fun along the way

on eggs, elevators and April Fools Day

Being on a forced slowdown isn’t all bad. There’s some fun along the way, if you’re open to it.

For example, as people asked us what we might need, what with me in a cast and needing surgery, and we tried to answer accurately, we somehow ended up with three and a half dozen eggs in our fridge. That’s 42 eggs. There are two of us. We had 21 eggs each.

So we laughed and gave some eggs away.

Several days ago, we went up two floors to the common room in our building. It was the first time I had left the condo for days, and we thought it would be nice to have a little change of view. Of course, we took the little scooter someone loaned me, pillows to prop up my leg, some snacks. The dog. Lovely, right?

Until a few hours later, when it was time to head back down, and we learned that the elevator had broken while we were up there.

And the stairs at OUR end of the building actually BYPASS our floor and take you straight outside, so those were no good.

So we had to scooter over to the far end of the building, which is in the construction zone (you may have heard there was a major fire in our building a few months ago) … and yes, I bummed down four flights of construction-dusted stairs, one step at a time, one leg outstretched in a cast, the whole way down.

So we laughed and called it an adventure.

But the best was today. For once in my life, I remembered the date. And for once in my life, an idea came to mind. A really good idea. I wrote it out. Played with it a bit. And then sent it. To a pastors FB page I’m on. Several friends. My colleagues at the church. I even put it in our family group chat.

It said:

After the last few years of flood… fire … and now a broken ankle… what more could happen?

This morning, we were informed that our condo building is no longer viable as a structure and we need to move out within 24 hours as the building is being condemned. Insurance may or may not cover it.

To top it off, we’ve run out of coffee.

Not sure what we’re gonna do.

😉

Also, Happy April Fools Day

😂

The responses. 😅 People believed it, because, well, we’ve already been through flood and fire, so why not?

I died laughing. ☠️

But the best part?

I legit forgot to tell Jeff.

My excellent husband works nights, and he was sound asleep through all of it.

And OF COURSE, he woke up around noon, and OF COURSE, he checked his phone before doing anything else.

I didn’t even know he was awake, until my phone lit up. And there, on the family chat, was my poor, sleepy husband: “Ummmmm … not the best message to wake up to … you had me for a split second.” The poor man hadn’t even freaked out, just immediately resigned himself to navigating yet another “challenge”.

So if you were in a zoom prayer time with me around noon today, and saw me silently shaking with entirely inappropriate laughter, that’s why.

I’m just over here having fun along the way.