A Flurry of a Day

A Flurry of a Day

My middle sister called me at 0630 to do her a favor. I was to take my niece somewhere as she was not feeling good. I had about three hours of sleep. We had to be at the place by 0800 so needed to leave soon. She gave us money for a cab and off we went, only to find an hour later we didn’t have to be there at all. I was annoyed and so was my niece. My niece went off to school and I figure I would go to Harvard to get my beanie hat and did. It was fricken so cold this morning and it didn’t warm up. When I got to the bus station to head home, there were snow flurries flying around. I decided then, my day is done and I am going to stay home.

I still need to make a few phone calls today but I think after the lunch time hours, I will just make one. It will be to my father’s doctor to make an appointment for him so his medications aren’t being held hostage.

While making a cup of tea just now, I noticed a different tea bag in the box. Bigelow left a trial bag of American Breakfast Tea. I tried it rather than my regular English Breakfast. It is about the same with a little more flavor than the English tea. It is also a little stronger, but I might have steeped it a little longer than I usually do. I like it, but then I am a fan of black teas anyways.

Not sure if I mentioned it in a previous blog, but I entered a reading challenge through a book website. My goal is to read 20 books this year. One of the books that I marked as read counted toward my goal. The other did not. I might have to figure out why or just let it be. I just realized that I don’t really have 20 books that I can read. I will have to buy some more I guess. I still have the Dostoevsky collection. I think there are at least 10 books in there. It will be a pleasure to read them all. Dostoevsky is not an easy read like S.E. Hinton. But we’ll see how far I get. I got at least four books on my to do list before I can read the Brothers Karamazov. That is going to be the most challenging to read.

Man, my pizza place is losing my business because I keep putting off getting pizza or a sub from them. I am actually craving their pizza or a nice steak and cheese sub from them. Their steak and cheese calzone is pretty good, too. I was good though, I had the left over pizza my mother made last night. She would have killed me if I bought pizza instead of eating hers.

I have gone back to listening to Eric Church. I just love this album so much that even though I was mixing it up with other artists, I just wanted Church’s songs. I think this is the longest I have gone listening to one piece of music for so long. I feel like I am neglecting the other music that I bought as I really haven’t listened to it. But these songs by Church just speak to me more than any other artist does.

My mood has been relatively good today despite being woken up before dawn. I didn’t get to do what I wanted to today. I haven’t showered but I did brush my teeth. I was going to take a shower when I came home but the house was too cold. And I wanted to warm up some. I might take a shower before bed. I also need to fill my pill box. Because I was out and about so early, I had to skip my morning BP meds.

I didn’t leave the house with my cane, which now turned out to be a big mistake. My thigh pain has returned. I did a lot of walking this morning and my thigh just didn’t like it. My ankle hasn’t flared up yet but I know it will later tonight. I really am not going to do much else today except read and maybe write in my journal. Or maybe even blog this evening. These activities should keep me off my feet!