What Are the Odds?

What are the odds that:

1. I'd let the blog so from Sunday to Thursday without posting on it? (Where does the time go?)
2. I'd pinch my skin in closing lids...not once but twice on the same day?
3. I'd get caught in a toad-strangler thunderstorm with only a leaky old umbrella...and two blocks from the car?
4. I'll get all of the garbage--including bags of sprouting maple seeds from the gutters--to the curb before the trucks come in the morning?
5. It WON'T rain for the race on Sunday?
6. I'll find my little folding poncho--the one that I just saw a week ago, somewhere in the house--before the race on Sunday?
7. I'll actually have the house clean enough for company by Saturday?
8. Anybody cares what the odds are??

I've had a busy week. So much to do but so little time! My sister is coming this weekend for the race. I can't remember the last time she was here, but it sure will be nice to have her on my turf, even if my turf ain't purdy! Normally, I'd be in an absolute panic about now, wondering how I would get everything done before she gets here...but I have decided that life is too short to be worried about dust and dirt. I will relax and enjoy our time together without the stress of perfection--which couldn't occur even if I worked full-tilt to make it happen!

As of today, I've been officially retired for one year. There are benefits, of course...but I've been through a hell of a year at home. I think I've been through all of the "firsts" now. Maybe the next year will be better. I can hope! (Teachers look at years as August to May---not January to December.) Anyway...past my bedtime!