Take That!

In Genesis 50:20 it says, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good."

Indeed.

Last week some dirty rotten, no good, low down, rat fink hacked my e-mail account. They told all my e-mail contacts that I needed help, and would they please respond back to that e-mail?  (They were phishing for money.)Well, I don't know how many actually did, and I hope no one took the bait, but many e-mailed me back. What did I need? I got at least a dozen phone calls from worried friends and acquaintances and business acquaintances asking me what was wrong and what did I need? I got Facebook messages from all sorts of friends wanting to know  how  could they  help? All these people (even a customer service rep. from a company I do business with) wanted to know what they could do. 

Of course, many people recognized it for what it was because of the somewhat stilted use of the language. But maybe others thought I was just embarrassed to have to ask for help.

Do I deserve that amount of kindness? I don't know.

Anyway, I am really, truly touched. 

I guess I would expect close friends to respond. But folks I hadn't seen since high school, folks I haven't worked with in over fifteen years, much less customer service folks, well, I was surprised at the response. 

Well, more than surprised.

Thankful.

Yeah, that's the word.  

Just Another Day

You know how you start your day with optimism and hope? And then you get a kidney stone.

Or your back goes out and won't come home.

Or your water suddenly takes on the color of the creek after a horrible storm.

Ah, yes. I believe I may have mentioned some of that before.

So, here's a new one: Last night the cats were staring at the food dish with suspicion. For good reason, too. It was swarming with tiny black ants. Kill, kill, kill.

Husband said he would get out the stuff we use every year and put around the side of the window and counter where they come in despite us sealing it with everything including and up to Bazooka bubble gum.

But did  he? Noooo.  He said it was because he didn't want to smell it all night, and I really don't blame him.

It is natural, so it doesn't smell like chemicals (think Raid!). It smells like - well, imagine you go into your local  health food store and they  have lit every candle, every incense stick, opened every essential oil  and turned the fan on - that's what it smells like.

This morning, when I opened the dishwasher, hundreds were inside it. GROSS.

Kill, kill, kill.

And have I mentioned we have  not had a snow yet? I mean, I ain't asking for much. Just one snow.

Rant over.

For now.