Life is wonderful when you feel good! I wake up excited to start a new day, consult my calendar and put the coffee on.
On my days off, I love to lounge around in the morning, sipping the same cup of black coffee until it gets cold, reading articles, playing word games and doing searches on my phone. Such a luxury!
On days when we are focused on home projects, Charlie and I do our own thing but also often work together at the same time. Today I held the ladder and helped him move an antenna for his shed. He cleaned off the top of the camper bump out and I pulled it in and prepared the inside of the trailer for travel for when we take it in for maintenance in another week. He starts the power washer for me but I do the actual washing… so on and so forth….
May is a busy month for us and I’m really pushing myself. I’m participating in a town 5K a week from today (I’ll be walking) and a new Zumba class - first time for me at the COA. I’m leading another class at the senior center on Diamond Art again later this month, as well as joining in on painting and jewelry making classes at the library. Brooke and her friend Allison - for the last 3 years - have taken the Mom’s ( Myra and Me) for Mother’s Day Tea. This is such a special get-together I have come to look forward to each May!
This year, I also focused on our finances. I had our insurance needs reviewed by a new and local agent and saved quite a bit of money for same coverage. I also had a new financial agent review my investments to see if we could do better. He has really helped me a lot!
We have medical visits in the upcoming weeks (and months) as we prepare for being away over the winter. There is always a lot to do.
I also had something unusual happen this past month and wondered if this has happened to others. From time to time, I will remember someone from my past - from school or my old neighborhood and will search them out on Facebook. Sometimes I find them, most often not. I might drop them a note but usually I don’t. A couple of weeks ago I had a nagging urge to seek out a person I worked with off and on for many years as his bookkeeper. I actually looked on Facebook for his wife, because I didn’t think he would have a page. I couldn’t locate her or their children who are much older now and whose names I happen to remember. Then I decided to try google. And shockingly, his obituary popped up. He had died just a couple of weeks prior to me seeking out the family. I was so saddened by this. Al and I had met when I had just moved to Plymouth; I was 24 and he was 35. It had been a good working relationship and I always liked him. He was a big tall guy; looked like a lumberjack. And I always liked his wife; she is such a sweet, friendly person. I wrote the family a note on the funeral home’s page but then a couple of days later, decided I would call Maryanne and reach out to her. I did not connect with her on my original call but happy to say, we have plans to meet for lunch in a couple of weeks. One of the things Maryanne said to me was “She kept looking for a sign from Al, to know he’s okay”. The day after we spoke I texted her “ Isn’t it strange that something made me look up your family and reach out. I wonder where that thought came from”.
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