Are you listening to me?

Did you hear what I just said?

Can you hear me now????

Communication only happens when one speaks and at least one other is listening.

Houston, we have a problem.

Communication is a real problem in the strawberry patch right now.  No one seems to be listening.  There is a lot of talking but no one is on the other side of the tin can and string.  And it's not just the humans either!  Animals make it very clear that they are not listening to you.  Like a certain blonde four-legged creature who although is let outside and told to go potty, still walks into your bathroom where you are in a frenzy getting ready for 8:30 a.m. early service (now why again did I want to sing in the choir????) and proceeds to squat on the newly laundered floor mat and pee! 

 Did you hear what I just said?????? NOOOOOOO

Or the blank look Hubby gives you when he asks you again something you previously answered or told him!  Can you hear me now?  Maybe it's time for hearing aids!  What???  What'dja just say, Ethel???  Yeah, laugh now, Buddy, but for your next birthday I'm giving you an appointment to an otologist complete with a 20% coupon for a hearing aid!

This morning my body was talking to me saying "I don't bend that way" when I tried to resume my A.M. Yoga.  Cosmos, on the other hand, was talking to me "whatcha doing? whatcha doing?" by sniffing my face while I was on my back trying to surrender my body to the ground.  I still say serious practitioners of yoga do not have pets!

I also realize I have not communicated with you in a while, dear Graianiacs.  I had every good intention to blog while I was at seminary, but that didn't work out quite like I planned.  I didn't walk, I didn't blog.  I DID get all my assignments done.  I DID watch what I ate.  I'll blog about that tomorrow!  I did walk to the library several times and walk up and down the stairs.  Only once did I take an elevator somewhere (my knees were communicating that they were getting ready to go out on me!  Not a good feeling!).  So all in all, I had a great week.

Hubby, on the other hand, was ready for me to come home.  It's nice to be missed.

Oh, speaking of animal communicating, this morning Oliver was outside in "the cage" and a mockingbird swooped down to tease the cat.  In one nanosecond, Oliver reached up through the cage and grabbed that bird!  It was hilarious. Lucky for the bird, Ollie was in the cage, otherwise teeth would have been involved too!  I called Hubby to relate the details of Ollie and the Mockingbird and before we got off the phone, he said "Remember, you are preaching on Feb. 3rd."

WHAT?????  (Yes, I did offer over a week ago and he said they probably had someone else in mind so I totally wrote it off).  I'm wondering how long he has been sitting on that info and has just forgotten to tell me!!!!!

Yep, we are still getting this communication thing down.  After all, we've only been married 27 years!