Note To Self #21

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”    Martin Luther King, Jr.

While I’m not sure if this is fitting for how I feel this morning, but it surely feels like it!

It is 14 degrees outside, as we usher in day 2 of a deep freeze in our region. I had to start flushing the toilet with an old jug of water I’d stashed away, but we’ve not had water since the night before last… even for that! 

In honesty, the part that is more difficult for me, more than anything else in these bad weather situations, is water use and consumption! Things taken for granted, like water to drink, water to wash, water for dishes, and yes… water for flushing a toilet!

Yesterday, I found another resident that shared enough water for half a pot of coffee, in which I mixed chocolate Ice Cream Syrup and half a bag of marshmallows into the cup for some flavor… any flavor! Some folks may not have even had what I had.

Oh yeah… my husband has been a bit under the weather, so there has been no driving to the grocery store for necessitates. It will have to wait until he feels better. Yes, I can now see just fine, and yes we have a fully operational vehicle… but no valid drivers license means that I will not be going it adventure style, as the law is there for a reason.

Amidst all of this funnery, the doctors office called to schedule my follow up for the MRI I had done last week. If you are giving me the option of an over the phone appointment or regular… I just got my answer, as to whether or not the pain I constantly feel is a big deal to anyone other than me… apparently not!

All I am capable of saying about how I feel right now or what this particular Note To Self means, is what I just shared… I’m tapped today, and it’s not even 7 a.m. yet! 

Today, I will focus on looking up!