Get After It!

It’s been awhile since I’ve written. My mom passed away in late September, and then my mother-in-law passed away suddenly in mid-December. It’s been a bit tough to write anything without my heavy heart weeping all over every word, but 2019 has ended and not only a new year has begun, but a new decade! There are possibilities on the horizon. Not so fast!!!

On New Year’s Eve, with the dawn of all things new just waiting in the wings, I broke a tooth! Seriously?! It was as if 2019 just couldn’t let me go without taking one more swing at me. The good news, if there ever is good news with a broken tooth, it was a wisdom tooth, so I don’t need it. I have three more, so still plenty of wisdom stored up to share with anyone who cares to listen. (That’s directed at my kids.)  The bad news….I’m not a real fan of the dentist, so first thing in 2020 I get to visit one of my least favorite people. Not that she isn’t awesome, just that I don’t like her hands in my mouth. You’d think by the 21st century we’d have some Star Trek like dental scanner that could take care of this problem with my mouth closed.

Now it is time for me to put fingers to keyboard and begin writing a new blog. Slow down there eager beaver! An update is required in order for me to get WordPress to talk to my website via Jetpack! Okay, this shouldn’t be too hard. Hahaha! What am I, new? This is technology and I was born in the 20th century. Specifically the mid-20th century. We’re not even talking the same language. Oh, it sounds like English, but is it really?

I start by updating my version of WordPress. Oh, but now I have to update Jetpack, which should be easy, and would be easy if I knew what they were talking about. I know what a Jetpack is. It’s that cool thing you strap on your back like Buck Rogers and fly all over the sky with, skipping traffic, and commute times. I don’t have one of those. I do apparently have one that allows WordPress to talk with my website. Outside of that, I really don’t know what it does. Not only can I not see it, I can’t fly it. Lame! I had plenty of other things to do, so back burner it went.

After putting away all the Christmas decorations, and finding myself without any other pressing matters, I decided to sit down once again to figure out this necessary update. I finally caved to reading the directions, or at least skimming them, clicked the appropriate keys and amazingly, I’m back in the game.

So there 2020, I forced myself to be adult enough to call the dentist, and mature enough to read directions. Take that! The losses of 2019 are still heavy and will be for awhile, but looking forward there are all sorts of possibilities. It’s not just a new year, it’s a new decade! Get out there, and get after it!