Banking on Tomorrow

 Today is the 3rd day of the 39th week, the 24th day of the 9th month, the 268th day of 2024 [ with only 91 shopping days until Christmas.  I'll stop updating this now because it isn't funny anymore, especially since for the first time in years, I haven't gotten my shopping done AND what I have gotten is buried somewhere in a box.... ], and: Festival of Latest Novelties  - how many of these have you had at one point or another? Gallbladder Good Health Day Independence Day - Guinea-Bissau from Portugal in 1973 Kiss Day Lash Stylists' Day National Bluebird of Happiness Day National Cherries Jubilee Day National Familial Hypercholesterolemia Day National Horchata Day National Professional Baseball Day National Woman Road Warrior Day Punctuation Day Schwenfelder Thanksgiving the last quarter of the moon at 2:52 PM EDT Quote of the day : " But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own?  What do we know of our own heart? " ~ Amelia Barr - Amelia Edith Huddlest

 Today is the 5th day of the 38th week, the 19th day of the 9th month, the 263rd day of 2024 [with only 96 shopping days until Christmas], and: Free Queso Day Independence Day = Saint Kitts and Nevis from the UK in 1983 International Day of Listening Iota Phi Theta Day International Talk Like a Pirate Day Meow Like a Pirate Day National Butterscotch Pudding Day National PawPaw Day National Teach Ag Day National Woman Road Warrior Day Quote of the day: " I am a part of everything that I have read " ~  Theodore Roosevelt  Narrator's voiceover:   when last we left her, she was awaiting the arrival of the movers to take the furniture away....  Now it is over a week later. The move went far better than I, or the coordinator, expected.  The movers were able to commandeer the elevator and by 2 PM had the apartment cleared out and were gone.  I gathered my things together and headed to the new apartment.  On the 11th, it only took them three hours to deliver everything, and then

Today is the 3rd day of the 37th week, the 10th day of the 9th month, and the 254th day of 2024. The world is quiet this morning - well as quiet as it gets hereabouts.  I am up an hour before the sun, and before my alarm goes off, unable to sleep even though it was past midnight when I finally made myself go to bed. Last week was a whirl.  Packing was a difficult task, made so much easier by my daughter and grandson, both of whom devoted about six hours of their days for three days to helping me.  I didn't make as many trips back and forth to the new place as I thought I would, or maybe that I should've  Yesterday was a whirl.  Getting Triscuit to the vet proved as difficult as I feared, but that was my fault.  I got her in the crate easily enough by trapping her while she was eating, but like an idiot, failed to make sure the carrier was all zipped up and she escaped.  Took me a half an hour to catch her, and then I ended up bullying her.  Not a pleasant memory for her to take

Today is the 4th day of the 36th week, the 4th day of the 9th month, the 248th day of 2024. This is what every room looks like now.... And there is still more to do.  So much more to do... Yesterday my daughter and grandson came over and started packing while I had to go to the new place and meet the Comcast tech You see, on Saturday, when the activation was scheduled, the tech ghosted me - pulled up to the building, typed on their phone, then pulled away.  And how do I know that is what happened?  Because the call box wasn't working on my iPhone and I was sitting in the lobby waiting for them after getting the text that they were on the way. Of course I immediately called and asked the "virtual assistant" where the tech was, and after texting for over 90 minutes, the appointment was rescheduled for Tuesday at 10 AM.  I was livid - Saturday and Tuesday packing time lost as I twiddled my fingers waiting.  Then the two of them showed up at 9 AM, said go, and dug in while I