When I’m stuck, immobilized, not knowing what to do, the computer is frozen and my tea is too hot to drink, I turn to my dirty dishes and start washing. Thus, I’m unstuck, moving again. When I’m done, my tea is cold and I have to warm it up in the microwave. My computer is still frozen. I forced it close and restarted it. I sip my tea and wait.

I get impatient. I pace, sipping my tea. I go down to the basement. What a mess! I’m angry with myself. I move things off the kitchen floor and set the Roomba to work. Meanwhile, I go into the livingroom and move the bags of mom’s clothes off the floor for Roomba to roomba next. Now the downstairs livingroom and kitchen floors are vacuumed. Roomba is now doing the rest of the downstairs. My computer is unfrozen and so am I. I should get angry with myself more often. It’s better than staying stuck and frustrated, wasting time and energy.

The next thing to do is deal with my mother’s bags of stuff. That’s for another day. I’ll slot it for next week so it will happen.