Category: a personal note

Thank You Lord

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Well today ended up just fine.

I got a certified mailing from one of the Social Security branches, containing my marriage certificate and Lee’s death certificate.  They had entered them into their system electronically, so that is done. Finito.

No frantic call to Maryland, no setting up a fax route between Maryland and New Brunswick, none of that.  No dealing with not one but  two bureaucracies Yay!

I really can’t tell you what an enormous relief that was.  I was praying very hard for this issue to be resolved.

I made it out to the store and the car started up like it was brand new.

It’s not that these are monumental tasks, but truly, when you are grieving, you don’t have the brain power or the problem solving abilities that you have normally.  You are very easily thrown for the proverbial loop by things that would not bother you if you were in a normal state of mind.

I am also very grateful to all of you who have been keeping me in your prayers.  It means a great deal to me.

So I can wrap up today on a much more positive note.

God bless everybody

Patty

So Far Today

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I”m batting zero today.

Was on the phone (on hold –with really wretched music playing) with Social Security and finally threw in the towel.  I had heard that Monday is the worst day to try to reach them.  I will just wait until the mailman comes late this afternoon.

Then I tried to order my wine online as I have done for several years and  I couldn’t place the order.  They are probably short right now, so I ordered fewer bottles and the order went through.

I have this feature on the computer where  I can peek at the mail I am getting today (just the outside, of course) and there are two pieces of mail from Social Security.  Just hoping that the information they didn’t have has turned up.  That would be a major blessing.  I won’t know til our mailman comes late this afternoon.

My landlord said he would stop by to pick up the rent check–a major favor to me because downtown parking is never good and at this time of year it is truly atrocious.

By the way, I don’t know if Lee ever told you about the stunt our little town pulled two years ago.  They replaced all the parking meters in the municipal lot and on the street with parking meters that take credit cards AND raised the minimum from twenty five cents to one dollar.  You gotta love your local politicians, folks.  They always have you in mind.

Well, that’s where it is right now.  Nothing really accomplished, but I do feel like I did a day’s work.

More to come later.

Patty

A Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving to All

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Have a wonderful peaceful and blessed Thanksgiving.

More to come.

Patty

Today’s Wrap Up

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After a pretty decent start to the day, I ended up with the old energy gap later in the afternoon.

And I can’t blame the weather today, either.   It was a nice sunny day.

The problem is that there is a great deal to do, and it is easy to get pulled away from one project into another.  I am much more easily distracted than I used to be. It’s probably a side-effect of grief.

Will do better tomorrow.

I want to tell you all about Dobie and I in the Adirondack Wilderness.

Until then have a wonderful night.

God bless everybody

Patty

When Things Go Wrong at the End of the Day

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That is NOT my car by the way–it belongs to a neighbor and that picture was taken a few years ago after a big windstorm

Today went pretty smoothy overall.

Made it to the post office, did a few things on line–more to tackle here tomorrow.  All in all an OK day.

Then I got a notice from Amazon telling me a package was delivered two days ago at 4 AM.

The package had never come.

I went to Amazon’s site and got a bit of a runaround.

In another e-mail they told me it will be delivered on the 19th.

No big deal, but the kind of annoyances you don’t need at the end of what was a relatively good day (everything’s kind of relative, right now).

Hope everyone has a good night.

God bless everybody

Patty

I Was Going to Write About ….

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I was going to write about Peep and Robbie today.

Then I realized I just could not do that today.  It’s too painful, still.

I am sending you their pictures instead and will write about them when I can.

God bless everybody.

Patty

I Pooped Out

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This has happened quite a few times lately.

After the lawyer visit today I came home, had lunch and had been fully prepared to go to the eye doctor this afternoon.

Well, perhaps going into intricate details of my own mortality (and planning for same) had something to do with it, but my plug was pulled.  I could not have gone to the Dr. if there was a million dollar reward posted for doing it.

Bottom line, I called and cancelled and was put on the list for possible cancellations  (in case one opens up before the newly-scheduled appointment).

I hope one does, because I don’t like going to crowded places during the cold and flu season.

God bless everybody

Patty

Have a Dr. Appointment!

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I lucked out and got an appointment with the eye doctor.  You usually have to wait forever, but they had a cancellation for tomorrow.  Hooray.

Of course, that means I go and vote first, then see the lawyer about the will and all of that stuff, then see the eye doctor.

It all happens on the same day, which is typical.

Please send your prayers that there is nothing bad going on.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Totally Out of Gas

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Today might have been the least productive day of my entire life.

My ambition right now is down to zero; there is a  ton of stuff to do, a load of things to be attended to in the coming week and much that I should have addressed today.

But I am totally out of gas.

I have a nice piece of steak for supper and with the fresh spinach I plan to have with it, I think the nutritional bases are covered.

But I am still tired.

I will take it easy for the remainder of the day, get to bed early and try again tomorrow.

Have a good night, all.

God bless everybody.

Patty

May I Rant a Little?

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Things are really getting to me today.  Somehow my coping mechanism isn’t all it should be.

It seems like everything I have tried to do today has been completely undoable.  And to boot the computer threw a tantrum and shut itself down over some imagined slight.  Crikey!

I know things will get better, but the piles of stuff that I have to do sometimes seem insurmountable, and feel like they are growing instead of diminishing.

I have to take my car out for a run tomorrow to make sure it will start.

At least I got an appointment on Monday with the eye doctor.

Thanks for letting me rant.

God bless everybody

Patty