I’ve been up since
6:30 this morning—way too early for me—and I didn’t sleep well. I never sleep
well when I have an early appointment, partly because I’m afraid of
oversleeping. I wish I could figure out the alarm on either my bedside clock or
my phone, but I haven’t. Part of my techy challenge. This morning, I was
particularly anxious because I was to see the retina specialist about a symptom
I thought he should know about before he went to cutting and slicing on my
eyeball—the very idea gives me the shivers. But he gave me a clean bill of
health, and the surgery is now scheduled for January 4. I’ll be asking for
prayers!
The downside of
that was that my eyes were dilated. One of the things I love about my cottage
is all the windows and the bright sunlight that streams in. Didn’t love it so
much today, and while I could pretty much read on the computer screen, I really
couldn’t concentrate on doing much. So it was a wasted morning, of sorts,
though I took care of some odds and ends.
Christian had
dropped me off at the eye doctor’s office this morning, and a kind neighbor had
agreed to pick me up. But Jordan emailed to say she was unexpectedly home, and
I replied I was in an examining room, waiting for the doctor—always a good sign
that the appointment is almost over. She said to call her. I did, no answer, so
I called the neighbor. Then when I was in the downstairs lobby of the building,
Jordan called and demanded, “Where are you?” I told her, and she said, “I’m in
the doctor’s lobby.” I cancelled the neighbor and got back to Jordan—after a
bit we got it straightened out. The ophthalmologist and the retina guy office
in adjacent building Whew! I got home, thanks to my daughter.
The big news of
the day is that Jordan booked the two of us on a Great Lakes Cruise at the end
of next August—8 days,7 nights on a ship that holds only 200+ passengers and
hits most of the spots on my bucket list.
The Great Lakes—specifically Michigan and Ontario—are home to me, and
I’m more intrigued with this than the Alaska cruise we talked about. This one
leaves from outside Toronto, and we may take a day or two there—I might explore
family sites. The cruise ends in Chicago, and we’re hoping some of Jordan’s
siblings will want to meet us there.
Another nice event
of the day: good friends came for wine and happy hour. Sue calls me her Fort
Worth mom, because her mom is far away in Ottawa, Ontario. She and the love of
her life have announced their engagement, with a June wedding in the offing. So
tonight, I got to share in their joy—they are both radiant—and hear all the
details.
Jacob sort of
chased them off about 7:15 when he announced he was hungry—his parents are out
tonight. I ended the day by frying sausage and potatoes for him and, after he
was served, adding caramelized onions left from a take-ou dinner for me.
For me, today
illustrates the way our lives are filled with equal measures of stress, even
fear, and joyous events. I often work on strengthening my faith, but I think
today, as we head into the season of joyous celebration, is a reminder to rest
assured in faith and let go of fear. Hope I can live up to that.
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