High Expectations

I was so depressed today, when watering the deck plants, to discover the squirrel had torn off the bud of the sunflower. After reaching a height of about four feet, it was about to open any day. It was the only survivor of about twenty seeds planted. After waiting for that one blossom the past three months, I was really looking forward to seeing the largest bud I've had in years open. I wanted to take Sunflowers's photo.

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The bare-topped stem shares a flower pot with apparently un-tasteful n less pretty companions which were left unharmed. The remnants of the delicate petals were a couple feet away on the railing.

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Usually I throw unused, stale bread n sandwich remnants out the window for the squirrels on the other side of the house. When I sleep later, once in a blue moon on my day off, the little buggers go nuts out there without my offering. Today was a sleep until 4pm day. That's the thanks I get... Grrrh...

I just wasted a perfectly good clove of garlic cut-up out on the deck, (which I'd rather cook), hoping to slow down the pesky critters.

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At the market today I walked past some sunflowers marked $6.99 each. But I don't want those ones. I want the one I grew myself! This is what it feels like to be a farmer n lose the crops... To want to shoot the fox for taking your best egg-laying hen...

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I've been so tired lately. In two weeks, I've had two truck break-downs, an infected tooth-ache, n this week after finishing the anti-biotics, n finally feeling a bit better- BOOM!

A tall person at work left some heavy, metal things in a place they shouldn't have been. I happened to be walking by when the items fell off their perch n hit me.

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That was two days ago. Now I have a slight head-ache. I've been eating generic tylenol like candy. (I refused to go get some better drugs- I'm not alert enough as it is- n I want to be!). I look like some one slammed me up-side the head. I could get away with pretending to be a battered abuse victim, n they'd believe me...

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I really needed my rest today on Day Off. (No I didn't take off work, can't afford it). I also needed the sunflower I grew to brighten my day, (Rats*)!