A Day in the Life.

Since the posts are few and far between I thought I would do a "day in the life" to show you how I can fritter away a day with a bunch of nothingness.   

Mr Merry gets up at some ungodly hour like 4 am.  I have to be up by 6:45 when the munchkins come for breakfast before the bus.  I take orders (because I am a diner) and we have to be fed and pottied by 7:50 in order to get to the bus stop. * today we got an email, bus time is changing to 7:38 a.m.

At 8 am Mr Merry comes in (I am still in pjs because I am not a morning person) and I make him breakfast with farm fresh eggs while I eat a yogurt.  Then I get dressed and we drive 15 minutes to the indoor track.  We tried to walk on sidewalks but I tripped on a crack and then one house has their sidewalk covered in dog poo. At the end of our street, Main St, they have jackhammered out the sidewalks for the summer as we are starting a big road replacement project where they are removing the old trolley tracks from the 1900's and going all the way down with a new base and widening the street so moving every water, sewer and gas line as well as telephone poles. The project ended at our street last year so we couldn't go west and this year we are continuing so we cannot go east. 

Once at the Rec, we change our shoes and walk. This photo is from the upper track as they were setting up for volleyball tournaments We are up to two miles.  Some days I do a mile, rest, then do .5 mile, rest and do .5 mile. Some days I do only .5 miles.  And I want to say Wednesday I did  .8, .2 , .5., .5.  Mr Merry is issues with his hip and his bursitis in his knee so he sits out random lamps.  Each lap is .1 miles.  I walk exceedingly slow and it takes us between 1.5 and 2 hours.  We usually have a errand and get home for lunch. 

Three days last week we had doctor appointments in the morning, check up on the left cataract surgery (scheduled the right for the 31st), a check up on Mr Merry with a specialist, and then an appointment to get our taxes done. So that was 3 out of 5 days. And two days we had a two hour fog delay - visibility was so bad I could not see the street from my house. 

View from my daughter's classroom after she got to school. 

When we have appointments we either have a very late lunch or go in the early afternoon since we have to be home to catch the bus. 

The bus comes at 3:40 pm and we do an afterschool snack and hear about their day.  I start supper and the kids get picked up between 4:30 and 5:30.  And then I am tired so after supper I accomplish nothing.  

After school he is building a motel for his stuffed cow. 

I did make three Shutterfly books this week for the sale price which somehow was over $100 even with the sale and coupons. They have changed the process again and I am not happy.  My friend uses a different service and I think I will ask her again which one it is.  The fact that I am seeing distance only with one eye was probably a factor, but I am still not happy with changes. 

I also did laundry which seems like a big deal for no reason and we have been fighting spring ants in the kitchen which means I am scouring the kitchen and cursing a lot.  On Friday we also took a trip to the egg farm. 

I reorganized what I call the spare room and other family calls the junk room and still haven't found my missing hats. 

Last Sunday we went to the school production of Mary Poppins which was very good but lasted over 3 hours which I found excessive.  My granddaughter and her friend are too old to pose for photos. My newest co-gramma showed me the hidden elevator to the balcony. 

We then went to Bob Evans where he is dipping his french fries into the caramel syrup for his apple slices. I should mention we had an outstanding server and as someone who waitressed in high school, I know.  I tipped her in cash about 50% of our bill.  

And I have been working on my to-go bag for the next time I ride in an ambulance. I am also calling it my insurance policy because if I am prepared, I will not ever need to call an ambulance. 

So far I have two sets of pjs with button fronts and a pocket for the heart monitor, a robe (I bought one for home use, too, I love it so much), dry shampoo, chapstick, hair brush, phone charger, manicure kit, some bath sponges so I can bath in bed without rinsing since I can't shower with IVs and my bag.  As soon as I looked at the photo I added a few pairs of nonslip socks.  Please add any further suggestions.  And I just thought of another item, underwear in case I have to wear a gown for a test. 

And that is how I have been marking time. 

I am frustrated with my primary who had his secretary read lung function test results word for word over the phone to me without any recommendations.  I am beyond happy with my cataract surgery and can't wait for matching eyes so I don't have to close one eye to watch tv and the other to read, and I see my cardiologist in a few weeks. His office is still working with my insurance to get me into cardio rehab.  Rehab stated I am still on the list (I guess the list of people waiting on insurance companies).  I think I am good with the walking but I would like the three sessions with the dietician. 

And, because daylight savings time is making me cranky, I will talk taxes.  Our accountant was telling us how many clients are mad because they thought they could get a deduction on interest on a new car purchase but most vehicles do not qualify (for example Equinox's which are an affordable choice in our area) because even though the parts are made locally, they are not assembled here.  They are also upset because the no-tax on overtime is actually no tax on the halftime in addition to your regular rate which is still taxed and if you work for the railroad, and they are the biggest employer around here, there was a special provision leaving railroad workers out of the overtime exemption.  I have not heard anyone saying they have saved money on the no taxes on tips.  I guess they are still taxed on tips that are paid by cards, but don't have to pay tax on cash tips which I thought most servers didn't report anyway?  

Whichever, whatever, it is not slowing the applications at my charity office. 

Memory Monday

 1979

Two hippies and a baby. 

International Womens Day

 

I am having a problem with time, either visiting blogs or writing one.  I will be back tomorrow with Memory Monday and am working on a day in the life of a woman who accomplishes nothing but is always too busy.  

Memory Monday

Thank for the well wishes. Cataract surgery went fine. I was shocked at how painless it was.  Now three weeks of eye drops. 

It seems like we are crazy busy around here (mostly doctor appointments) and we have three more this week. But I still had the envelope of 1970's photos on my desk so we are stuck with those. 

I am starting with this one of me reading the newspaper since my last post had me on this floor reading the newspaper. I read the newspaper a lot in the 1970's. The table in front of the couch was my play table when I was little and is in my house right now and the wooden piano stool in front of the window is beside my chair and holding my coffee. 

I remember this gray coat and gray and white shift dress that I wore once for Easter.  I am not sure who bought it because I look horrible and gray when I wear gray.  But don't my legs look long? This is an optical illusion. 

This is me spreading a table cloth at a picnic. I hate picnics and had a phobia of bugs on food as a teenager.  There seem to be a lot of photos of me at picnics. I'm not sure if we were picnickers or they wanted to torture me. The man is my uncle from Illinois, my cousin Claire is in the white tee shirt, by the process of elimination I think the orange shirt is my cousin Simon and my Aunt Mary Ellen is on the opposite side of the table. 

My uncle, my aunt, my father and me with those long legs which are an optical illusion.  These also show my uniform headscarf that I wore from 1969-1971.  

Trading the kerchief for a floppy hat, I appear to be making s'mores with my cousin Claire. As a hoarder I swear I'm telling the truth when I say I still have this hat. It has red, white and blue designs with a white reversible side and my daughters and granddaughters have worn it, too. 

1971. Me scrubbing the roof of my dad's sailboat.  I believe this could be the last time I was on a boat. I am not a water person either.  

I do not remember ever scrubbing the boat but I do remember the bikini which was a dark orange with a yellow paisley print.  I do not still own the bikini.