full moons bring the unexpected

Today has been an odd duck kind of day. The moon was full at roughly 8:30am. [I use "today" loosely as I have not been to bed yet and it is now Wednesday in the wee earlies.] Sometimes full moons bring out good things. Sometimes full moons bring craziness. This last one was the latter.

1) Linus and the Change of Routine
Usually the TV gets left on all night in the living room--the sound is low so it doesn't disturb anyone's sleep. Linus gets the ambient light from the tv reflected on the wall by his cage--an effective nightlight. However, last night I woke up and turned it off. Twenty minutes after I went back to sleep, I heard the most horrid scream and heard Linus jump to the bottom of his cage. I ran out and turned on the lights. There was no blood, no injuries, no anything. I picked him up and played on the computer and he fell back asleep on my shoulder in the light of the monitor. The only thing I think is that he woke up in the pitch dark and freaked out because there was no tv light to show him his surroundings. It definitely was NOT a good start to the day.

2) Mailbox Mayhem
I was working from home this afternoon and outside there was a terrible bang. I look out to see a Brown Oldsmobile in my yard about ten feet from a very large maple. There was less than an inch of snow on the ground, but the tracks come straight out of the street and ran across our yard after taking out the mailbox. By the time I registered what happened and threw a coat on, the car was gone and our mailbox was smashed flat and the whole stand was in pieces. I guess I'm happy they didn't kill themselves on the tree. And we needed a new mailbox anyway. But shouldn't you stop and put a note out to say "OOPS, sorry. Let me get you a new box" ?

3) Passings
I always make a note in my journals for those who have passed. Sometimes they are expected and sometimes not, but they are always sad.

May your families and friends find peace.