I was not happy about the rain on Saturday morning; the heavens had unleashed and only ducks were going to find it good. I had been looking forward to walking with everyone, knowing that just being in the group would cheer me up. I had been in a royal blue funk since Thursday, for all kinds of reasons: I had a headache (I never get headaches!), I was feeling a bit sore and stiff and skipped my fitness class (I never do that!), I was feeling low energy (I usually have boundless energy!) and one of my cats was off his food (An expensive vet visit was in my future). I had also made some silly mistakes; I entered the wrong address for a pick up so the truck never arrived and the goods got wet in the rain, I booked a trip in October without double checking my calendar and I've got a conflict [if anyone would like tickets to two performances in Stratford for Oct 5 and 6 - let me know!]. Perhaps worst of all, I misunderstood an email invitation to lunch with a friend and completely missed it, leaving her to wait on her own. And to top it off, the lovely philosophy instructor whose excellent course I have been attending has taken ill and her last three classes were cancelled. I was feeling extremely cranky and tiredly realized that perhaps I was feeling my age, with, as Margaret Atwood has described: "a shrinking addled brain."
I definitely required cheering up
so I went for a walk around my neighbourhood in the late afternoon and there it
was - a front garden full of white snowdrops, lifting their little heads skyward
after the rain. Beautiful. Spring had arrived. I feel much better now, especially after
listening to the link below. Lest we
forget:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/this-new-zealand-ad-agency-is-fighting-gender-inequality-one-google-search-at-a-time
