Getting Things Done

I have spent most of this day so far cleaning the refrigerator. It was truly disgusting and there was a nasty smell {which I tracked down and I disposed of the source.} Every time i got a shelf out, I put it in the sink to soak in hot water before scrubbing and rinsing it. I took a couple of half-hour breaks where I walked away from it and played a mindless game or two, and then I went back and now it is FINISHED!! I am going to the grocery store to get something to put in it! Again, we are out of almost everything..

I don’t think I mentioned I have been searching the house and car for my {I can hear you all chanting "cellphone!" } No, Fred has my cell phone.   He can’t get a very good signal so we get cut off a lot but it is better than nothing. No, what I had lost was my red wallet. I wasn’t panicking over-much because it had no credit cards in there so all I would lose was money. It is not that I can afford to lose money, but rather that than credit cards because they are such a hassle to replace. During one of the refrigerator-cleaning breaks, I remember that on Sunday after I had visited Fred, I had gone  into the local McDonalds to get an ice cream cone.  I called them and asked for the manager and asked if anyone had found and turned in a red wallet. The manager said, " What is your name?" I told her and she said, yes,  a customer had found it under a seat and had turned it in to the night manager on Sunday night! It was found it on the floor under my seat! Most of you know that I walk with a cane and that makes carrying stuff on a tray using only one hand a trifle tricky. I had set my tray down on  a table and unhooked the cross-body purse I wear and tossed it into the bench seat beside me and it must have been then the wallet came out of my purse. Nothing is missing! I am amazed and thankful. I asked if anyone knew who the customer was and no one did but they said they would ask the night manager when she came on. Fred suggested I leave a card with my info on it for the night manager. If I can locate the honest person who turned it in, I would be happy to offer him or her a reward.

I had an appointment to see my regular doctor today and get a prescription for Lisinopril which is what I was given in hospital when my blood pressure got so high. The clinic I go to has a routine automated phonecall the day or two before one has an appointment and this message told me that the appointment was tomorrow rather than today. So, I called this morning to check, and apparently *I* had made an appointment for today and and someone from the hospital had made an appointment for me for tomorrow. The one I made was in the afternoon; the other one was at 8 am tomorrow morning. Now, I much prefer morning appointments because there is usually very little waiting around. So, I cancelled today’s and will go tomorrow instead. This will give me plenty of time to go see Fred later in the day. I didn’t see him today because I had planned the refrigerator cleaning in the morning and thought I had an appointment with the doctor in the afternoon!

Ok, time to dispose of the smelly trash bag of "stuff" from the refrigerator and then I will go to the grocery store and get new food.  In writing this, I realize that I have run out of energy for the day so I will eat cereal for the next meal and fit in a quick trip for food tomorrow…

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.

– Native American prayer