February 24, 2021

The Christianville Spirit: Valentine's Epic Freeze

                    


                 The Christianville Spirit 

                   The Spirit that Keeps Giving

                      February 24th, 2021- TCS # 721 

 

It was Cold as Ice, My Readers! I do mean that! I will explain in a Minute. A Little Romantic, Bonjour is in Order. This Year, It seems I kind of skipped over Valentine’s Day in My Newsletter Schedule! Both Reasons weren’t really in My Control. The First Reason obviously is My Anxiety. It has been Very High and is Healing. But, Man, To Me, It felt like Not One Thing but a Bunch of Things hit me all at One Time. It felt like being Struck by Lightning over and over, which Of Course, caused My Nervous System to go Haywire. It made where Things that I used to enjoy like Playing in The Snow, Going on Drives (Which I love to do!), or Being Social caused My Anxiety to go Sky High. What was Harmless, in My Head turned Harmful. It was Hard to explain it. From The Negative Energy I sensed when Going up to Denver over Christmas (On a Good Note: My Brother decorated for Christmas brilliantly!); My Mom taking a Fall hitting the Side of Her Head when Letting The Dogs out of The Car; The “Supernatural Experience” I mentioned a Couple Newsletters ago; and, The Change in Human Condition that I have been talking about. A lot to Hit Me at One Time! Excuse me if I sound Negative, I am not trying to be. I am trying to be Real with You. The Second Reason, of course, has to do with Our Weather. So, The Epically Historic Storm. Epic in This Context, is not Something I use lightly! Now, Yes, We get Snow but, More Ice here at PTLS Foundation HQ of Plano, Texas. It might happen Once or Twice in a Winter. Maybe 3 Times in a Good Winter. But, Nothing to really create a National Historic News Story! Now, I laugh at Myself a bit because I usually talked about Historical Winter Storms, like Nor’Easters that happen Yearly in The Northeast US like New York, Philly, Boston, or Washington DC. Now, Usually when a Winter Storm hits here, It shuts Schools down, The Whole City freaks out at The Grocery Store. But, This Time is MUCH Different! Now, I personally thought that This Epic Winter Storm would be a Snow Event like “The Super Bowl Historic Storm” (Refer to That Newsletter) where It snowed a Foot of Snow here. I kind of thought that It would Snow around 12 to 14 Inches between The Two Part Snow Storm. Part One of The Snow hit Valentine’s Day where It snowed an Inch and then, Up to 4 Inches later on that Day. Part 2 of The Snow came and only brought a few Inches of Snow more. So, maybe 5 or 6 Inches of Snow. But, The Snow was the Expected part. The Part that Literally No One expected was The Cold. On Monday Morning after Valentine’s Day, The Wind Chill was like –15 (Negative 15) and Yes, You read that correctly! A Windchill of Negative 15 in Texas! Next Day, Tuesday The 16th, The Wind Chill was closer to –20 (Negative 20). Seriously! Unprecedented! One Morning, The Air Temperature at The Official Weather Station in The Dallas-Fort Worth Area, DFW Airport of –2 (Negative 2). With It that cold, Our Texas power grid that We often boast about, Failed Us. It could not handle All The Demand and The Cold literally freezing The Generators and The Wind Turbine Farms! It resulted in Rolling Blackouts in Many Cities including Our Own City of Plano, I thank God that Our Electricity survived. Of Course, Burst Pipes were also an Issue. Again, We survived because We dripped all the Pipes. All The Sinks and Showers were dripped. Yes, I realize though that There were Others like My Aunt Kathy, that weren’t so Lucky with The Power and/or Pipes. Aunt Kathy came over to spend a Few Nights because Her Power went out, It got to about 35 Degrees F in Her Apartment on Tuesday Morning! We brought her in and got her all Warmed up until Her Power came on. Honestly, Like I said, No One was Prepared for That Kind of Cold in Texas. It was like Once in a Decade or Century kind of Cold! Either Way, Us Texans came out Stronger and Now, are a little more Prepared in case It happens again. Not Very Soon! All in all, It taught Us Texans a Lesson. Don’t Mess with that Kind of Cold! And, When Someone says that 28 Degrees is Balmy, after That Kind of Cold, Yes it is! 

 

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Don’t Mess with Us Texans! We are Tough! 

February 10, 2021

The Christianville Spirit: Rat V. Oxen Year


                     

                 The Christianville Spirit   

                      The Spirit that Keeps Giving 

February 10th, 2021-TCS # 720 

 

Happy Valentine’s Day and Most Importantly, Happy Lunar New Year, My Readers! And, Adding in a Happy February to You. I am Sorry that I did not write Last Week. I think I needed to Rest My Mental Health. The Truth is that I have been having Very High Anxiety lately. But, I am getting better Day by Day. Truth be told here though, It seems like People have Higher than Normal Anxiety lately. Blame It on Negativity in the World, The Aforementioned Change in The Human Condition, or What will We will refer to as “Mind Occupiers” (or ANTs/ Intrusive Thoughts, Whatever You call them). Politics usually does not bother me because Usually I know What will Happen and What It means, I am just Intuitive that way. It is the Change in Human Condition, which is a Good Change and Those “Mind Occupiers” that have been in My Head but, Have chosen Now to Show their Ugly Heads. I cannot explain they have chosen now to Show because This Change is a Very Exciting Change. That brings me to The Topic of This Newsletter. Now, Normally Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year as They call it, would not Phase me but, This Year It is. But, With Good Reason. You See, on February 12thWe will have Officially Changed from The Year of The Rat to The Year of The Oxen. In Terms of “Spirit Animals” that is a Huge Change, which explains The High Anxiety in not only me but, Everyone Else as well. My Mom is an Oxen. Let me Explain, The Rat can be a “Friendly” Animal but, to The Average Person, It is a Disgusting Animals. They can make You Scream, Gag, or Even Get Sick when You run into One. It phases People in Different Ways. I would be willing to bet that There is a Population of People who avoid the New York City Subway System because of It. I am told that There are A lot of Rats in The New York City Subway. It is The Only Subway System in The World that has Them. In My Travels, I think I only saw One in Any Other City. To be Fair, I was walking through a Residential Neighborhood in Stockholm when I saw one. But, Then Again, There was Trash that probably was going to be Picked up the Next Day. My Brother’s Friend from Chicago told me Once, that New York City may have Rats in The Subways. But, This Persons say Chicago has Bigger Rats. In Terms of Personality, Rat People are about as Gross as The Animal themselves. Generally they are Those who hide and come out after Dark, They like Moist and Dark Places. Anyway, Enough of The Imagery. No Wonder They are The Last Spirit Animal in The Chinese Zodiac Calendar! 2020, of course has been A Rat Year! So, then We start a New Cycle in The Zodiac Calendar. We go into The Oxen. It is actually called an Ox, but I prefer to call it, Oxen because It sounds Cooler. Unlike The Rat, The Oxen is Much Bigger and Taller Animal! The Rat stays Low to The Ground while The Oxen stands Tall above The Ground. The Oxen still stand it’s Ground. Think of The Rat like a trouble maker that comes out in the dark to cause trouble, and runs and hides. The Oxen comes out in the day and stands tall and strong against Anything. Rats in the basement and Oxen up in the light, like in a Building. Well, Imagine for Me, going from The Basement with The Rats to Going to 30th Floor with The Oxen. That is a Huge Change! You can see the Ground with a View instead of Seeing The Ground from a Low Level. That kind of Change would cause Anyone to be Anxious! But, It will be Awesome once The Move from dark to light happens! All in all, This Move is a Big One! I seriously cannot wait to see what The Big Oxen is going to do! But, Trust Me when I say, It is going to be Good! Like The Biggest Action Movie, You could Imagine in Real Time! The Year of the Oxen will be exciting!  

 

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Embrace The Oxen, It will Lead You Places!