Being a taxi driver on a snowy day

Tuesday, February 9, 2016


I woke up to the alarm going off this morning - which was a good thing, since I had set it last night!  I hit snooze a couple of times, as usual, then got up, got a shower, got dressed and went outside and got the car started and cleaned off, so I could leave on time at 10:00.
I found my friend's in-laws' house and we headed on down the road.  The roads, luckily, were clear by then, and we got down to Anderson Mercy in plenty of time for her procedure.  They called her back and my fun time of sitting in the waiting room started.  It actually wasn't too bad - they had those curvy chairs that are not rock hard - and between reading and tableting, the time went by fast enough.
I was called back to her side when she was in Recovery, and we sat there (well, she laid in the bed and I sat) until she could show she was well enough to go.  Then I walked out to get the car and drove it up to the door so they could walk her out.  And we started for home.

She decided to go by her house to let her dog out, since she thought maybe between recovering from the procedure and the weather, she may have to stay the night at her in-laws', so we went there before I took her back to her in-laws'.  I made sure she made it in the door, then I went back up to Bethel to get me a bite to eat - it was almost 3:30 and I hadn't eaten yet, and my stomach was telling me that I had best get something in it pretty damn soon!
I went to Frisch's and got me a Buddie Boy with American cheese, not Swiss, and a cup of chili, wishing the whole time that it was a big fat juicy bacon cheeseburger and fries but I was being good - especially since I was supposed to go to a TOPS meeting tonight!  When I left Frisch's (sitting in the parking lot), I texted my friend and asked if we were still on for the meeting tonight, because it is viciously cold, and she said, yes but it will be very short.  Well, okay, then.

I came on home, and the TOPS leader was on my answering machine/voice mail, telling me the same thing.  Boy, do great minds think alike or what?  I called her back and told her that if I have a vote, I'd like to vote NO because of the cold.  The building we have our meetings in never gets warm, and for it to be this cold...ai yi yi!  So far, there would still be five of us showing up, and that's enough for a meeting.
I piddled around, getting things together for a supper for Ron, who had pulled in the driveway at the same time I did, and about half an hour later, the TOPS leader called back to tell me the meeting was canceled because it had started snowing again, and her road looked bad again already.  Needless to say -- YAY!!  I really hadn't wanted to go back out.

So, it was a quiet evening at home tonight, and I enjoyed it.  I did heat up some of the beef stew that was in the fridge for some supper for myself, and Ron got some leftover chili.
I figured I'd text my friend around 9:30 to see how her evening went, and she texted me at quarter after nine to let me know all was well with her for the night and to thank me (again).  Great minds again!  What a neat feeling.

I am starting to hear my bed call me -- a little early tonight, but I got up early this morning, so that is understandable.  We'll see how long I can stay up reading and tableting...