Attitude Adjustment, aka Wealth Evaluation

I made a big mess this morning.  I put my cereal on my TV tray, went to sit on the couch - and somehow managed to hit the bowl with my elbow and send it flying.
There I was - Cheerios on my lap and floor, milk soaking into the slipcover and rug.

Seriously unladylike language ensued.

I had to wash my legs, change my clothes, scrape the cereal and bananas off the rug, get out my little carpet cleaner and shampoo the rug, take off the slipcover and get it in the wash, all before I had my morning tea.  I was not a happy camper.

But then I jerked my own leash.  Time to take inventory.  There was plenty of food in the kitchen; that one bowl was not my dole for the day.  I had a couch, and a rug, and a home.  I had fresh clothes to put on.  I had the carpet cleaner, and a washer and dryer.

So suck it up, buttercup.  This is definitely a first world problem.  I did all that, toasted an English muffin - hey, I have a toaster - and rewarmed my tea - hey - I have a microwave.

So this was just an annoyance.  Even the scraped-up cereal and bananas became a treat for the chickens (the milk was a loss).

This was an annoyance, not a crisis.

Which helps me deal with another annoyance.  A person posted in the Weaver Guild (of which I am a lurker) that she and her husband used drop spindles to spin but were looking for a spinning wheel.  That was cool on two counts- I'm always hunting for other spinners.  And many years ago (likely 20 or so) on impulse I bought an interesting looking handmade wheel on Ebay.  But, having other wheels, I never use it.  So I emailed her to say that I had a wheel that I'd be happy to give them.  She was excited, and I sent her a picture.
And now, days later, still crickets.  I guess my little free wheel isn't good enough for them.  Which is fine - except that it would take a minute to hit reply and say something like "Thank you so much, but we're looking for something that's more traditional."  It seems like modern etiquette is that you can ignore someone if you don't want something from them - but I'm old fashioned enough that it seems rude.

C'mon.  It's a rather cute wheel.