If I Had “Money”

I would finish my bachelor’s so that “big wigs” could feel reassured that they could listen to me.

I would complete the TEFL series so that when I am traveling, I could have fun conversations about language fluency with clients and people I would meet.

I would get my dogs the training they needed so they understood to come back when called and to walk beside me in harmony – instead of pulling this way and that against my hurt shoulders in disharmony.

I would spend more time with my youngling and we would travel back home to visit; go to shows, concerts, and creative events; and do other things that make us feel happy.

I would travel to and help pay for my eldest’s family and extended family to visit us locally.

I would play with the yard and cultivate another hummingbird haven while at last getting not just one – but successive crops of sweet-crunching joy-my-mouth snap peas.

I would back off from worrying if I could lose everything to the next catastrophe, heal my adrenal system, lose weight, and get firm-toned “sexy.”

I would invest in my creative side to discover more of my capabilities, learn more about music and producing, and better train my singing.

I would advocate for the old Duke Energy Plant in Morro Bay to be turned into a sister aquarium to Monterey Bay and the Channel Islands, and for Los Osos central parkland to be restored – crowning it with an environmental tourism center in which would be sold my butterfly bumper stickers for tourists to enjoy and proudly display.