Poetry

Miss Kate’s challenge word comes to me at the end of a long busy day.   I find myself popping off to sleep at unexpected times so today’s word prompt will most likely be short. 🙂  Today’s word?   Challenge.

Challenge, a poem

Sometimes a day is a challenge
Filled with busyness and feeling
On the run

Other times a day is somewhat less so
Filled with busyness and feeling
energized and ready.

What makes the difference?
Today was such a day
Filled from the moment go.

Delivering papers.
Driving an hour.
Meeting and learning.
Holocaust survivor.

Then shopping
Conversation with a lad.
Ruminating

Picking up new to us chairs
Pictures of bunnies.
Supper making
and then on to blog work
the lad to schooling.

This day so busy
and yet
at the end.
I feel good.
Learned, rested in busyness
and yet…

Sleep steals.
Work a challenge.
Stress threatens
Hubby home.
Looks … pauses
“tomorrow’s another day Love”

And today
Is just a good day.
Busyness and all.

I freely admit that this poem took a tad bit longer than 5 minutes to write.  BUT hey… it’s my blog, it’s kinda my right!  🙂   But seriously, I couldn’t just stop half way through could I?   The word pace hung on my all day long.  Worrying a small hole in my brain until finally I was able to answer it’s call.   This is that day. Let’s see how pace changes through the day.

Pace Changes Through the Day

A day planned out

Laundry
Build photo box for rabbits
Pay Karate bill
Fix fence or leash for Miss Lizzy
Do pickles day four
Move red chair
Clear living room table
Bring in garbage containers
Mow lawn?

The lad and I set to
Getting down quite a few
Pace is quick and focused
Before hard working dad got up

Settling down
List to wait
Spend time with dad.

Agents of Shield
The plots are thickening
Intriguing us all.

Chatting via text
Sharing time
The pace is slow

Text arrives
What think you of this dish?
Zucchini pie, crustless.

Oh….looks doable.
If you want before you leave
All hands on deck

Very quick pace
Zucchini shredded
Cheese, eggs, flour all mixed in
Dish is oven.

Pace is slow
Agents of Shield
While we wait.

Food soon cooked
Just in time.
Dad enjoys
TWO pieces of pie!

Of he runs
Work it calls.
OH he says before he goes
Can you the truck help along?

My plans I sighed.
Hubby says “I understand”
“Don’t do if you can’t”
“but…. it would really help me out”.

I send him off with a
Wave and a hug.

Sighing deeply
I know what I’ll do.

Calling the lad
I lay out the plan.
The lad sighs loudly
This was NOT in his plan.

Washing three times
the truck we applied
Cloth, water, and more betide.

The pace was moderate
and still the surprise
Didn’t take so long
as we had surmised.

The lad off to play,
Speed the name of the game
I got back to the list.

Finally most of was done.
No fence fixed.
Or leash for Miss Liz.
The lawn will happen another day.

My pace gradually slows
Until at last
Time for food
Pizza at last.

The lad comes home
A ravenous lad.
So glad to see
Pizza at hand.

Pace quickens
Pizza devoured.
Then settling down
A story, a show,
Then sleep beckons.

I was going to turn this whole thing into a poem… then my tiredness got the better of me.  Yesterday was a LONG day… much longer than I wanted it to be.  But I just got write it out cause … It’s my birthday again.

It’s my birthday again

It comes around
Once a year
A celebration day.

This year I turned
Dare I tell?
Of course, I’ve lived them well!

54 years under my belt
They say you should never ask
Though why not, I do not get.

Excuse a moment,
These tired bones
A cat just bumped my leg

He’s hungry you see
Needs a late night snack
It’s diabetic need.

Duty done
I now return
this poem now to tell.

I picked up the car, and headed off to Kitchener.  I wanted to go to the St. Jacob’s Market.  I had plans to sell a bunny, buy some fruit and some luncheon meat.  Heading on my way, about half way there the “check engine light” appeared.  Called the seller, he said “It’s probably nothing but a loose gasket or gas lid”, hubby seconded the same as the car was running fine.   Since I’ve driven many cars with the same thing I wasn’t too concerned and kept on my way.  Got to Kitchener in good time and sent bunny on it’s way to a new home.  Wandered the market, spotted the meat I wanted to get but didn’t buy it as I wanted to check out fruit prices first. 

Oh.. my favourite sliced meat!
Should I buy
Let’s look at fruit!

Peaches, Plums
Blueberries too
OH… Sweet Peppers!

And then the clouds opened up.  Oh my but it poured.   I was wearing my open toed sandles with my orthodics that shouldn’t get wet.   So I said “I guess that’s all I will get.”    And headed off home. 

Trouble Raises it’s head

Hmmm… what’s that smell?
Is it the town?
No! It’s the car!

Stopped by road
Car too hot
Call the seller asking help.

He walked me through
Some things to check.
Temperature, battery, fan

Wait until it’s completely cool.
Then call back when
The car will start.

Well, the 20 minutes he suggested came and went.  I waited a bit longer the car wouldn’t start and seemed rather cool.  He called him back.. worried he was.  What was going on?  He had me run more checks, then said “hold on, I’ll drive on out.   Just wait”.   Helpful people came and went offering rides, seeing if I was okay.   This I was grateful for.  What I wanted was a book! (and to just get on with things).

He never arrived, he got my location a bit mixed up and couldn’t find me not one bit.  But we talked further, he gave me more suggestions.   He promised he’ll come Friday afternoon or sometime Saturday with a trailer to pick up the car and will leave us a loaner until it’s repaired. 

 Home I head
Slowly it went
9 hours total

For what should
have been
26 minutes.

Thursday the car
Never made it back.
Friendly JMR took me home.

Friday morning off I went
Walking 3 kms
Brought back Miss Bess.

In Conclusion

So now our new ride, in the driveway sits. Hoping Mr. D can get to the root of this.  When hubby reads the codes it brings up the capacitor, or a sensor, or oxygen deprived.  Maybe a loose hose?   I’m thinking it will be a fine-toothed comb needed to track it all down.

My joys of birthday were simple.  

1. I bought a car charger for the phone so I was able to call for help.
2. A sister who called to say happy birthday and to commiserate with me.
3. A mom-in-law who took my many “I”m bored sitting at the side of the road calls”
4. A hubby who took many texts and we had good conversation when he was able at work. 
5. Helpful people.  It’s a true delight. 
6. In time I’ll be able to laugh about all this.. I’m not there yet.  Still feeling vexed and worried about this new ride.
7. That I couldn’t get my favourite sandwich meat.  It surely would have spoiled by the time I got home, or I would have eaten it all at once and not been able to savor it over several sandwiches.  God was good in sending that rain!
8.  I’ll never be able to say I’ve had an “uneventful” birthday!  Never again!  🙂

So join us over at Miss Kate’s for Five Minute Friday.  This week the word is Again.