Bad Thing Good Thing
- Bad Thing: Stay out too long doing errands on world’s messiest day. Fishtail on returning to driveway, getting totally mired in slush-on-top-of-ice.
- Good Thing: Careful not to over-steer in panic like before and bump clear over stone wall to land in garden.
- Bad Thing: Stuck on house arrest from that point on. No Cheesecake Factory and “The King’s Speech” for Terry!
- Good Thing: Still have that dinner-and-a-movie to look forward to.
- Bad Thing: Try again two hours later to rock darn car out of ruts. Now it’s facing sideways.
- Good Thing: Come inside and whip up homemade Cream of Tomato soup. Taste buds applaud!
- Bad Thing: Blender used to turn cream, bouillon, tomatoes and onions into liquid velvet keeps wetting its pants. Counter tops a-slather in coral-colored drool.
- Good Thing: Do so much mopping decide what the hell and wash whole kitchen floor.
- Bad Thing: Fail to do a lick of real work all day. (What will NEXT week’s column be about? Brain empty. Spirits flag.)
- Good Thing One: Don’t have to think about that now.
- Good Thing Two: Call big sister in Florida, Hatch plan. Going there in five short weeks!
- Good Thing Three: Big sister still funny. Says she’s gained so much weight her fanny has a fanny. Snort with laughter on hearing this. Snort, chuckle, sigh, calm down.
- Last Best Good Thing : Monitor Weather Channel app on phone all day, noting that temps have climbed from 18° to 38° and will remain there for only two hours more before once again plummeting. Boots back on and out to driveway. Rock car, urge car, beg car, curse car with the result that finally finally FINALLY it rises, breaks its icy chains and rockets into dry warm garage! Excelsior!
so near and yet so far
