I’m home on MLK, Jr. holiday. It snowed 6 inches. Not bad. I went out to clean off my car as usual. Have no idea where our plows are. Usually they’re on-the-spot! O well.

So as I’m cleaning slowly and trying to shovel my parking spot slowly…please understand I’m a senior citizen and had back/spinal surgery 2 years ago…but I do get it done more slowly than others and with a smaller shovel. A nice young man I’ve met before from my building came across the parking lot and asked what I was trying to do. I told him just shovel out my spot so it’s basically clean to park in. Well…he’s tall and had a big shovel and did it for me in about…ummmm…10 minutes. It would take me a total of about an hour if not more. What a nice guy! I over-thanked him of course.

There were 4 of us cleaning our cars at that time. Now I know it’s a holiday but the same thing happened on NYs Day. Only 3 inches but I cleaned off my car and the plows were there…so one of them plowed out my spot. I was done before 90% of the other residents came out to take care of their cars. Hah!

When you are an adult, you have to take responsibility for adult stuff. And stuff happens in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Winter stuff is a bit more crappy because it’s cold, and snow is irritating and slippery. But nonetheless, adults have to take care of stuff. At least in communal housing there is a plowing company hired to take care of the whole place in winter whilst you basically just take care of your own car and get it out of their way. But what about individual home ownership? You bought it, you own it, you take care of it, which means…you clean winter snow and ice, spring and summer mowing the lawn, fall leaves, etc. You get it!

That being said, why does it seem most of the residents in communal housing don ‘t come out and take responsibility for their small area of ownership in the parking lot? Our current plowing company has the smaller plows like front-loaders, which can zero in on an individual parking spot without disturbing the surrounding cars. Cool! But in general, take care of your own stuff, especially when others are involved…parking next to each other etc. Show that you care about people in general, your own things, and are a responsible adult. Plus taking care of my stuff makes me feel good. I cleaned up, I cared, I did my due-diligence, etc.

Of course when you are single and have to do everything in order for things to get done, and a professional musician which is what I call a personal achievement career, you also have that mindset that you need to get everything done yourself because, quite frankly, in those types of careers you absolutely do have to do it yourself. No questions asked!

So, this is my sermon today. Be an adult and take care of your stuff. You will absolutely feel very happy you did. Maybe exhausted but still very happy.

And of course, you know what I always recommend as your reward…pie. Yes, have some pie. You’ve earned it! Ha!

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