Today was one of those days which perfectly describes Murphy's Law. If anything can go wrong, it will. I have been working from home while recuperating from surgery. Yesterday I got a bill from the hospital which threw me for a loop when I saw one of the line item charges. Seeing that dollar figure on that bill did not make me feel good. I started out today in a bad mood and was having a pity party for myself big time.
All day today I battled allergies, sneezed, and had a dull headache. I took my blood pressure. I won't tell you what the reading was. I resolutely did my work, and resolutely pressed on. At lunch time I made myself a comfort food I haven't had in a long time - a grilled cheese sandwich made with low-fat swiss cheese and multigrain bread. I looked out my kitchen window, slowly savoring this delicious sandwich and wishing the day was over.
Well, I think God took notice and He gently sent me a cardinal to get my priorities straight.
The female cardinal perched in my crape myrtle tree. I put down my sandwich. I watched for a bit to see what she would do.
To my surprise, when she opened her beak in bird song, I was startled to hear a rhythm in her bird song. "THAT SOUND HAS A PATTERN TO IT"! It was amazing. For the first time in my life, I actually heard bird song that had a rhythm to it. I knew it was coming from that bird because I was watching her beak and her throat pulsing in bird song.
That made my day. REALLY made my day.
Later, after work, I decided to make some phone calls and get to the bottom of the billing issue. I found out after talking with the insurance company that the hospital had billed both the insurance company and me for that particular sum of money. I was reassured the insurance company would process the claim.
My headache slowly went away. I was grateful that the billing issue was resolved and even more grateful for the cardinal's birdsong.
So Murphy's Law today turned out to be a dud, and I survived today.
Hearing is such a gift.
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