This morning I woke up, knew I had an
8:30 breakfast group—and rolled over and went back to sleep. I just didn’t want
to get up and get going. Finally dragged myself out of bed just in time to hug
Jacob before he went to school. Then this afternoon I slept two hours and
lounged in bed another half hour, dozing, dreaming, and thinking. The only
positive result that came out of that is I made notes for my new novel—the notes
are probably 100 words, not an encouraging start on a 70,000-word novel. But it
was a lovely day—took time this morning to make ham salad and devil an egg, so
I had a wonderful lunch. And email kept me busy a lot of the day.
In line with my new program of
improving my mobility, I put a note in the neighborhood e-mail list that I
needed someone to do errands--what I didn’t specify is that I wanted someone to
do errands in the mornings with me,
not for me. A lovely lady, with two kids in middle and high school, responded,
and we came to an agreement. But I was overwhelmed with offers, a few from
people I didn’t know but many from friends. I thanked each but explained I
wanted this to be a business arrangement and not Judy taking advantage of
friends. We will have our first outing tomorrow—I made a long-delayed
appointment with the audiologist at TCU. And Thursday we’ll go to the hardware
and grocery and then, by myself, I’ll meet a friend for lunch. Life is on the
upswing, but I am so grateful for the many offers. People are good.
Tonight was neighbors’ night at the
Grill, and I was escorted by two young men, ages nine and ten. They were well
behaved and did me proud. Full table, so that I didn’t even get to talk to the
people at the other end until I went to say goodnight—and remind them of the
signing next Tuesday night. Fun, but now it’s time for Jacob and me to go to
bed.
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