Monday, July 16, 2012

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

I had been pondering the "six impossible things" theory for a while.  I thought it would be good for morale to believe in six impossible things before breakfast (not difficult for me since I am incredibly superstitious) or to do six impossible things before breakfast (if not every day at least once in a while).  Generally I think about this goal while I lounge about, trying not to get up in the morning. 

Today I woke up really early (impossible task #1!) and instead of ducking back under the covers I got up with gusto and fed the pets (who were absolutely thrilled with my enthusiasm).  I'm chalking up this vigorous start to the absence of alcohol last night and an early bedtime (most likely due to the lack of alcohol).  Anyway, I woke up feeling pretty good about the day for a change.  lately I've been feeling like I'm on the brink of something.  I have absolutely no idea what that is but I hope it's a good brink and has positive results. 
[My recent feeling of impending doom came to naught.  Since nobody replied to my requests for input I can only guess that it was perfectly normal paranoia on my part and I haven't left anyone hanging.]

Since I woke up early and with energy I cleaned the kitchen (impossible task #2!).  Paul is out of town for the week and I was not overly eager to clean anything.  I had cleaning on my list but was figuring on later in the week.  I've been trying to not use any dishes so as not to create any messes but, even at that, I did manage to pile up a few pots and pans and coffee mugs and plates over the past few days.  But now they're all clean and put away.  I even cleaned the coffee pots (!) but am saving the recycling for my next attempt at impossible things because I can't go too crazy on the cleaning end...

The next item on my agenda was to loosen up with some Qigong.  Lo and behold, I managed to do the breathing the way I'm supposed to (impossible task #3!)!  This is quite an achievement given my clumsiness.  I had been trying the Qigong anyway even though I kept breathing out instead of in at the wrong times.  It's amazing, too, that when I get it all right it really does feel better and I don't fall over while trying to stretch!  (Maybe tomorrow I can do it without consciously having to think about it so hard?)

Got in the shower, took the pup for his morning walk and remembered that I had bought a Lotto ticket last week but had completely forgotten to check it.  So I came back and got onto the Lottery web site, plugged in my numbers and whaddya know?  I have completely defied the odds and managed yet again not to win the lottery (impossible task #4!)!  I figure this is entirely impossible given the odds of winning and the number of times I've tried.  I have got to be on borrowed time here and must be incredibly close to hitting a jackpot.

I did not manage to get all the way up to 6 impossible things because after #4 I was starving hungry and had to eat breakfast.  Hopefully I can keep the momentum going for the rest of the day.  Lord knows what'll be left to do tomorrow if I keep up at this pace!

2 comments:

  1. YES YES YES you are on the brink of financal greatness. Then you can split it with Kevin.
    Good luck on that breathing.

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    1. Of course I will split it with Kevin. Never any doubt about that!

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