Now Janis, I’ll draw your attention to the fact that Gene is awake (barely, it seems), dressed, and has gift in hand. So he’s prepared for your demands!
A few months ago, I was trying to play piano for our church’s Stations of the Cross service, and we had a small roof leak near the piano. It was dripping into the bucket next to me, and the stupid drip-drip was the wrong tempo! I had the devil’s own time ignoring it and doing my job.
When we moved into our house, we had the living room painted the same shade as we’d seen in a model house. I was very careful to match the color. The first time I walked into the (empty) painted room, I was horrified… it was too dark and looked ghastly. I thought I’d made a horrible mistake. But once we got the furniture moved in, the color magically transformed to what I was expecting. Funny how that works.
Sounds just about perfect! Ditto a cappuccino and tiramisu in St. Mark’s Square, Venice.