Look what came early!

Now to only find the toys!   I seem to have drawn the unlucky Evil Neighbor card so these parcels may be moving to yet another apartment before they can see the light of day.  grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Why can’t life be just a bit simpler?  

I have often thought that I would be a good fit for Buddhism.  Inner peace, enlightenment, ultimate reality and all that.  But then there are moments like these when I really do crave my belongings and attachments and I ’suffer’ without them.  Okay, in reality I could live without furniture and personal affects, I am sure I could.  I do like simplicity.  It is tiresome to only have one pan to cook with, to have a floor picnic for every meal, but I could be at peace with that if I had to.  But the children?  *I* cannot live with toyless children right now!!  They are restless and buggy and a bit mind boggling when they don’t know what to do with themselves.  Coming home from school and all they can do is flop on the floor among scattered shoes and bags that have no keeping place.  Then the heavy sighs of boredom…then the picking and probing and bugging and general annoyance and then the sound and exasperation escalates and the sighs turns into screams and complaints.  It doesn’t usually end well.  Oy I don’t really care if my couch or lamps or favorite jeans come today or 2 years from now or never but would someone PLEASE send the toy and game fairy my way.?!  I would scream for Calgon to take me away to some higher enlightened space but that would require me overusing one of our 2 only bath towels…and then the circle continues…

Is there a Buddhism Light ala carte?  I want toys.