Still Learning

And take a cue from some of my lessons:

It isn't smart to walk along the edge of the sprinkler pipe trench.  (Duh!)

We'll be there at 8 in the morning doesn't mean what it sounds like.

Filling out papers before going to the doctor's office means that it will only take 3/4 as long once you get there. (They basically re-did everything twice at the front desk and again once in the exam room.)

Expecting my height to change at this point in life is futile.  (I am still 5' 1 &1/2" tall.  Never gonna get taller.  Still trying to get narrower.)

Even with the windows closed, if there's work of any kind going on in the yard, you will wake up to grit covering every surface.  Don't bother dusting, mopping or vacuuming until they're done.

And my final lesson:  there's adventure and excitement (and above all:  Gratitude!!) around every corner, hidden in every task and waiting to spring from every undertaking.  That's what makes the inconvenience have value.