I’ve been a bit grumpy today . In all likelihood it’s because I allow those little things to irritate me though I know they shouldn’t. And I say that with no direct inference to my five foot wife… it’s the other little things that irritate me more .
Brushed my teeth this morning and then angrily tossed the half empty tube of Colgate in the trash . I’m frankly sick to death of the nasty dried up and hard to remove coagulation of toothpaste that rapidly builds up on the end of the tube . Never used to happen years ago… what’s different now?
Well there is a lot different now.
I opened the blinds of the front room windows to look across the neighborhood I’ve known for 19 years and there was no way I could show those freshly sparkled teeth in a smile. Parked on the lawn across the street is a pickup truck that hasn’t moved in five months. Nor been weed wacked around as the bumper is about to disappear behind the two foot weeds . On the curb sits yet again, another piece of ugly furniture that was lugged out to the street the day after trash day. I’ll be staring at its ugliness for another seven days before the next trash pick up day. Heaven forbid the dormant pick up would haul it away.
His next door neighbor is no different….. his pick up truck can’t even haul that piece of furniture to the dump only twenty minutes away . It’s been sitting in the drive with a flat tire for over two months and though he mows the lawn, weeds all around the house are up to the window sills .
I took note of all of this as I drove to the end of the street four houses away. That’s where I still see the cheesy Christmas reindeer display on someones front lawn . They’ve at least recently turned off the very colorful lights since we’re two weeks past Easter. Gratefully his next door neighbor has finally removed the garish Trump / Gaetz and FU Biden signs from his front lawn.
And I am considered the neighborhood ass hole for commenting on what I see. And what I see is so very ugly, and so different from eighteen years ago.
I remember why we were once so proud of America , it was because we simply had pride….
