This is Fruitycake. Some days, don’t you feel like getting rid of something? I sure do. I want to get rid of this rain. I want to get rid of my Girl Person’s Depression Monster. And someone else wanted to get rid of his tail this morning.
The last few days, we have looked out our window from bed and wondered how much fog and rain could blanket our mountain.
We have had to struggle with our own thoughts more than even the weather. Yes, even me. Even me. And that’s why the blog has been later than usual.
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So this morning, Girl Person decided she would tackle the day. And she went to go wash dishes from the night before. Because she had just left them and went to bed.
She was washing away, when all of a sudden, a lizard popped up from somewhere. And she screamed at first because no one wants a little dinosaur to come out of the dishes at you.
But she quickly regrouped. And she told Boy Person who ran over with his hand ambulance to get the lizard to safety.
But when he picked up the lizard, the lizard decided to do something very drastic. Very dramatic. Very unfortunate.
The lizard threw off his tail. I do mean throw. Boy Person immediately said, “I wish you wouldn’t have done that, lizard.” But it was too late. There the tail was…splish splashing around. And when he got the lizard outside he came back for the tail and picked it up with a paper towel. All while Girl Person looked on in horror.
But it wasn’t the end of the drama. No. The tail had fell out of the paper towel and onto the floor. Now it was coming after Girl Person. So the screaming started again, then she got sick and then the tail went on the ambulance too.
After Girl Person recovered, she wondered why she had put off washing the dishes and how she could have avoided this whole debacle if she had just washed them.
It’s like that in life, isn’t it?
Sometimes we put off making decisions or changes when we need to just throw off our tail and run. Just like the lizard’s tail will grow back, so does life when we make the changes we need to and get rid of what we don’t need.
I recommend washing the dishes tonight. And also, losing your tail. It may be needed.
–Fruitycake
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I would Freak Out if a tail came splashing into my dish water! No wonder Girl Person was screaming! There is never a dull moment! 😱😱😱
My goodness! Reading your blog today and I can sympathize with GP. I have a bad habit of not taking the garbage out. You see our trash can is down at the end of the long driveway; too far to walk caring the garbage bag, so I put the garbage bag in the car and drive it down. Big pain but it must be done. Same thing with the recycling. So GP, do the dishes today and I’ll take the recycling down. Thanks!
Holy moly, ya’ll never have a dull day it seems. GP needs to paint a wall yellow for her to look at. She can put flowers, birds, tailless Lizards whatever makes her happy when she looks at it. Hang tough ya’ll. ❤️❤️
Oh my gosh, what a scary moment. Poor GP…… Never worry about the dishes they weren’t done, but they will eventually get done. Sorry this happened. Hope today is a better day for you all.
Wow, how terrifying! A little alien coming out of the water!! He could have been your next pet! …I would have screamed also, from surprise. Sorry he had to lose his tail over a few crumbs!! Hope everything is calm again!
Always an adventure with you guys…. Love it!!!!