Part of the reason I don't blog every day about every day things is that my every day things are sometimes frustrating.  I wonder, "should I put out negative energy to the universe of the internet?"  And I come up with a definite:  "NO!"

So, though I'm in general a positive person who believes all is happening for the good of all and that as you sow so shall you reap, I'm also impatient.  I do not understand why people live in this ambiguous world of "I'll get right on that sometime in an unnamed future..." but don't, until pushed. 

Though he doesn't work FOR me, he does do everything to help me, this includes Robert.  Ah Robert, the perfect man who everyone loves but not possibly as much as I.  If there is a recurrent motif of a discussion that even borders on an argument (though we never fight, truly) it is that Robert will say he's on something or the project is in the works, or he's waiting for a call, or some sort of "don't bug me I'm doing something else" answer. 

What I SHOULD do with all these wonderful helpers of mine, is always ask for a follow up date as to when they expect to actually do what they say they are going to do, and put it on my Ical alert, then follow up. 

"um, hello, remember the reply you said you send by Thursday?  It's Friday." 

I just keep assuming people will do what they say they are going to do.  I know, crazy, right? And of course, if you actually do keep following up the response is, like this one I just got from my agent

"Christopher, relax. Just sit tight and we’ll be in touch." 

Relax, Christopher?  "We'll be in touch?"  

I quit theater years ago because of the whole "Don't call us, we'll call you, thing." I thought, I make the calls.  I call the shots. Do not tell me we'll be in touch.  Ask me when.  I'll tell you. 

But God loves us all and we are all one in the spirit of God.  Kum Bah Yah. 

Now I feel that I should bring this around to the positive.  Because I do not like to be a blog bitch. Or maybe I do, I just don't think I should. Anyway, as I sit here eating the lovely salmon on crackers that were set out for me this morning (as breakfast is made every morning, thank you, Robert), and following up with all the people from whom I should have heard a response by now on one project or another, I got this note from a woman who picked up my book.

Dear Christopher,
 
Last weekend the weather channel was predicting an extreme storm on Saturday with high winds.  Since we live on our boat each weekend in the summer enjoying the central New York waterways. I decided I would get off the boat and go shopping until it the storm was over.
 
As I wandered for hours through the Target Store… I happened upon your book!  Before I knew it… over an hour and a half had passed by.  As I laughed and cried reading your book,  it was finally time to go…the storm was over and I was about ready to put th e book back when I grabbed it back…then put it back on the shelf….then grabbed it back.  What was my problem!  I was amused as I read but I did not want or need another self help book, diet book or what and how to do it book.  But  a few minutes later….there I was at the check out with book in hand.
 
I have begun and am in the beginning STAGES of MY personal COMEBACK. Thank you for being brave enough to be the person you are and blessed enough to share it with others.  Your gift is now my blessing and I wish to thank you personally.
 
Blessings,
 
Nena


Blessings, indeed.  Now what was I saying?  I guess it doesn't matter.