The Weekly Muse

The muse is a little bit - battered.

It's been another rough week here at the Oasis.

On Sunday morning just past we woke to the sound of - empty faucets.  After a few hours of fiddling, driving back and forth to the local plumbing store (thank God for the word "local") and generally mucking about - The Oracle determined the culprit was - the well pump.

The submerged well pump, in the 325 foot deep Artesian Well.  Once this was determined there was a distinct, pause, in the house and then - the air became blue. We will spare you the sounds and syllables.

A phone call to a local business recommended and we had the appointment for replacement for Monday AM.  Which meant 24 hours with no water.

Not the best of situations but we managed to get thru it.  A new, and larger, pump was installed and water began running freely from all faucets.  Took me the better part of the week to get caught up on things like doing the dishes and laundry.

It added a stress level that we decidedly did not need.

No.

The work week wasn't much better.  Oh, no disasters befell us but at a time of year when you expect that things might - slow down a bit - they have not.

And so it is that we reach Saturday and feel a bitt - wrung out.

Of course the news of the week doesn't help this situation. Not in the least.  We won't belabor any points as they are just too painful.  But...

Baby parts sold for profits.
Four Marines and One Sailor murdered by a Muslim terrorist.
Iran nuclear deal-that-is-a-disaster.

One of these by itself would be tough to take but all three in just a few days...the mind does more than reel.

Is it January 20, 2017 yet?

In the meantime, it is a vacation we need - most desperately.  The mini-breaks we take here and there help in the short-term but what we really need is a pack up and getaway on a jet plane kind of vacation.

Since that won't happen until November - oh yes, my dear friends, we will be jetting away for 10 days in a much warmer place in November - we have a couple of days planned this coming week to head to the one place that heals our very souls.

The humble Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, RI.  We'll definitely manage 2 days mid-week; we may even squeak out 3 days but that's unlikely.

We'll take what we can get at this point. We haven't been to the beach at all this summer and as it is our go-to place for rest and meditation, even The Oracle observed towards the end of this past week - "If we don't get to the beach SOON it's going to get ugly."

And we can't have that.