Flow This!

I've written at length about the various things that make me seem, oh what's a delicate way to put it, nuts. Something just happened that made me literally look in a mirror and right after I commented on how dashing I looked, say "Are you crazy?"

I had the rest of my day planned out. I'm cooking a corned beef for dinner. I figure I'll get a jump on St. Patrick's Day and whip up some fine boiled meat for myself and the family. I love a good corned beef sandwich, especially when I'm washing it down with a few pints. By the way, a few pints were on the schedule too. then it was going to be off to the "Comfort King" for some T.V., some work, then off to bed. Man, when I look at it in print, my night seems boring as hell. Well, screw you. It's my life and if a few beers and T.V. make me happy, who are you to judge. I'm sorry. I'm a little put out because my night has been altered.

I just got a call from my boss at WGN asking if I could do a last minute fill-in shift late tonight/early tomorrow morning. I'm thrilled of course. Any time I get to blab on the 50,000 watt blow torch, I'm ready to go, but like I told you, I'm boiling meat. This is how crazy I am. For a split second I almost said no. Now is when you should be yelling at me. I didn't of course and am looking forward to a great show.

I don't know where all this rigidity comes from. In my mind I'm a "go with the flow" kind of guy. Of course I schedule those thoughts quite stringently. I do make myself go with the flow, but it's always after an initial panic. I think hippies are the only people who ever really go with the flow. Hippies and the homeless. And deadheads, but they might also be in the other two categories. The rest of us have lives that need to be scheduled. Go to work, take the kids to their activities, boil meat. You get the idea. I plan on trying to be more "free flow". Sure I do. Right after I finish my scheduled nap.