Banking on Tomorrow

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