What are you doing today?

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I came back this afternoon around 3:30,a bit tired from the world wind weekend,highlight was being with my brother,sister in law&family,family friends I hadn't seen in 2 yrs or longer
My nephew,Jay got married on a beautiful/warm afternoon in Hudson,NY{near the Catskills} it was outside by the river bank.His bride,Francesca wore absolutely beautiful white gown.The reception was held across the way in a restored warehouse as events space.The band was terrific,but a tad loud.I haven't danced in many years,I wasn't sure if my right knee{ had surgery on it in 2004} would hold up.I took an Aleve before I went to bed,was fine the next day
The weather on Sun was overcast/light rain for the food truck buffett, which was held under a tent,then we drove back to my brother's townhouse in Greenwich,Conn,with my youngest nephew,Peter.Yesterday we all just did much of nothing,recouperating from the festivites
I'm glad I went,had a wonderful time but there's no place like home.It will take me a couple of days to get back into my routine Sue
 
debodun said:
I didn't have one handy - I was in the GARAGE. Besides that is his responsibility.
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Well, when I had a garage I had bags in the garage and giving someone a bag for their dogs poop or anything else is a kindness not a responsibility. 🙄. I just met a lady while I was walking and when my new fitbit comes I am going to GIVE her my old Fitbit which works fine. Cause she would like a Fitbit and I don’t need two.

That is actually what a lot of people do, they GIVE instead of charge. I was once at a doctors office and saw a woman who needed a walker more than I needed my walker and I gave her my walker-caused she NEEDED it. Then I had my husband get my cane out of the car. Then we went and bought me a new walker caused I need a walker but I don't NEED a walker.

Neither of these issues or people were my responsibility, but doing someone a kindness does not hurt most people. Just saying.
 
I met this really nice younger woman on one of my walks today. She walks as well. We talked for a while, I had her in, and I think we will be great friends. She said she gets so lonely she sit in her apartment and cries. 😮

Can’t have that, can we? She is 45 and just had back surgery, still wearing the brace, and neck surgery. Her three daughters live with her and life is a challenge right now. We can be walking buddies 😊. Told her don’t sit at home and cry, come on over. Cause, it’s not like I am doing anything 😂
 
10 hour drive to North Carolina today. We took the scenic route instead of the usual highway-all-the-way.

Now we're in the glorious mountains but the view out the window is mostly of a wall about 10 feet away. It's also the smallest hotel room I've ever seen. No wonder the name is Microtel, with emphasis on micro. Only here for one night, though, then on to what I hope is a bigger room in the next town. At least it won't be a Microtel....
 
Radiation therapy. Talked to oncologist. Found out that 2 major hospitals in this small town do not require their workers to be vaccinated for Covid.

Aidan went to vet for his 3-year rabies shot.

I ate 1.5 little cardboard things of Ben & Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk. Now I'm back to not wanting sweets. Ha!, you say. Of course not, because I'm full up. But no, my secret super power is have long periods of time when I don't want sweets. Right now those times are written in stone. Usually a little leeway is given during normal times, but only if I get up off my lazy bum and do some baking.
 
The 1st time I woke up at 4am,went back to sleep for an hr.The rain/ brief thunderstorm started at 5,.I finally got up around 6:15,went on my early walk doing my'singing in the rain'.When I returned,didn't have to water the plants/flowers in our garden.
This morning I'm calling Canopy of Neighbors members who I usually call on Mon.When I was talking with them last Mon,I mentioned I would be out of town,it will be good to talk to them
The rest of my day,reading some of my magazines I haven't gotten around to.If the weather improves may go for a couple more walks
 
Currently Wednesdays and Thursdays are my DD's days off. That could change at any time. She might be going 6 days a week. (Which is better than the 7 days a work she worked from March early March to sometime in September of 2020. due to pandemic). So we usually watch some tv/movies together and talk. Have to go to post office as expecting the Birthday present i ordered for he. (she'll be 38 on Friday), but that won't take long. Right now i think i'm going to go do some closet reorganization, so i can feel i've been productive beyond the 'must do' morning chores.
 
The usual, but I am really hungry so we may have to go out to lunch for Chinese food 😂. I am blaming this on another forum member! You know who you are 😍 Oh, and I called my pain doctor as I need a shot in the spine-too much walking, walking, walking.
 
What a morning! I had to go grocery chopping and had a large bag full of seltzer bottles to take back. The bottle return has always been open at 7 am. I was there about 7:45 and it was still closed - the doors wouldn't open and the bins were sitting outside the machines. I went inside and asked when the bottle room would be open. A clerk said 8:30. Now that is a ridiculously late time when it used to be open at 7am. I thought I could shop and by the time I was done the bottle room would be open. 8:30 came and went as did 8:45. I wasn't going to make a trip down an back again for 80 cents of bottle deposits. I went back and asked again when the bottle room would be open. The people that were there by then didn't seem to know. One girl said, "It'll be open when the operator gets here."
Well, that narrows it down. Now the bottle room will be open when the operator deigns to show up for work - whenever that is. Meanwhile, my cold cuts and bagged salads are sitting in the car out in the summer sun. Finally about 8:50 the guy comes shlepping out and very deliberately goes about setting up the machines - it as like watching a movie slow motion. I asked him when he usually open the bottle room since it used to be open at 7 am. His only reply was " It opens when I get here."

What I thought would take an hour of shipping turned into almost 90 minutes.

Not only that, but a man was supposed to come and get a set of horseshoes I advertised. I even PMed him yesterday to remind him of our 10 o'clock appointment. He said he'd be here. At 10:45 I PMed him and said I waited 45 minutes and I was going to sell them to another party that inquired. He replied that he forgot all about it and would be right here. I waited and waited - he lives like 2 miles away. Finally ne PMed taht he was here. I looked out front and didn't see anyone which I PMed him back. He said he was in the driveway. I went to the back upstiars window and yelled and motioned him to go arond to the front. He just sat in his car smiling. So I had to walk out to his car to bring them to him. I asked if he was going to give me anything extra for making me wait and having to hand deliver. He just smiled and handed me the $5 I was asking for the horseshoe set.
 
WheatenLover said:
Radiation therapy. Talked to oncologist. Found out that 2 major hospitals in this small town do not require their workers to be vaccinated for Covid.

Aidan went to vet for his 3-year rabies shot.

I ate 1.5 little cardboard things of Ben & Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk. Now I'm back to not wanting sweets. Ha!, you say. Of course not, because I'm full up. But no, my secret super power is have long periods of time when I don't want sweets. Right now those times are written in stone. Usually a little leeway is given during normal times, but only if I get up off my lazy bum and do some baking.
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wow!! the major hospitals don't require their workers to be vaccinated,? and so they are potential carriers of Covid to patients with seriously compromised immune systems ?..OMG!!
 
@debodun we share a birthday albeit different years , and I'm telling you altho' I don't think you believe in it as I do to a certain extent, it's all in the stars the way our days are mapped out for us.. ... :sneaky:

I also had a heckava day..from the time I woke up, and found that money that should have been in my account hadn't been deposited,...then several business calls which were very intense... to right throughout the day.. going to get my car jet washed.. buying the ticket with the code and then driving around to the only 2 jetwash bays there are and finding the Boy racers there washing and scrubbing their cars like they were babies..and taking their own sweet time about it

There's only one way in and the way out is through the bays, so I had no choice but to wait for 45 minutes in the blazing sun..☀️🌞 ( air con needs re-gassing in the car so I stood outside..).. waiting for this bunch ( 2 per car).. to get their precious wheels beautified to their satisfaction... and in the meantime a large queue of cars behind me waiting too

...got my hair cut & blow-dried after .... then went to another store, and drove home .. all the way through the scenic route from 2 towns away.. only to discover I'd lost my handbag.. with all my cards, Iphone, cash the lot in it... .:eek:

I spun literally around on a sixpence, and sped as fast as I could back to where I'd been using the motorway this time, in the Vain hope it would be in the store where I thought I must have left it... full of panic of course...:eek:

...couldn't believe it when I got to the store that not only had someone handed it in to the office , but the guy who found it was still in the store, bagging up his shopping.. .. I can't tell you the relief..I really never thought I'd see my bag again.

I couldn't thank that guy enough...
 
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