When Life Started Getting Easier
It Made A Surprise Turn To Be More Challenging
Work became easier
Home life was also in tune
Each thing I thought had worked out the kinks
Now I can breathe
Relax and enjoy each day of pleasure
I don't mean retire just yet
I just mean no aggravation
Nothing to worry about
Little stress
So I am like a little kid who gets his feet wet for the first time
This was so much fun
Dancing through puddles in a heavy rain
Then we come home
In our moment of triumphant glory
Mom drops the boom
Your all wet
Take those wet socks off
I hope you didn't ruin those good sneakers
What were you thinking ?
Suddenly every good thought you ever had
Crashed faster than a light bulb hitting the floor
Disappearing right before our eyes
Well let me explain
My wife brought our car in for an oil change
The dealer noticed we have blown our right front strut
Both should be replaced
That's about an eight hundred and twenty five dollar bill
He made it sound like nothing
It can be ready in about two hours
My wife said like we have the money just sitting in our pocket
Itching to be spent
Which is not the case
So we will take care of it in a few weeks
Life has been a little on the tight and narrow lately
Other unexpected costs have recently come up
Added to paying down our fuel bill over the winter
Cash is not at a premium
It is a little hard to come by
So we have to watch our spending
I wont kid you some bills have to wait
I know we will make it through
My wife and I both work very hard at our jobs
Overtime is not an option at my job
Do to our tricky work schedules
My wife can't work extra hours either
I know many people have it a lot worse
So we knuckle down and our careful not too over spend
Keep to our budget
Knowing in a few weeks we will have a little cushion
Well just to find out
Our cushions have been eaten over the winter by mice
Now they are gone and we have to buy new ones
Our cushions are just fine
We do have mice in our cellar
I have glue traps by the walls laid out
That has caught one in the past
I checked them all dusty and dirty
Some how this mouse is smarter than the rest
I put a little Tom Catt mice poison down
To trick the little fella into an early demise
Mice seem to make their way through the littlest opening
Sometimes they come in through an open door
They are so fast
You don't always see them
They say when it rains it pours
At my work two of my most favorite managers our leaving
I know what I had
I don't know what new managers we are going to get
So the car is important and it can't wait for too long
The mice problem is something we hope will be an easy fix
The weather turned nice and my wife noticed some big black ants on the stairs
We have to be careful
We don't want to have an ant problem too
Carpenter ants our the big ones
We have bought some mulch for the yard
They are not uncommon
I don't want to let something little turn into a problem
Nip it in the bud so to speak
I think everything is budding at once
So it is a question of doing first things first
Yesterday coming in from outside
My wife noticed a tiny bug on me
It was a tick
I have glad she noticed it
It was on my back where I couldn't see
They say this year is a bad tick season
So we spray ourselves not to have a problem
We just started watching the new Rosanne on t.v.
We thought it was funny
The program was getting high ratings
Until Rosanne Barr tweeted out something offensive
Now her program got cancelled
Millions of dollars lost
People out of a job
All in a blink of an eye
Well never a dull moment
As I drink a nice cold gulp of water
One mouthful at a time
Once again I try to make sense of all of this
Give things a chance
They will work out just fine
Comments
DREAM ON (author) on June 20, 2018:
lunaticdiaries I think we have all been there one time or another. Pay off debt at the same time trying to keep saving. It is a tight rope walk sometimes. Balancing our way from one end to the other. I keep waiting to see how it will all work out. Thank you so much for reading and sharing. Have a great night.
lunaticdiaries on June 19, 2018:
Nice comparisons DreamOn. Shuffling through a deck of bills, paying on the high ones, discarding the ones that can wait. Living check to check, prioritizing life’s challenges helps but most times never being prepared for the unexpected. Great details in your poem. Best of luck!
DREAM ON (author) on June 06, 2018:
Mark Tulin I don't fully understand how and why things happen but I do they know they can easily change at any time during day. I slowly work on improving what I can and watch and observe while things happen. The odd combination of good and bad always seem to find a balance. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts on my poem. I really appreciate your time and patience. Have a wonderful day.
Mark Tulin from Ventura, California on June 05, 2018:
It's interesting how you came full cycle in this poem. "Give things a chance. Things will work out fine." Yes, they always do.
DREAM ON (author) on June 04, 2018:
Gypsy Rose Lee I like the way you think. We will have to see if they have some kind of spin off. I think the rights of the show are all protected. So it would be almost impossible without Rosanne. Unless you start a different sitcom with the same kind of issues and problems. Sometimes people with a lot of talent do foolish things to ruin their career. Rain here today. Works been extremely busy do to all the proms and graduations. Thank you for reading and sharing. Hope things are going well on your end ? Have a great afternoon.
Gypsy Rose Lee from Daytona Beach, Florida on June 04, 2018:
Glad she got that tick. As they say, another unnecessary thing to worry about but an important one. Roseanne is not playing with a full deck on this one and I would love to see ABC make the show Jackie that would teach her and on the show, they could make all kind of Roseanne jokes. Perhaps say she ran away with the milkman and give her husband a new woman. Hope you have an inspirational new week.