2024 Life Logs, Day 318: Normal
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Weather: Mostly Sunny and Cold; High Temp 45, Low 31 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth MA
You get up in the morning, take a shower, brush your teeth, get dressed, and start living a normal day. But sometime during that day, you start to realize that there is a force at work in your ‘world’ trying to change the boundaries of normal. You try to ignore it, but it is everywhere. You start questioning, asking yourself: What is normal anyway?
That is how yesterday and today went for me. While I was in North Carolina, I didn’t see or read any news at all so I could pretend that all was well in my world. But that is not reality. So you plug back in to watch and read the news. Then you realize that the ‘force’ that is trying to change the boundaries of normal is working overtime to do more and more to shape our world in his, and only his vision. Then you realize that this is going to be a rough ride.
Despite all this, I made it through most of today feeling absolutely normal and enjoying life. I walked with Shadow, went to a Newcomers Community Fair of 40 some local non-profits where you could walk from table to table and find a multitude of ways to volunteer in this community. I then went to a semi-annual dental cleaning appointment, and from there back home to walk with Shadow and have lunch. I played ball with Shadow outside and enjoyed the glorious sunshine even though it was cold outside. Then I went to Ollie up after school and life felt great. So far, so good, but then I turned on the TV to watch last night’s Colbert monologue and that jolted me back to reality. And right now reality if just no fun at all. It is much easier to live in lala land. I keep trying to convince myself that life with Trump as President again won’t be so bad, but I know that is absolutely not true. What a world. Where to from here?
