Rain, Craft Fairs, and Time

I have to have a talk with Mother Nature. Her timing is atrocious.

Rain, threats of rain, and talk of rain did affect my craft show up north. It’s not the first time that I’ve taken on Mama and come out in second place. But to be honest it was nice being outside (be it under a canopy) for the day, making small talk to friendly craft show wanderers,  breaking even money-wise for my time.

It’s just that Mother Nature has bad timing.

Rain that day, sunny the next. Yesterday it rained all day, cancelling an 8-year-old’s baseball practice, today it’s sunny and cool and beautiful.

Her timing seems to reflect mine most of the time. I’m ready one day, out of sync the next. It’s like I’ve found energy too early or too late to really connect to the world.

The days I have a lot planned inside there’s plans being made for me outside. The days I really want to sleep in I have to get up early,  and the lazy mornings I could catch a few extra Zzzzs I’m wide awake. I have shown up for events on the wrong day and missed others by not checking the calendar.

I think as you get older your inner clock gets more and more out of sync.

How many times a day do you get sidetracked, waylaid, and misdirected without intention? I have to laugh — for me it’s more than I care to admit.

I might have to schedule a conversation with Mother Nature in the future to talk about our timing. Try and get on the same page. After all, she is beautiful and magnificent and not always in control, either.

I don’t really feel like talking to Time — he can stay in the future as long as possible.

He moves too fast, anyway.