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Pepper said:
Called AccessARide. They said take the first trip to my grandson, then call them for a return trip as they are required to provide one. I hope I can trust this information. I will take the leap of faith. If it doesn't work out................well, you'll hear me screaming in the UK and Australia as well as the entire USA.

Hard to trust a NYC gov't agency, but like I said, I will for now, take that leap of faith.
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If AccessARide doesn't show, can't you catch an Uber or just spend the night at your son's?
 

I have been having shoulder pain for several days and yesterday decided to use the Instacart for groceries that I needed. This was my first experience doing this, now I am about 15 miles from a town and was unsure how it would go..I was pleasantly surprised at how well it went, the shopper texted me several times to ask questions on different items..the only items I was not happy about was the 2 cartons of milk that had very close expiration dates on them, even had yellow labels stating a mark down price because of the dates...but overall a good experience and I'll probably use them again.
 

I was able to go to the post office and the ATM to take care of my son's rent and give him some cash. He has already been here to get it. I made breakfast and now I am cleaning my kitchen. I neglected it yesterday because I didn't feel so good. At the bank I have to wait in line among the cars going to the ATM as that is all they have available. It wasn't too bad, about 32 degrees and I was dressed for it.
 
I had an appointment to get my tires rotated and balanced which is free because I bought the tires there. After he checked me in the young guy said it will be a 2 hour wait. I said no I have an appointment and if I can’t be out in a hour I’ll leave.

I was also paying to have windshield wipers installed. I have a client at 1 and need to eat lunch too. It makes you wonder if they think old people have nothing better to do than hang out all day waiting for their car.
 
I've been home for three hours. It's still cold. We might even see a sNOwflake.

Breakfast for lunch. Cheerios with blueberries, raspberries and a half a banana.

Yippee. I got all the birdseed into the new 6-gallon trash can with room to spare. Moved the feeder to a spot where the squirrels might not get to it and have watched the birds swooping down to eat birdseed. I was hoping for a male bluebird but no such luck yet.
 
This morning I made my evening and before sunrise prayers, then ate breakfast. After eating, I napped off and on until about noon. I didn't intend to sleep that late because I wanted to get to the supermarket this morning. The store is almost empty in the early a.m. and around 2:30 traffic gets really crazy in my neighborhood. I ate lunch, changed clothes, left at 1:30, managed to shop and be home in 35 minutes.

I did some accounting for my son and me then reconciled two of my checkbooks. A good friend and I finally got to catch up after playing phone tag for weeks. She called me tonight and we talked for an hour and forty minutes. I was having a good day until I went on Facebook and found out one of my dearest online friends passed away in early December! 😭 After I had a good cry, I posted a tribute on her page and in the group she managed until she passed. I also had to post a thank you message for comments on my tribute posts for my husband and DIL. It's time for dessert. After that I'll watch a show on my tablet using earplugs because my son is sleeping.
 
YAY! AccessARide, please boot me, whether by accident or on purpose, more often! When my DIL arrived home (and btw, the time flew by So Fast with my grandson❤️) I called AAR. A Private Car arrived within 7 minutes! Holy cow, they Can be competent when they Want to!

Also, the ride to my grandson, altho shared, was shared with a gracious, lovely, intelligent, gregarious 95 year old lady. We talked as if we knew each other all our lives! I thanked her from the bottom of my heart for being such a wonderful companion after all the terrible things that have happened on shared rides, bad drivers.

If AAR was like this on a common basis, you folks would never hear me complain about them again. Fingers crossed for the New Year.

I had to get to my grandson yesterday---I was desperate to see him, his beautiful face, his fabulous nonsense and mature outlook on his world. Would have done anything physically possible to see him yesterday. I Needed to see him.
 
Suffering from painful knees. This comes and goes, but usually clears up by itself as long as I don't do anything too strenuous. Weather is a bit better today so Mrs. L and DD have gone to the beach for a walk, but I thought it best not to join them. DD leaves again tomorrow. Her flight time has been changed though not by much. I doesn't seem long since she arrived.
 
Good morning to all of my SF friends! I guess this will be a drive by post, since I'm not feeling very chatty this morning. I'm just being lazy.....I think my Mom may have worn me out, yesterday.
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soon, though....I'm going to need it later, when I get to the gym.

Fortunately, I don't have many errands to run while in town today. I think I just need to print off some stuff at the library and that's it. Well, unless Dio needs to stop somewhere.


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Anyway, I enjoyed reading your posts. I hope you all have a good day, and stay out of trouble.....or, at least don't get caught!
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katlupe said:
I am hopeful this morning that I can drive my mobility chair to the post office and bank. I need to get my son's rent money order and send it out and get some cash for him from his account. It is cold but I can handle that okay. I would have to walk with my walker if it rains or snows. So finishing my coffee right now then on my way.
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I hope the weather holds out for you. Stay safe!
 
Taking my mom to an appointment. It will be an hours long affair.

I did receive an invite this morning to a dinner at the end of the month. I finally sent in my RSVP. Wish me luck as I have avoided saying "yes" to these invites for a full year. Here goes nothing.
 
I am paying my bills today ,but I only mail two of them. The rest are done by direct draw from my checking account.
I have to leave my daughter instructions on how to keep some money in my checking account when I die to cover those direct draw payments for at least a month and also how to cancel them.

I use a budget payment program for my utilities and that only changes once a year , maybe a little higher or lower than the past year. I have had this same budget for decades. So I can take all the payments out of my checking account around the first of the month and not worry about them, because their due dates are all different.

It started to snow here around 5 AM and looks like only an inch but we might get more.I am waiting for my heater man to show up! This will be his third trip here-in 2 months! My oil heater has a brand new motor , 2 days old! He thought that was the problem, and 2- 3 years ago other parts were replaced with new stuff but something is turning off the heater.

This is an old photo of me and my propane woodstove. It has heated some of my rooms up to 70 this morning but I depend on the oil heater. I also have a very large woodstove but bought this heater when the wood got too much to deal with-I stacked hardwood outside under a very good tarp but still wood picks up moisture and needs to be dry to burn. The wood got so heavy in March and April- I knew I had to make a change.

Years ago a teenager was walking in a large wooded area during a snowstorm a few miles away. I have done that myself in my woodlot because it is so beautiful, after it snows, but he apparently got lost and could not find his tracks to get back to where he started ,and he was found dead due to the severe weather.

Deer and rabbit tracks change their appearance with more snow or often less snow-and warmer temps and maybe he could not even see his own tracks anymore.

As we get older, it pays to try to anticipate the things we will no longer be able to do. The book I am holding is an annual law book I needed to purchase ,to help vets get their proper compensate from the VA . That is not always an easy task.


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