one small request......thank you!
want to thank you for your amazing kindness..........i have tried three times to write a journal .......feel like a schlub.........want to say thank you - God bless - take it easy and send out some warm fuzzies your way.
all twisted up today. i went out for awhile yesterday. lived it up! LOL! I went to wal mart and got pepper, twist up, chicken w/rice soup and a few other things, can't remember what, but they were on the list. i drove around the store..........electric carts are good for field trips. sundays are busy out there.......at check out in front of me was a mother/daughter........they had TWO MONSTER CARTS FULL TO THE BRIM!
I said whoa!!!!!!!!!! however do you manage to do all that shopping?
and she said i have four more daughters at home................WOW. five growing daughters.........HOLY COW! that is a lot of estrogen in that house...........she had all these mini fruit cups and tons of assorted mini chip bags.......feel like somebody should gift her with a Sam's club membership or one for Costco.........she buys in BULK. I am so used to buying for one........... seemed like an impossible mountain of food!
we had a nice chat.......the checkout lady was massaging her temples - i asked her if she had anything for her headache? she said how did you know? i massaged my temples .........so she could understand how i knew..........she said her head was pounding like crazy, i offered to go get her something to take and she said no you don't have to do that..........i said i would be glad to, but she said she would be alright. we all do that so often.......we say we'll be alright.........so i told her i would pray for her if she didn't mind......she said please.........done and done!
i get out to my car, the bags were light and the weather was nice........yes lots of people were wearing shorts..........i don't feel well enough to take the cart in and then walk back out, so i make an executive decision......i will ask the next person passing my way to please return the cart........it's a tall lanky guy..........i say excuse me, could you please return the cart to the store for me? i hate to impose but i am so tired..........
he gives me an odd look.....
he tries to push the cart.......gives me a really weird look. i explain, "sorry......you need to sit on the seat of the cart in order for it to move, if you can just ride the cart back in and leave it at the front of the store that would really help". he says........."i really don't sit well."...........
i said "it must be very hard for you to ride here in your nice big SUV......(he parked next to me) and he moved easily, and well i used the same straight innocent face i used raising two youngsters......to this man moving easily and well like healthy people move, guessing him to be in his late 30's'
.........and he says, "oh.......um oh." he couldn't think fast enough of a way to get out of it.........oh crap, he was going to have to give in to the UNWAVERING MOMMA STARE and help this old lady out.......ride in the HANDICAPPED CART and see how the other half lives.........and he so DID NOT WANNA.......but he did it. i thanked him...........for taking on SUCH AN imposition.
It's not the first time i've shown someone how to use the cart in order to help me by returning it, but it's the first time someone truly did not WANT TO touch that cart. he was super tall.......a couple of miles of long skinny legs sticking out at awkward angles as he rode off towards the doors..............maybe i was wrong to chuckle, but i couldn't help mah self.
i'm nauseous again, about to lay down .................thanks again. for your kindness and compassion and for all your share with me............in ten days i am having a birthday, i will be 58 on the 20th. the main reason i am telling you is this:
I want you to please NUDGE ME when YOUR birthday is approaching. i have brainfog and i don't remember dates that i want to remember..........so if you would please nudge me in advance of your birthday so i can offer you splendid wishes........and i so want do do that..........i don't forget INTENTIONALLY at all and i want to wish you happy on your special day of birth........but i don't retain that kind of info........and i tend to lose my way to wherever i store it...........kind of useless that way.
so now you know that this is what i want for my birthday.........to be nudged in advance when your day is approaching..........pretty please with hugs and prayers? ok, thank you.
............nap time.
all twisted up today. i went out for awhile yesterday. lived it up! LOL! I went to wal mart and got pepper, twist up, chicken w/rice soup and a few other things, can't remember what, but they were on the list. i drove around the store..........electric carts are good for field trips. sundays are busy out there.......at check out in front of me was a mother/daughter........they had TWO MONSTER CARTS FULL TO THE BRIM!
I said whoa!!!!!!!!!! however do you manage to do all that shopping?
and she said i have four more daughters at home................WOW. five growing daughters.........HOLY COW! that is a lot of estrogen in that house...........she had all these mini fruit cups and tons of assorted mini chip bags.......feel like somebody should gift her with a Sam's club membership or one for Costco.........she buys in BULK. I am so used to buying for one........... seemed like an impossible mountain of food!
we had a nice chat.......the checkout lady was massaging her temples - i asked her if she had anything for her headache? she said how did you know? i massaged my temples .........so she could understand how i knew..........she said her head was pounding like crazy, i offered to go get her something to take and she said no you don't have to do that..........i said i would be glad to, but she said she would be alright. we all do that so often.......we say we'll be alright.........so i told her i would pray for her if she didn't mind......she said please.........done and done!
i get out to my car, the bags were light and the weather was nice........yes lots of people were wearing shorts..........i don't feel well enough to take the cart in and then walk back out, so i make an executive decision......i will ask the next person passing my way to please return the cart........it's a tall lanky guy..........i say excuse me, could you please return the cart to the store for me? i hate to impose but i am so tired..........
he gives me an odd look.....
he tries to push the cart.......gives me a really weird look. i explain, "sorry......you need to sit on the seat of the cart in order for it to move, if you can just ride the cart back in and leave it at the front of the store that would really help". he says........."i really don't sit well."...........
i said "it must be very hard for you to ride here in your nice big SUV......(he parked next to me) and he moved easily, and well i used the same straight innocent face i used raising two youngsters......to this man moving easily and well like healthy people move, guessing him to be in his late 30's'
.........and he says, "oh.......um oh." he couldn't think fast enough of a way to get out of it.........oh crap, he was going to have to give in to the UNWAVERING MOMMA STARE and help this old lady out.......ride in the HANDICAPPED CART and see how the other half lives.........and he so DID NOT WANNA.......but he did it. i thanked him...........for taking on SUCH AN imposition.
It's not the first time i've shown someone how to use the cart in order to help me by returning it, but it's the first time someone truly did not WANT TO touch that cart. he was super tall.......a couple of miles of long skinny legs sticking out at awkward angles as he rode off towards the doors..............maybe i was wrong to chuckle, but i couldn't help mah self.
i'm nauseous again, about to lay down .................thanks again. for your kindness and compassion and for all your share with me............in ten days i am having a birthday, i will be 58 on the 20th. the main reason i am telling you is this:
I want you to please NUDGE ME when YOUR birthday is approaching. i have brainfog and i don't remember dates that i want to remember..........so if you would please nudge me in advance of your birthday so i can offer you splendid wishes........and i so want do do that..........i don't forget INTENTIONALLY at all and i want to wish you happy on your special day of birth........but i don't retain that kind of info........and i tend to lose my way to wherever i store it...........kind of useless that way.
so now you know that this is what i want for my birthday.........to be nudged in advance when your day is approaching..........pretty please with hugs and prayers? ok, thank you.
............nap time.
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Gentle rest and prayers to you, and a healing cuddle....
Get yourself some much needed rest! Praying for you Sis! Glad to see you felt good enough to write in your journal. I was really worried about ya! Sending loads of hugs your way.
Glad to hear you\'re feeling some better!!!
So ...... this tall lanky guy ..... how would he look in our pity party soup bowl with the sand, beach balls, and inflatable floaters????????? LOL!!!
You are SO FUNNY..poor guy, i\'m glad he helped out despite the reservations. Rest up little sparrow.
Do you ever use crazy ditties to help you remember things? I do, and here is how I\'d remember the date of my entrance onto planet earth (1 mo. early)! This is only \'if I were you :) ....mine follows yours by 1 mo. + 1 wk. + 1 day !! Of course, leap yr messes w it, but otherwise it works. I have even gotten Birthday Books for both Lesa & I since we\'ve been on DS, because we have so many to remember now. So you, my friend, now reside in my little (periwinkle) \"blue book\"! AND, you are \'inked in\' - whereas many are only pencilled in !! Some ppl, you see, just never get erased............luvsya/
Oh, that image of the guy hesitantly riding the cart back in...cracked me up. :) I always thought they need a better system for the carts. I used to have to park it in the store and have my driver pick me up at the front of the store. If I had the energy, I\'d complain. Lol
Healing love and light to you my friend...
Only 58 coming up, you\'re just a little spring chicken, girl.So you totally ruined the cool dudes profile and forced him to ride the disabled cart, LOL!! Just see how persistant and powerful you really can be.Kind to the checkout Chickie too.So happy you were able to make it out, it\'s good medicine, even when it\'s difficult.We still need those real faces to look at.xoxo