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Ms. Cranky real, real short ---
Cranky thinks, without getting all new-agey and such,
that omens are important in one’s life unless you get crazy and start seeing
them in everything. But, some omens Cranky
feels are truly omens, like when she went to this health care provider --- in a
fancy building, all gussied up, with fabulous doorbells and entry systems and
buzzers galore but as soon as she walked in the door, she was greeted not only
by a large plant right inside the door but she was greeted by a large and very
dead plant. Ms. Cranky, nervous about everything
anyway and especially a new health care provider, thought –
"This does
not bode well." And later, she would
wonder --- ‘why didn’t they just move the pathetic plant to the back, why would
they have it greeting people at the
entryway? And, what are they trying to say???’
Omens can be silly, or a little too ominous, ha, ha,
but in this instance, Ms. Cranky wished she had walked out of that particular
place right then. The plant said it all,
though, in her obsessive care for growing things, she asked before leaving if
she would be allowed to ‘work on the plant’ and they let her.
Water is always good for a dead plant, Cranky thinks,
especially one with dead flopped-over leaves that should have been bright green
but instead were brown or an even weirder burnt orange color? ,
Yeah, water works and, as a health provider, you’d
think that might have occurred to the organization!? And, then, Ms. Cranky asked to borrow a
scissors and she cut off some of the dead leaves to give the tiny green part of
the poor plant that was left a chance, and maybe not horrify the next customer.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by, Cranky would love
to hear any similar stories. Suffice it
to say (to use a really trite phrase --- why not, it’s August?), Ms. Cranky did
not continue her relationship with this place for long, she tried, actually,
she tried valiantly but they answered their phones in the same manner they fed
the plant --- like, by ignoring them.
It’s a wild and wonderful and nutty world and it
helps to talk about it to one another.
Let me know your thoughts and stories.
Have a great end of summer.
And, remember to drink plenty of water and share it when you have a chance ---
Fondly,
Mrs. Cranky, August 22, 2014
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