Today was back to real life, starting with a call to the Boston Globe to ascertain why my mother had received a bill for a subscription to the Sunday Globe, considering that she didn't know she had subscribed.... I was informed that she had received a tele-sales call. I patiently explained that since she can't hear very well over the phone, that she must have misunderstood the caller and that indeed, she didn't want the Sunday Globe. The real live person I was lucky enough to talk to was willing to cancel the bill and close her account. I wish all my phone calls on her behalf were that easily solved.
Sarah and I went to try to buy her a sewing machine, but the store was closed. What kind of a retailer is closed on the second busiest shopping day of the year? Go figure!
To cheer myself up over being alone in the house again, I went shopping and bought some much-needed new boots. I also got the sand and salt washed off the car, though what good that actually does, with more weather crap on the way, I'm not sure.
I've put away gifts and stashed all the boxes which can be reused next year inside one big one and made a list of the gifts I received so I can write thank yous. I walked the loop around the neighborhood, feeling virtuous the whole way. Now, with my new CD, Raising Sand playing, I'm exercising my right to blog!! I actually jotted some notes for a new poem about dad's death, so who knows, maybe 2008 will see me return to my writing. I'm looking forward to watching the Kennedy Center Awards tonight and quilting whilst I watch.
Off to cook some dinner.......another day gone. I don't want to wish my life away, but this is a day I'm glad is over.
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