I woke up last night to a thumping sound coming from somewhere in the house. That ain't good! It was 3:30 AM. I wandered into the basement and found our furnace making a light banging noise. I ask myself "why me, why now"?
The good news is that the furnace is still running (noise and all) and the service man is scheduled for early afternoon.
I went to my local health club this morning and while speeding around the track I was passed up by a middle aged lady with multiple schlerosis. She works very hard to keep exercising the muscles in her body. With my lousy furnace problem, what do I have to complain about?
Spring weather is again ravaging North Dakota as the Red River overflows it's banks by over 5 feet. People are working day and night to try and contain the water destruction to properties along the river. What do I have to complain about?
Yesterday a local funeral home burned down. Can you imagine losing a loved one, transporting them to the funeral home and finding out they were consumed in the fire. What else could possibly happen to the deceased? I suppose there could be a church catastrophe during the final services. What do I have to complain about?
So there will be no pity party here Grasshoppers. My furnace will get serviced today. My special partner and I get to attend the live performance of the radio show "Prarie Home Companion" hosted by Garrison Keeler tomorrow afternoon at the PAC. It should be fun. The snow they have forecasted will turn out to be a non-event late Saturday night. Finally, I will move into the forefront of the bet I have with Grasshopper No.4 over the NCAA tournament.
The lesson Grasshoppers is that negative stuff happens all the time. It is only troublesome if you let it. There is always somebody with problems bigger than yours. There will be no pity party here!
Love,
Dad