Sorry I forgot to post at the regular time. My son is visiting Florida right now. Been distracted …
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I started off the week with having a Thursday appointment to look forward to. Something to count down to rather than a particularly good appointment. Just a marker for the time to go by. So I did pretty well all week with knowing what day of the week it was.
This morning?
I woke up with no clue. It took me a while to decide that it was Friday. So here I am with a What Day is it Anyway post.
The appointment was really something else. A routine dental cleaning for Alex. Why was it special? Mostly the three hour drive one way to get him there. The local hospitals won’t touch him with his heart condition, and neither will the regular dentists because he won’t stay still. So off to Ottawa we went. Preparation for something like this is huge. I had to get up and start his tube feed at 7am in order to get him to the hospital for a 1:45pm appointment.
So I did that and off we went. Nice drive (though of course it was expensive with the price of gas), and I listened to my audiobook all the way there.
Parked at the hospital, went inside, did all the COVID protocol stuff, sat down in the waiting room …
…and realized I’d forgotten to pick up and administer a dose of antibiotic so he can get his teeth cleaned.
So it was a nice six hour drive. Cost me $54 in gas, $13.50 for parking, and $33 for the chicken dinner I promised Alex if he behaved.
And his teeth are no more clean than they were at 7am yesterday morning.
Next available appointment? November 9th.
At least the audiobook—Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella—was good.
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Photo: Alex in his cap and gown on the front steps of his school. In his hands are his high school graduation certificate and two long-stemmed red roses. And I so wanted to pull his socks up…
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As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
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Or I should say the scent cost a cent and sent me to the store.
Power was down for 29 hours, and most of the stuff in my fridge didn’t survive. I spent most of yesterday catching up on all the stuff I didn’t get done while the power was out. I kept meaning to write this post all day … didn’t happen. Obviously.
During the outage, we walked. My kids depend on their internet connections, so when they don’t have them, they get bored. Luckily, the storm lasted less than five minutes and then the sun was back out. So we walked. An hour and a half on Thursday evening and two hours on Friday.
We got some photos of the damage, all due to a less-than-five-minute storm.
Some trees were sheared off
Some trees were ripped apart
Some trees were torn out of the ground.
And this is the tree that knocked out our power.
There was very little damage to structures, as far as we could see. It’s actually crazy how the trees seemed to miss everything.
So we had some nice walks after all.
Brothers holding hands.
This SoCS post was brought to you by Dan Antion! Thanks so much again, Dan! I uploaded the Facebook app on my phone just to talk to you on Friday morning.
Okay, this is the last time you’re going to hear about this from me–unless I win! Please, if you haven’t already, go and vote for my books in the contest for the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers Choice Award. The Magician’s Soul has been nominated in the category ROMANCE/FANTASY/PARANORMAL/SUSPENSE/TIME TRAVEL/HISTORICAL/MAGICAL/WESTERN/NATIVE AMERICAN/GOTHIC
and the series, The Great Dagmaru, is in the category just below it.
I know I’m fortunate that despite their ages, all three of my sons still live in my house. Yes, two of them need 24/7 support, but I can’t see myself being near as content as I am if they were living elsewhere. And my eldest who supports me when I need it … I know he’s going to move away eventually, but for now I’m grateful.
Would I be better off with money instead of what I have?
No.
I don’t have many things. My furniture needs to be replaced, and my house needs redecorating.
I’m writing this WDIIA post in hopes I’ll remember it’s Tuesday and therefore, tomorrow is Wednesday and I have to write a One-Liner Wednesday post before I go to bed tonight.
I could be writing and scheduling that post now, I guess…
But then where would I be? Probably confused again.
I was supposed to have taken Alex to a dentist appointment today in Ottawa, but I postponed it to March. First, because the clinic is in a hospital and I don’t want to go into a hospital right now unless I can’t help it, and second because I don’t want to have to stop anywhere on the way there and the way back. The drive is three hours one way. That’s if there aren’t any convoys slowing things down.
And don’t get me started on the convoys.
I used to work in the area they’re currently occupying. My bus stop was right outside the parliament buildings. It’s usually a nice place to visit …
Apparently we’re supposed to get a ridiculous amount of snow overnight tonight and tomorrow.
And I’m fed up.
But it’s not what you think.
Last week (after not being at school since before Christmas), I was having a really tough time trying to convince Alex that Monday the 17th was the day to go back to school. He fought and fought, because he’s watching the news like everyone else, and he doesn’t feel like it’s safe to go back.
I might agree with him if three of his classmates weren’t likely going to be off school next week.
Because he’s in a class of four students—he’s going to be alone with his teacher and his EA.
So I talked to his teacher last week by email and told her he was nervous. She got on Zoom with him on Friday and did such a great job of convincing him that he should go back to school on Monday, that now he’s mad at me because I likely won’t be able to get the car out of the driveway in the morning because of the snow.
Just when you think everything’s going your way …
Ugh! I’m so fed up.
(Don’t feel bad. I’m actually laughing. Because what else can you do? Hehee!)
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