it's funny how i can get used to just about anything. you could call it lazy, but i call it adaptability. you know, survival skills. for example: about oh, a year ago, my two downstairs phones stopped working. so when the main phone rings and i'm in my downstairs office, i have to sprint like crazy up the stairs to answer it before the voicemail kicks in. i get four rings. why have i simply not purchased a new phone or two? i have no idea. i just...haven't. clients will call and i'm all breathless when i answer. they probably think...well...never mind what they probably think.

another example? this darned computer. as you know, my work email no longer works. i have just routed everyone to my personal email and i guess things seem to be fine. i have discovered a way to check my incoming work emails through my web provider. so i'll probably just keep rolling along like this until this stupid machine dies. which could really be any day. we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

i have a zillion examples like this. my truck has been missing a fog light for two years. the string fell off my utility room lightbulb so i can't turn on or off the light. the blue dragon is missing a fuel cap (ah, duct tape, you are truly a blessing). i went two years without a watch battery, but kept wearing the watch. our dishwasher isn't screwed into the bottom of our counter, so when you load the bottom the whole thing tips forward if you don't put your leg there to block it. my washing machine often won't rinse, and i have to run it three times on a special cycle to get the water out.

my mom would have all this stuff taken care of the same day it broke down. probably before then. i wish i was more like that, but i guess i'm just kind of broken and i haven't fixed me yet.

maybe tomorrow.

or not.