Even as I make good decisions

I think I finally figured out the coffee thing.  No coffee after noon has finally morphed into one cup of coffee in the morning...one regular sized cup of coffee in the morning.  Not a Venti Starbucks coffee.  Of course it helps when I make one cup at a time.  Thank you, sister Jane, for the reminder.  Two members of my beloved coffee-drinking family are off on a road trip this weekend looking at colleges.  I made one cup of coffee this morning through the plastic drip cone, the kind that sits on top of the coffee cup.   This accomplishment has not stopped me from walking around the kitchen with a magnet to see the possibilities.

Even as I make good decisions

I figure ways

To compromise them.

No caffeine after noon

So I can sleep at night

Becomes

Suck down as much coffee as possible

Before the clock hits twelve.

No magnetic surface

In the kitchen

Is a surprise

But in retrospect

Means less clutter

And

A Very Good Thing.

Then I find myself

Walking around the kitchen

Seeking that one magnetic surface

That Must Be There.

I know there are other ways

I do this

Even as I pat myself on the back

For good decisions,

Even good decisions I never made

But found

Shining on every stainless steel surface;

Surface which,

By the way,

Requires its own special stainless steel cleaner

Along with its most excellent

Non-magnetic properties.