, nothing is happening except, well, life. Regular, ordinary, daily life. As I was saying my prayers this morning, I realized it is ok to write about nothing. I mean, life happens between all the special events, holidays, and excitement. And for me, ordinary life is the very best life there is.
Currently, I am on the couch with two of our three pups, finishing my morning coffee and prayers. The television is off, mainly because I try to keep my mornings less chaotic and more intentional, but also because this house has some sort of special air heating and cooling system that makes the sound travel everywhere and all at once! I am an early riser, to be sure. The remainder of the house is not.
Later, I will get cleaned up, have breakfast/lunch, and start school with Flynn. We usually watch an old game show or two, like MatchGame or Card Sharks, first. If you are looking for a break from chaos and politically correct television today, immerse yourself in GameShow Network, where it is perpetually anywhere from 1975 through 1983 and much more fun. I mean Gene Rayburn and Jim Perry?! The best!
After school, I will throw in some laundry, take the dogs outside for a bit, and then wait for a call from my sister Margie and my mom; I am so thankful for those calls and for the fact that my mom is happy and still loves to talk with me, her daughter. Next, I will head to the kitchen, where I usually play some Post Malone music on my speaker rather loudly while I start dinner. Tonight, we are having Baked Ziti with Sausage, tossed salad, and garlic bread; Flynn is making some pumpkin bread too!
After dinner, we will clean up and get cozy on the couch for a few episodes of Gilmore Girls. After that, the kids usually disperse to various places for video games or showers, and I head to one of my favorite parts of my day, my nightly shower. I have written before how I used to be a morning shower person. However, an evening shower somehow does more than make me clean. It washes away the day's stress and relaxes me way more than an invigorating morning one. I slather on my lotion...Eucerin is my current favorite, followed by a bit of my signature scent... Amazing Grace by Philosophy. Then I head back out to the family room and plop on the couch for some reading or TV watching with Steve before bed.
Of course, this is only an outline of my ordinary day. In between are mundane things like picking up one dog's food so another can't eat it, helping Flynn train a cute but feisty puppy, making grocery lists, scrubbing toilets, taming my unstyled hair into a ponytail over and over, and checking in with my sister and friends through texts. My windows need washing, the bird feeder is empty, and Easter is coming too quickly. I can, however, let all that be, because it will all work out. And if it doesn't the sun will rise again anyhow, right?
So, embrace your mundane, my friends. That is the stuff life is made of.
Billie Jo
