First off, I know a lot of you are in much colder temperatures than I am right now, but it's 35 degrees in Florida where I live and despite donning the very same clothes that kept me warm in 0 degree weather in Denver, CO did absolutely nothing to stem off the cold today. My feet are cold enough to chill a martini, and my joints feel like someone hit me with a sledgehammer.
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Having a PO box for a mailing address at Christmas time really is not a good thing. After sitting in line for 20 minutes just to get into the parking lot, I ended up parking illegally figuring I'm just running in to get my mail. Turns out half the parking lot was empty so why the long line just to get into the parking lot just confounds me.
Naturally there was an item that was too big for my box, so now I HAVE to stand in the uberlong line to get my mail. The wait is causing my already fragile muscles and joints to stiffen up and threaten to dump me on my side like a fainting sheep. Finally I get up to the counter and the girl goes off to find my package. She was gone a really long time. Then she comes up with the package and asks me again what my name is. It turns out the package is addressed to a different name. I ask what name.
You see, when I got married, I changed my maiden name to my middle name and took my husbands last name. After my divorce, I didn't change it back. My older sister however still hates my ex and refuses to use his last name so she addressed the package, despite our agreement not to exchange gifts this year due to finances on my part, to me using my maiden name. I then spent the next 10 minutes trying to convince the girl that the package was mine since I have no ID that shows what my middle name is, it only shows the initial.
Finally I get my package and hobble back to the car on my stiff legs, and as I get in the car and sit down, my right hip pops and a pain of universal proportions shoots down my right leg.
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After a minute of a string of loud curses that only a good Jersey girl can string together, I exit the parking lot only to be almost hit by a teenager who doesn't grasp the concept of my right of way just so he can sit in traffic in front of me. I did however find a short cut to and from the post office so I don't have to sit in the traffic headed to Walmart anymore when I go get my mail.
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Then I have to stop at the grocery store. Naturally I don't see the motorized carts until AFTER checking out because this store doesn't keep them by the door, cause that would make too much sense.
So there I go hobbling in search of what I need for dinner, and suddenly my right knee desides it doesn't want to bend anymore so I end up looking like a zombie in search of brains instead of a human being looking for Mexican ingredients.
By the time I got back home, the rest of my right side decided to speak out in the form of severe muscle spasms and stomach churning agony. So much for attempting to work on a painting today like I had hoped to do.
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no matter how hard you try, you cannot open the front door to your house with the Post Office box key.
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I need to find a new place for my medication. putting it in a place where you have to bend down to get to it doesn't work well when you can't bend over.
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My friend's newborn baby who was having health problems is being allowed to go home from the hospital today. Thanks everyone for your good energy that you sent their way. I am glad that they will be all home together for the holidays. It was just the news I needed to hear after the day I just had.
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Last year during the first cold snap I laughed in the face of high gas prices and kept my house heated to a comfortable temperature. This year I'm broke and (relatively) frugal, so my thermostat is set at 65. I am even more bitchy than usual when I'm cold...
i really needed to stop for gas since i am on empty, but there was no way i could function anymore, so i'm probably unable to drive anywhere anyway, so here i stay.
when i spoke to his mom on phone last night, she was saying that he might have to stay until after the new year, but apparently his blood work came back with an all clear and he's been maintaining a steady body warmth.
unfortunately the weather here today is very cold, so i hope he stays well for everyone's sake.
I am glad the baby was able to come home also! I will continue to pray for the family and you! I hope tomorrow is better for you!!
glad the baby is home, they need to learn to swaddle the little guy.
I sure wish me, you & Kris all lived nearer to one another. This would be a night that we could all sit around and bit -- I mean, commiserate.
glad Dr. J. is gonna help with the tooth thing. i have a chipped tooth from when i was 19 and beat up by 3 guys in a bar in Brooklyn. being that it's the only damage to me from that fight, i consider myself lucky and actually have grown fond of it. it's now heart shaped thanks to them.
marianne, thanks. i tried to make it as interesting as i could based on the day i had.
and i love Rocher candies. mmmmm.
Have at the cake- my neighbors bringing me chili and banana nut bread in a bit.
Sounds like supper.
chili and banana nut bread is both dinner and dessert. lucky you. :)
No, you can't open a door with a PO box key. I've also learned that you can't open the door to the locker room at work with a restraint key. I must have tried for a full minute before I realized what I was doing. Restraint keys resemble other keys in no way, shape or form. I just looked at the damn thing in my hand and thought, "And how long have I worked here?"
I think I'm supposed to say Thank you for posting to this group whose only purpose is to thank you for posting to this group now.
I'm glad he got to go home as well....
What is your schedule like? I need to bring something by maybe this evening or tomorrow evening if that works for you!
Blech!