In the morning, I found out I needed about $4500 worth of dental work. That knocked out my expansive plans for new shrubs and plantings adjacent to my back yard screened porch. I blinked away my hot tears.
Shortly thereafter, I spent approximately 68 minutes surfing the Internet trying to add my TSA number to my airline’s boarding pass. I was not successful and I knew my blood pressure was refrlecting my extreme aggravation.
Later on, while packing for a weekend jaunt to Virginia, I agonized over what looked best with my brand new white flair pants: my black strapless top or my simple black and white stripe t shirt. I vacillated for what seemed like hours til I settled on the striped top. Did I make the right decision?
I ate too much when I went out to dinner that night and topped it off by pigging-out on three sugar cookies laced with M and M’s I found while foraging in my freezer when I returned home
Irritable and annoyed with myself, I grabbed the remote and tuned into NewsNation with host Chris Cuomo to distract myself from the “aggravations” of my day.
Cuomo was interviewing Sheryl Sandburg about the posting of a 36 minute video on YouTube titled “Screams Before Silence.” American businesswoman Sandberg went to Israel to explore the sexual violence by Hamas during the Hamas-led attack on Israel. She also investigated events at the massacre at the Nova Festival and abductions to the Gaza Strip.
“Screams Before Silence” is her newly released documentary – filled with chilling interviews detailing the barbarism of October 7th.
Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAr9oGSXgak
Getting ready for bed minutes later,
blessings for Sherry Sandburg’s courage and chutzpah ran through my mind. Over and over again I marveled at her valiant and successful efforts to show the world up close, vivid proof of Hamas’ savage and pre-meditated attack on innocent civilians.
After fully recognizing how inconsequential my petty irritations were, I cried myself to sleep.
