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 Through the eyes of a writer and traveler 😁! Life and some spiritual musings. |
| Hi y'all 🤠👋 This is my week's goals post. Below 👇 more details 😜! OT It's 1:30 PM Tuesday ( my goals are a day late .) Lots of energy in the planets, because it's been nonstop since last week. This week I want to email my good friend Mabs 🩷☮️😸! She sent me an awesome card and inspiring update and encouragement. It came on Saturday just perfect for the chaos we went through the day/night before which started with me calling 911 and ended with a Uber ride home at 2 AM. I will expound on details in my New Vision blog later today! https://www.writing.com/main/profile/blog/dlspiritwriter That is part of my goals for the week. I had 2 driving lessons today and did very well for a 70-year-old, considering my anxiety issues and the last time driving was in my 30s. We just got back from the laundry and still no AC there, so we brought it all home to fold. Whew fried like an egg 🍳. For now sharing in my blog is about the most I can get done this week. I have to watch some videos to learn how to cut the kitties' nails. Can't get to the groomers until I can drive us there. Have a blessed week y'all 🙏😁 Oh did the proofing for the Blogging Bliss newsletter yesterday! ✌️✌️✌️ Okay 👌 back to Blog 😸 Last post on Friday I asked for prayers 🙏 and after the EMTs left,sis seemed better. She slept for a while and I made tuna and tomato salad about 6:30 for dinner. I put some of the albacore down for the kitties and Mojo ate it up but Maxy didn't want it. I looked at her and said "You're the only cat I know that doesn't want tuna cause it's albacore! Just like Cheryl! ( I had bought the wrong kind and kept it for myself since sis only likes chunky light.) About 7 Pm Cheryl was sick and in terrible pain and I saw it was getting worse not better. Ginger ale wasn't going to fix this, and told her I was calling 911. She needs a Dr at the hospital. A few minutes later the Ambulance came and 3 EMTs came in and helped her down the stairs and out the door. She insisted they " squeeze me in!" I was put in the front with the driver,a pretty young lady who I had an awesome conversation with as we drove towards the nearest hospital. I found out she also wanted to be a Pediatric Oncologist and work with children with cancer. She was building up her skills set by being a Paramedic and getting her EMT. She wasn't sure if she wanted to be a Doctor or RN . I talked about my experience and how I tried to do the same and how people had also tried to talk me out of it for the same reasons. It was very hard emotionally and I was a very sensitive person ECT. I told her what happened to me and only getting to be a Certified Nurse assistant. Which I loved to help people and she would be an awesome one! In the meantime Cheryl was answering questions and in a lot of pain, the many bumps in our old roads, didn't help. I didn't have any more business cards to share, when the Driver asked where my writing and blog were. " I'm dlspiritwriter on writing Dot Com" The took sis in and I had to go to the emergency room and wait to go back with her. I checked in with the lady at the front desk and sat down to pray and found a place to cha she rge my phone. The conversation had calmed me down but now I was worried again. I texted our granddaughter and she called right away. I went outside and lit a cigarette and told her what was going on and where we were. Soon after her mom called and we spoke also. The ER was packed with people and soon they called me to walk through the medal detector and I was brought to her room. She looked very sick and usually never did. They took blood and other tests, including a Cat scan. We were there for hours. Everyone was beyond nice and I need to give them a great review. The Doctor came in and asked "if she had ever had Kidney stones? People don't get them the first time in their seventies". She remembered having it years ago in South Carolina. ( At the time she was working for the same company for 14 years. She didn't have insurance so didn't go back for follow-up care.We lived in South Carolina then.) He explained things very well and soon we were outside having a cig as I ordered an Uber to take us home. It was 2 AM. Yesterday she went to the clinic and they called in some antibiotics. Today she gave me 2 driving lessons ( It's been years since she first tried to teach me.My younger daughter called and reminded me that I was afraid to drive back then, so no one could teach me. I totally forgot that part until she said it! I did have so much anxiety and was too afraid to take on the responsibility of driving not only myself but others. It was a mind-blowing moment for me, to realize how far I've come over the years. How I kept going to therapy to unravel the maze of what my childhood caused me to experience as an adult. Today I was brave and even though I said " I can't do it" when I first sat in the driver's seat this morning. Cheryl said " yes you can --you have to!" That as she just said was the turning point. I was afraid but faced my fears and got on with it... And that's the Gospel truth! In case she can't see better with glasses that supposedly the low vision specialist can make, I'm our only hope. ( We've left phone messages for the last month and yesterday she got a text from them. It said Lizzy was going to call today at 2:30 and set up a new patient profile. We waited until five and no one called. So we'll see what happens with that...) The both of us found out years ago, that we are the only one's to count on.Very few people have been there for us.We've figured out major moves across country and so many other situations over time.My good friend Mabs has been there for many years and is a blessing 🙏 💗. So Sis started with her driving to the pharmacy and store. Telling me what she was doing and sometimes asking me things like " Which way does the directional go for right? Up! Later I was in the driver's seat and drove around the corner to the trash and then to the mailbox. After we ate I backed up the car and drove around again! It's a very big deal! She said I'll be driving in 2 months. Wow it's a blessing and will be a miracle 💗 🙏! I need to later watch some videos to cut the kitties nails. Until I can drive to the groomers! I will be writing more about Maxy and Mojo. I proofread the Blogging Bliss newsletter here and hoping you enjoy it too. Many great ideas from Wordsmitty! Including writing about pets, weather and reading folks' blogs here, to get to know our neighbors in real time and life. I ordered a book to pray the Rosary with Carlos Acutis. I hope to share more about this millennium saint to be,on September 7 2025. Only 15 when he passed away but left such an inspirational legacy, no matter what faith you are. Bless you all I need to get back to my laundry, make my bed, have a snack and feed the kitties. I ordered a better litter box that will make daily cleaning easier. The strainer box was easier but it was too small and they were getting pee on the floor. This one has a strainer and it's covered and bigger. Got hairball meds and a new kitty toy. They get bored being indoors cats. It's from the same "Cat dancer" company we got the cat dancer toy from. Made in USA and worthwhile 💟. I'm sharing this here and with a few special people 😍 so I don't have to explain it a bunch of times! My former friend and Godmother SR. Janet Ryan used to stay in touch with me and some other people. She wrote a personal message to each but also a copy 🙂 of her lastest news! I get why she did this in the mail 💌! She sadly got Alzheimer's and couldn't be in touch. From time to time I ask the Sisters how she is doing. Bless all the people who have helped me through this life 🙏. Until next time Diane and family 😸 At least I'm writing more again! |
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