This is Fruitycake. Stretching. I do a lot of it. When I wake up, I stretch my legs. But I also stretch my mouth. I do. True story.
Do you think this barking doesn’t take a lot of effort and work? It does.
Yep. We do a lot of stretching.
Especially to make it up our path a few times a day.
We enjoy it. We are enjoying the challenge of life. But it doesn’t mean it’s not work. It’s a lot of work. Mixed in with pasta and pizza.
Yesterday, we had to walk into town to get some fuel for our generator. It runs the power here. And it’s the way that we charge up our lights.
When we were there, Boy Person took his chainsaw chain to see if he could find another one. It’s getting very cold in a few days. And we have to find more wood. He went to the hardware store and the nice people told him they would fix it. So to stretch our funds, we said sure. And they said it was good. Non problema! We were happy about that! So we got to buy some shears to cut wood too.
Then, we got our fuel. And the cap decided to break. It was that time of day when everything closes for three hours. So we had to walk back very slowly and not spill more. We have to stretch that fuel too!
We made it back. And actually, it was a very good day. We were together. The sun was shining. And we got what we needed. Kind of.
Because today, the chainsaw lasted 15 seconds before the chain exploded. No problem. The gas we got wouldn’t have lasted much longer anyway.
You know, for awhile now, we have been struggling to be positive. We are tired. But we also feel like we are rebuilding our strength and making things better. We are leaning. Yes. We make mistakes. And some days are harder than others . But we won’t struggle or stretch forever. If we are resourceful. If we work hard. If we make it happen. And we can do it. That’s no stretch of the imagination.
We all go thru hard times. But do we learn from those times and move on? Or do we keep carrying the burdens of the past? We can start to be better today. We only have the now. The present. And that’s what we can focus on. We will! Can you?
–Fruitycake
