BABO

What do you expect a whimsical person to say? Well, whatever, it might be, you can compare it to what you are reading right now, because I am a WP. I would not say I am certified, but I believe there is a consensus that I fall in that category. Nuts and bolts people have no understanding of and really no tolerance for whimsical souls. I don’t know why this is, but I firmly appreciate them, even though they do not feel the same about me. I appreciate them because they are quite happy to do the paint-by-number aspects of society – the minding the P’s and Q’s rules – the keeping the “box” spiffed up. After all, it gives us WP’s a place to run and jump into when our thinking outside the box needs, shall we say, re-thinking.

Yes, we dedicated WP’s find the Nuts and Bolters lacking; ironically, they tend to think we WP’s are “not all there.”

There is a covering of snow on the ground, although the roads are just wet, and in some places, already dry. It is 26 degrees and we are going to warm up to 36 today. I suppose if I were to wear an Easter bonnet, it would be a fur trapper’s hat.

I have decided to wait a bit before writing more . . . oh, just because.

LATER

Well, my little beanbags, I don’t know if waiting helped my mood or not, but since I am still here, I think I may have managed to find a little oomph. And, as I sort of quoted to someone yesterday: Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough. (Theodore Roosevelt) Of course, the problem with quoting famous people is that although it sounds good, it may not be all that accurate. I wonder if in the realm of grief, despair and black care, if they can’t zoom on ahead and be waiting for you when you finally have to stop. Then, again, Roosevelt was a true hero and I don’t think he ever stopped.

That’s probably not true. I remember he also said, “To feel that one has inspired a boy to conduct that has resulted in his death, has a pretty serious side for a father.”

I think I need more oomph, or more directed oomph. I need to focus some oomph on not going fast but standing firm. Obviously, this is some sort of ridiculous do it yourself psychiatric couch session that is confusing this patient. I guess sometimes they are right when they say: Do not try this at home.