Leigh's Views

Have you ever wanted to do something yourself because the person or company responsible for doing it just can’t seem to get it together? But you know that’s impossible so you just shake your head in wonder and try to roll with it? Well, the last week or so has been this way for me with the mail and package delivery companies. Okay, I know I’m bored out of my skull and this is a big part of my problem. However, I’ve counted mail for 26 different people who don’t live with me in the last week. And at least 1 of these people I know for a fact has been dead for over a year. To me, this seems rather excessive. That’s an awful lot of mail in such a short period of time going to the wrong place. Yes, all of the mail had my address on it, just not my name. How does this happen? To be honest, I have no idea. As if that wasn’t enough fun, 2 packages showed up at my door which weren’t for me either. Now these did have different addresses on them, yet, there they were. And 1 package I ordered was ...

Now last week I shared my feelings about this year and in particular I mentioned I’m ignoring the news. Well, I got a few comments which weren’t quite positive regarding that. Okay, people, I get it. You all are hooked on the news, the chaos in our nation and world has you riveted. But my neighbors are all I can handle at this moment. Let me prove my point. One neighbor is trying to do some work on his house himself because he doesn’t want some stranger to come in right now. This is a guy who thinks its okay to hammer in a screw. He put a lock on a gate upside down and the key got stuck in the lock. And now he’s trying to fix his leaky roof with bathroom caulking. Need I say more on this subject? And last week the very day I put up my post, a severe thunderstorm rolled through. A tree across the street snapped towards the top, sending a large chunk down on the power and cable lines. Causing all of the homes on our street to lose power. And if that wasn’t bad enough the lines fell down ...

Today is July 1 st and half the year is gone. For me, it’s usually a day spent in reflection. What have I done so far this year? What do have yet to do? However, today I have no such plans. Because this year is a year of what-ifs. Not only for me, but for most of the world. As far as I’m concerned there’s no point in sitting around and thinking about things which should’ve been. Those trips to Europe. Those trips to neighboring states. Those events I was scheduled to do. Nope, to be honest, I don’t even look at the emails anymore. Those emails saying ‘We may resume flight on such and such date.’ Or ‘We may reschedule the event at blah blah time.’ Why bother? Next month I’ll get the same notes from the same people just with a different date in the future. Because no one has a crystal ball telling them when this will end. So today, I will not be looking at my life. No, instead, I’m going to do what I did yesterday and the day before that. Write a little, read a little, walk a little...