When it rains...it's just fine

There's nothing wrong with the rain.I think that the problem is really all this sun! And it hasn't rained in days.Yup, it's been that kind of week round here.I'm having a miserable, rotten cold, PMS and migraine, plus, today, a pipe burst outside, just under the patio.Thank you Universe! That's a lot of Zen you're asking for. :?I think you can completely understand the contents of my shopping cart:OK, to tell the truth, one of those chocolate bars did go back onto the shelf, and there were also bananas (not pictured).I think we both feel a bit...meh...Chloe's university is on reading break this week and she's taking full advantage of that.I've cleaned up and organised the library/family room and it's been lovely hanging out there with my books and my biggest mug of hot Earl Gray tea.This is also the only room in the house with a TV. (We're not big on TV and I fully subscribe to the notion that one TV in a house is enough, (if not too much), for any family). Along with the one TV policy is also the basic cable only policy. Which costs $5 more than the basic internet feed and means that we basically get about 20 channels and only about three are worth watching for the occasional news cast, although it's usually so sensationalised that it winds me right up.But it's been lovely having those three channels to watch some of the Olympics. And that's exactly what C and I did with our tea and our blankies. We watched the opening ceremonies. Did anyone watch them? I must admit that the part where communism was depicted was tremendously difficult for me to watch, having escaped from Prague and from communism. But I reminded myself that it's all history and individual people who also suffered, who also would have chosen a different way if they could have. And here was my beautiful child beside me watching, also feeling angry about the lack of human respect and gay rights and captured whales, and she was mustering the same amount of Zen I was to rise above it and enjoy the spectacle.I only managed one more page in my personal journal. The words which spoke to me formed these two sentences:"Approach the known fortress. The list of formidable attractions are jewels for the shop and community."I didn't know why I was moved to draw my own personal Ganesha on that page because the words were telling me that I should believe in myself, that the gifts I have, that I can bring to you all, are like jewels.And then the pipe burst.And then I approached the fortress that is plumbing and hidden shut off valves behind little painted over panels, and main water valves in the house and overbearing tiredness and sniffy nose and crampy tummy and headache...and still have to go make supper... then I knew. Ganesha, remover of obstacles. Fortresses beyond the Etsy shop, beyond the business of my art. Approaching the fortress of every day life. I'm so very grateful that I've created my own personal Ganesha to remove the obstacles in my path.I'm on the mend now, my good friend Leo has been by and told me the house won't fall down and that he'll replace the pipe just as soon as the weather warms, supper is made and I'm about to catch up on today's Olympic highlights on one of the three channels and drink my tea. Go team Canada/England/Czech Republic! (Yeah I know, I have a split personality nationality) :DIn the mean time, should you need your own personal Ganesha, then just let me know and I'll be very happy to make you one and send him out to you.x