Freeze Frame

There is someone running for office in my state
who gets on my nerves so very much that I think
I will have to move if he is elected.
I just saw his scurvy face on TV and it just kind of
makes me want to hit him over the head
with his own political platform.
And if Mike Huckabee or anyone else calls again
to chat with me in a pre-recorded sort of way,
tell them I'm in the shower. Please.
I'm so ready for election day and so tired
of all these campaigns. I don't know how things are
in your corner of the world, but I don't know that
I would give two cents for anybody
who is on the ticket where I am.
We need some new faces on the political scene.
We need some new faces that come
with things like backbone
and intelligence
and integrity attached.

When I got up this morning, I had to go to the mirror
and look at myself to see if I look like I'd been
kicked between the eyes some time in the night.
It would not have surprised me to find a shoe print
or hoof mark of some kind on my face. It would have
made sense for the way I was feeling. I feel like I should
have a big bruise between my eye brows. I've had this
major headache all day long.
But no bruise.
No kick between the eyes
(unless it happened in my dream or something).
I spent the majority of the day outside.
Last soccer games in the middle of the day.
Church hayride/chili supper tonight.
It was one of those things where you feel it so clearly
that I really expected someone to say,
"Hey Bell, were you kicked between the eyes?"
'Cause that's how I felt.
And I'm going to actually take something before
I go to bed and hope I wake up
like a new person tomorrow.

It was a busy, full day today
(especially adding in the constant headache
--that always makes me feel like I'm moving in slow motion)
but it was a good day.
I have just been in the mood for a day or two
where it's just like I am in sympathy overload.
I don't know if that's it exactly.
I don't know what it is.
I am just feeling so sorry for some people
who are having tough times, wishing I could fix problems
for others, wanting to just hug people and tell them
how valuable they are. It's like I'm just feeling everything
more than usual. More sympathy. More caring.
More pride. More everything.

I put two roasts in the crock pot tonight
to get a jump start on tomorrow and the rest of this week.
I have so very much that I need to get done this week.
So much.
I'm just really looking forward to simplifying my life.
I really need wisdom in this area.
I just wish I could pause everything,
get my act together,
and then un-pause it
and let things swing back into action.
That would be so lovely if I could do that.
Do you have the remote control for life?
Could you push that "pause" button for me?