An Ordinary Thursday

Some mornings, I sit down to write this blog and know exactly what I want to say. Other mornings, the words come easily because something happened that I want to share. Then there are mornings like today when I stare at the blank screen and realize I don’t really have anything noteworthy to write about.

Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

Life doesn’t always provide dramatic stories, major milestones, or profound insights. Most of our lives are made up of ordinary days. We get up, feed the cat, drink our coffee, go to work, come home, and do it all again the next day. There is a certain comfort in that routine, even if it doesn’t always make for exciting blog material.

Today will be another day at the museum. There will be emails to answer, projects to work on, and the usual tasks that keep everything moving forward. Isabella will likely remind me several times that her food bowl is not nearly as full as she believes it should be. The migraine I’ve been dealing with is hopefully beginning to ease after yesterday’s Botox appointment, though experience has taught me that patience is often required.

Sometimes, simply making it through an ordinary day is enough.

So, if you’re reading this, I hope your Thursday is a good one. It doesn’t have to be remarkable. It doesn’t have to be productive beyond reason. It just has to be one more day lived, appreciated, and endured when necessary.

And perhaps that’s worth writing about after all.

About Joe

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I began my life in the South and for five years lived as a closeted teacher, but am now making a new life for myself as an oral historian in New England. I think my life will work out the way it was always meant to be. That doesn't mean there won't be ups and downs; that's all part of life. It means I just have to be patient. I feel like October 7, 2015 is my new birthday. It's a beginning filled with great hope. It's a second chance to live my life…not anyone else's. My profile picture is "David and Me," 2001 painting by artist Steve Walker. It happens to be one of my favorite modern gay art pieces. View all posts by Joe

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