Day 33

Day 33: Real Time
Day Two: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey


My fingers rest on the keyboard as I mentally scroll through my day yesterday. The purple bracelet remains on the same wrist it started out on before dawn, but I have started to distrust my ability to turn out the light at bedtime without a complaint escaping.

But I guess I did.

We should take more lessons from our animals. My Siamese is literally resting his chin on my hands as I try to type this entry on my 21 day journey to becoming complaint free. I think he waits in the hallway, hidden in a shadowy pocket behind a door or something, until he hears the clacking of the keys when I start to type. He appears soon after, jumps into my lap, and lays his head between my hands.

I watch my cats sometimes, paws and bellies up in the air, lying like dead stuffed toys in a pool of sunlight. When I walk by, the Siamese opens a blue eye and my recent coal black addition to the household opens a startling amber eye to make sure I’m staying in the right place. And then they drift off again to wherever cats go in their dreams.

Complaints, though? Not a one. They eat when they eat, sleep when they sleep, play when it’s convenient. They are totally in the moment, so grousing just isn’t part of their equation.

I’ll play in the sunlight today as I attempt another Day Two. If I feel the need to complain, I’ll find a shadow behind a door to hide in until the urge passes.