I live alone... my daughter lives 2 hours away, and visited last Christmas, but hasn't been since. ..she 's always too busy.. even at weekends she says she can't leave the dogs by themselves to come , because they're elderly , and one excuse afterthe other not to come, ..granted she's having her new house renovated.. but I could go there.. but there's been no invite ..
I live in a semi rural area, and there's nothing here for people my age as a singleton to do.. like others, any 'meets' that are available are done online... so I've lived alone for the last 9 months for the first timein decades , and it's very lonely..
I'm happy I have my garden , if I lived in an apartment I might go a little bit mad unless I had some outdoor space.
I live only 20 miles from the centre of London, and I often wonder if I should just move into the city before I get too old to do it.. but then I think of the crime , and worry that I would be a target as a senior on my own .
Oh,my Holly, you sure are now feeling the lonely spikes of being alone.
Yes, London, would be fun!
I live in a city and have to worry about that crime issue, since the Homeless Shelter is not far away from where I live.
Like last summer, I chose to venture to the CVS for bread and milk a pharmacy with some items of food conveniences.
This man a young African, American took to holding the door for me to enter that store.
I was sincerely hoping I would get there before he could cross the street.
I did my thing, and noticed he was at the counter where the checkout lady was talking to her.
I did a back walk into the previous isle until I felt he was gone of course I had to rewalk back until I felt he'd be ridicules talking and buying nothing.
I was right.
Funny thing is on my way back since too, this was all in the morning when the store opened at 8:30.
Meaning no one around he and I were thr only ones outside!
Freaky, due to pandemic results.
I noticed only him up further right at my street corner facing the now closed Dunkin Donuts. A business that closed down I believe the start of small businesses not opening.
He noticed me and was trying his best to seem like he was just dumbfounded that it was closed. As if to say he had money to even buy a coffee and donut.
I felt he was posing in waiting for me to turn up to him.
I stopped and waited fixing my sandal kind of act.
He finally walked toward the end opposite from where he came. Going toward the only women's shelter opposite ends.
So. It would be to plan things better for more people are outside in the afternoon or late a.m.
When I did arrive home
I researched online for that alarm on a keyring and ordered one that the police recommends. Of course I receive 2.
Funny how that too happens.
Where you go you must begin to be AWARE. He probably wanted money, yet there is also city conveniences as ATM right at the corner of my street by a restuarant. As I live in a many many stores and restuatants etc. Of businesses. This is already longer than I wanted it to be, however. I FELT IT imPORTANT to post for you