Still Moving Stuff

• Today I had to talk very firmly to myself to MAKE myself go out and get into my car. When it arrived, it was put in a handicapped parking place and I had to move it because an orange handicapped hanger {VT} is not the same as a blue North Carolina hanger!  So, today I got my purse and the GPS and decided to go to the grocery store. I finally got there but there was a lot of "recalculating" comments going on.  
• My reason for going was to be sure I could actually get there before I went to pick up another load of groceries.  Eventually, I did get there and found where to park when I pick up another load tomorrow. Oddly enough although I took a very circuitous way to get there, I got back by a different route very quickly. I tried walking around the store a bit but my back hurts a lot when I do that so I got some bread and milk and checked out. Now, the store I used in VT had maps of the various areas so one could find, for example, where the bread was. I asked the checkout person if this store had such a thing and she looked totally amazed. I think next time I go to learn where every thing in the store is, I will take one of their electric carts.
• Once I had located the check-in area for picking up groceries. I looked around the shopping area and found a chain hair cutting place and got my hair cut. The young lady who cut my hair asked good questions, paid attention to what I said and worked very quickly. She did a good job. I will go back there again.
• Jake came over this evening and carried off the three huge hanging clothes boxes and the two huge black plastic bags of stuff–mostly paper. I can get to the door easily now! His back feels a lot better although he is still being careful and he managed to get two boxes–book size boxes– down from the top shelves in the bedroom closet. Once I have got those emptied, I can start on the plastic totes.
• Jake will be back on Sunday and we are going to go to lunch…
• I didn’t think I would be able to manage a painting area in this apartment, but now I am thinking perhaps I can use the small dining area. I can use my wooden easel on the too-big-to-be-eating-at table and put the supplies on the floor under the tabl,. but on top of some plastic to protect the damned carpet! When I was painting with a friend once a week, she had plastic taped down all over her carpets and it all worked very well. Anyway, this won’t be for some time although I have spent some time this afternoon checking on floor and screw-on lamps to give me some "natural" light to work with.
• Time to make myself a couple of toasted cheese sandwiches.

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English Poet

Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.

– Oscar Wilde

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. ~Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers}