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Tuesday was one of those days. From the moment I woke up, I should have just pulled the covers over my head and gone back to sleep.
You've probably heard the comment I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe'. That was me Tuesday.
I awoke to one of my Min Pins dancing and singing at the end of my bed. I tried to convince her I was not going to pay for a stage show at 8:30 in the morning. I finally gave in and went downstairs to let her our and her sister' decided to join her.
While I was waiting for them to come back in the house, The Frontiersman came out of the bathroom. He offered to wait for them to come in. As long as he was going to handle that tough task, I decided to go back upstairs and get dressed.
As I walked past the telephone table, I flipped the page on the desk calendar to Tuesday's date.
"Hey Dan, are we supposed to have my car inspected at nine o'clock this morning?"
"No", he replied. "That's Tuesday."
"Dan, today is Tuesday and it's eight-thirty-eight."
"Oh shit", he huffed as he headed for the bedroom to get dressed. He began to organize his day. "I'll take your car over to get the inspection done and you drive my truck and meet me there."
There's nothing like starting your day off at the speed of light. There are drawbacks to retirement, one of them being every day is either Saturday or Sunday.
By the time I got the dogs back in the house and was headed upstairs, The Frontiersman was heading downstairs and to the front door. I can't remember a time he ever got dressed and out the door that quickly, except
There was the time, when he was in the Army, and we were living in Columbus, Georgia. He was supposed to be on post at six o'clock in the morning and a buddy was picking him up. We had just gotten a puppy a day or two before that and she didn't understand yet that potty' meant outside.
It was five-thirty and Dan's army buddy was in the driveway, beeping his car horn. I woke Dan up and told him Sarge was in the driveway. He jumped up and flew out of bed. He turned on the light and went to the door; opened the door and called to Sarge that he would be right out.
As he came back to the bedroom, through the unlit living room, he stepped squarely into a surprise' left by the puppy, in his bare feet. I never heard such language before! I was rolling all over the bed with laughter while he wiped the mush' from between his toes and put on his fatigues and combat boots without socks while swearing the entire time. But I digress.
Anyway, once I was dressed, I splashed my face with warm water, brushed my teeth and blow-dried my hair. No breakfast, no make up, no perfume; just basic me. I drove The Frontiersman's truck the ten miles to the state inspection garage.
As I pulled up in front, The Frontiersman was waiting for me. He got in the truck, on the passenger side and I drove us the twenty-five miles to Pinestump Junction to do our grocery shopping.
The Frontiersman doesn't believe in having an excess of anything, especially gas in his vehicle. We just made it to the gas station with no gas to spare. Thank God I didn't catch the red traffic light in town.
Once Dan filled the gas tank, we were on our way again.
First stop, the grocery store. Of course they were out of most of the things I went in for. Must be everybody needed those same things but everybody else got there before I did. That's the story of my life.
Ok. Not to be deterred, I stopped in at the Good Will store to look for a pretty cup and saucer to put in a gift basket I was making. No luck; of course not. Welcome to my world.
Maintaining my positive attitude, I suggested to The Frontiersman that we stop for lunch before I fainted dead away. He actually didn't grumble about it! I took that as a clue that he was famished, too. Not much gets by me.
After lunch, we headed back to Hidey Hole Hollow, but we made a pit stop to pick up my successfully inspected car. Yay! Something actually went right. Note to selfPut a star on the calendar for today.
Back on the promenade heading towards the Hollow, but first we were going to stop at our regular repair shop and drop off The Frontiersman's truck to have some brake work done on it. (One stop shopping in an area like Western New YorkWhat is that?)
Finally on our way home. I hoped my frozen items hadn't defrosted.
Aaahhh. Home at last. Time to sit down, relax, put my feet up and chill out for the rest of the day. Riiiight. The minute I opened the front door, Mia began running from the front door to the back door several times, so I walked to the back door and opened it so she could go outside. Mother Nature had waited long enough.
The Frontiersman had begun bringing the groceries in so I unpacked everything and put things away. I washed the fruits and veggies, divided up the meat into smaller packages and wrapped them for the freezer. Once all of that was taken care of, I decided to sit down and relax.
It was about three-thirty and the afternoon call of the helpless husband rang through the house. "What's for dinner?"
"We just had lunch an hour ago", I replied.
"I'm just curious", The Frontiersman stated apologetically.
"Me too", I said. "Let me know if one of our helpful little elves makes it into the kitchen and prepares a nice meal for us. Otherwise, we're having receptacle fortune."
He had a puzzled look on his face, thought for a moment and asked, "We're having what?"
"Pot luck; leftovers; receptacle fortune", I answered.
"Don't you ever speak English?" It was really more of a comment that a question.
Needless to say, I didn't hear the scampering of little elfin feet into the kitchen. Neither did I smell any wonderful dinner scents wafting through the house, so we ended up with receptacle fortune and then an early bedtime to bank sleep for whatever might require us to be rested for the next day. (You have to do that as you get older.)
and you thought being retired and living in the country sounded like Xanadu. Ha!
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