Boo: Wow, she finally cleaned up all that stuff – it’s nice to be able to get around here again without bumping into untouchables.
Yeti: Into what?
Boo: Missus was so busy with projects for that…thing…um, that…whatever it was. I was shooed off more stuff than I could identify. It was everywhere.
Yeti: That “thing” was a “ladies’ tea”.
Boo: “Ladies’ tea”? I thought tea was for everybody.
Yeti: It was a special get-together for ladies at the church. Didn’t you see the program Missus designed? They had a lot going on!
Boo: Like what?
Yeti: Well, singing, and a speaker, and food, and –
Boo: [Smacking] Food? And she didn’t invite us? Grr.
Yeti: Other people made the meal. And you know how humans are about animals at venues with food.
Boo: [Pouting] Yes. Maybe we should have a tea here.
Yeti: Now, I know that even you don’t like tea.
Boo: [Thinks] Huh…I guess not. Imagine that! But I bet I’d have liked the other goodies. So, what else was there?
Yeti: Well, all those decorations Missus made, of course. The clocks, calendars, flowers; other Victorian decorations – she worked hard for weeks and weeks.
Boo: Yes, lots of giant clocks. Some of them even work! Pretty cool…but…what do those have to do with tea?
Yeti: [Shrugs] That was just the theme they chose this year. Apparently women struggle to balance time with family, God, work, errands, and whatever else they do.
Boo: Hmm. Don’t men struggle with that, too?
Yeti: I suppose. But I guess men don’t like frilly teas, so they deal with it some other way. I can’t imagine Mister liking being around so many flowers and wearing a pretty dress!
Boo: [Giggling] Me either!
Yeti: So anyway, it seems these women need to talk about it, or listen to someone talk about it, and sing about it, and think about it. I wonder if she learned anything from the guest speaker.
Boo: Like what?
Yeti: Like time management skills. She is kind of disorganized, and on top of that, a bit of a hoarder – then again, that part was helpful when it came time to coming up with materials for decor.
Boo: So…is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Yeti: I can’t decide. It might be part of her creative process. At least she’s gotten the giant fake flowers and the clocks she made into the studio, and the real clocks back where they usually live, and all the art supplies put back in the studio, and all the papers are gathered and put away. She’s made progress. Now on to the rest of it. The whole place suffered, between that and the trip and her birthday.
Boo: It took a long time to mess it all up; I guess it’ll take a long time to get it all clean.
Yeti: With time to spare – to dig up an old photo shoot. I guess we’ll wait and see if the rest of it gets better.
Boo: A photo shoot? What now?
Yeti: [Sighing] You’ll see….
