Friday Letters

 

Today I take my virtual fountain pen in hand to write about a disappointment, an update, a note to myself, and an opinion. Let's open the mail ...

Dear Cupcake,

John went to work for a big staff meeting this week. It was billed as an important one, where lots of necessary information would be shared (it was not). He attended the meeting from his office via Microsoft Teams, as did most of the other staff members. This seemed silly to me, as this could have been done just as easily from home, but then he wouldn't have been able to bring me a cupcake. 

When the meeting was over, the manager announced that there were cupcakes in the break room. John heard what sounded like a stampede in the hall, so he cautiously went to the break room to see what was up. When the feeding frenzy was over, there were a few cupcakes left, and he was kind enough to bring one home for me. 

It looked delicious, enclosed in its own special package, and I resisted gobbling it down right away. I thought about eating it for breakfast the next day but decided to wait until after dinner. The smell of chocolate was powerful when I opened the package, and I reverently removed it from its container, expecting deliciousness. But ... after the first bite, all I tasted was disappointment. The second and third bites were the same, then I asked John to taste it. We were both surprised to find that it had little to no taste. The whipped cream was a little sweet, but that was it. Sorry cupcake, but just like the meeting, you were all style, no substance, and quite a disappointment.

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Dear Whirlpool,

You may remember this picture from a few weeks ago, the dryer whose drum would not turn due to a broken belt. Now it looks like this.

You may not be able to tell from the picture but it's fixed. I would have taken photos during the repair, but I was holding the flashlight with one hand and the dryer drum with the other. John said it would be a simple 10-minute, job, and he was almost right. It actually took 25 minutes, but no swear words were uttered or even necessary. I call that a win!

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Dear Bonny,

I know you've started going through closets and cupboards in MD, making a pile of things to take to Goodwill. Remember this picture in the future! When you see bed steps at a yard sale for $5 and think they are cute, just walk away. When you find an abandoned Spiderman fishing pole along the stream, leave it there. Most importantly, when you think "I could use a new shirt/pair of pants/jacket" remember that garbage bag full of clothes that you longer need. It's a small house but you've still managed to collect far too much stuff in it.

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To the Supreme Court,

Please make the right decision. Roe has been the law for 48 years, so uphold precedent and remember that all women deserve legal access to every aspect of healthcare.

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I wish you a lovely weekend with good-tasting cupcakes, appliances working as they should, your extra stuff cleaned out, and good decisions.