The Audit goes on...and on...and on...
The brunt of it will be over this Friday. The aftermath will come later. I've been through so must stress these past two weeks that I think I've hit a wall. I see the back side of this mule and, thus, I have survived. I've made a concerted effort to zone in on those things that make me smile and bring me peace. It hasn't always been easy. My 91 year old mother was robbed yesterday. She fell for the old "I'm from the water company and need to check your faucets" scam letting some stranger into her home. He kept her busy down in her kitchen all the while chatting her up and talking on a head set to someone he called his "supervisor" who it turned out was some other stranger upstairs stealing her blank checks and rifling through her purse. She knew once he left that something was wrong and is incredibly embarrassed that she fell for this. She may be 91 but she is generally with it and this was not like her to fall for this. She wasn't hurt or even threatened and she's learned her lesson.
To get back to my peace, I checked in on some of the blogs I follow, caught up on some reading and listened to some music. I played with my crazy kitties and made some killer pasta for dinner. I wrote a few bad poems, sketched some horrible drawings and read an email from my niece complete with pictures of her new baby. I dug around in my own picture box and remembered some wonderful places I've been and the people I love. For the first time in two weeks, I breathed. And it was good.
I know there will always be audits and work crap and people who rob 91 year old women who grew up in a different time and trust too much. And I know I can't change that. I can only do what I can in my own small way to give my best each day. And you know what? That is enough.
2 comments:
two more days...yea! I'm so glad to hear your mother is alright...that's so scary! especially to think of how it could have gone. my mother was trusting too. she would go to the mall and sit on one of the benches outside the stores to rest and leave her purse wide open with all her money and all her credit cards right out in the open for anyone to just reach in and take. scared me to death. anyway i'm glad for you that it is almost over and you survived it :)
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