More Dribs and Drabs

Spousal Unit just called. He finished up work today and then went to choir practice. OMG I am married to a choir boy. Well a choir man, actually, but you get the drift.

After practice, he drove up to Heidelberg for a conference. He had originally asked me to accompany him, and I considered it, but no other wives were going to attend and so I decided to stay home.

Don't get me wrong. I love Heidelberg. I just don't love Heidelberg enough to sit in a strange hotel room all day and wait for the Spousal Unit to come "home" and take me out to dinner.

It is rather a unique thing about me. I am rather adventuresome, but unless I know the area, I don't really venture out.

If I have a travel buddy, watch out world.

I just seem to find that I tend to widen my circle of comfort as time goes by. I am very comfortable going just about anywhere here in the local area. I now count Waldmohr, Homburg, Shonenburg-Kubelburg, Ramstein-Meisenbach, Landstuhl, and Kaiserslautern as local areas. There are other small towns, too numerous to list that I am comfortable to travel to and through.

But a big city like Heidelberg, I am not comfortable wandering alone in during the day without Spousal Unit.

So I am enjoying a little "me" time this week. I went out to lunch with some of the spouses of Spousal Unit's colleagues and then decided to visit one of my girl pals I haven't seen in a couple of weeks. The lunch and the gal pal visit were both good.

Came home and restarted the laundry and received a call from Spousal Unit. He arrived safe and sound.

He gets to hobnob with the bigwigs and I get to enjoy my garden.

In My Mind The Good Will Aways Outweigh The Bad

For the life of me I don't know what to write about tonight. So let's do a stream of consciousness...

I ranted about the unfairness and the reasons to quit smoking for the past several days and want to give that a rest for awhile. Trust me, I will revisit this subject again. She writes as she chews and chews on the Nicolette. Its getting better, but at times I need to chew and chew.

I am saddened that the Germany massacre of schoolchildren by another child has occurred. It is only about an hour and a half away from where I live. I had hoped that a Columbine wouldn't happen again.

I am also saddened that a minister, in a local area church, was murdered while preaching his Sunday sermon. Local in that this is two towns over from my home in the States, in Illinois.

I miss Spousal Unit. He has been gone all week. He is coming home tomorrow morning and I am glad. I plan on cooking him a nice meal and putting him to bed. He'll be really tired and I anticipate that it will take several days for him to re-adjust to the time change.

On a bright note, I met up with one of the gals I correspond with on a local chat board today. We met to go walking for much needed exercise. The high blood pressure is my reason to restart my exercise program and a long visit to the States and take off gained Stateside pounds was hers.

During the walk, I was able to witness that Spring is coming. We walked a full circuit around the Ohmbachsee. It is the largest lake here in the Pfaltz. It took us 45 minutes, walking briskly, to complete the lap. I only stopped twice to take pictures, actually it was a much needed excuse to allow these aging hips and legs a little rest.

We made a date to meet again on Monday, same Bat time, same Bat channel.

I bought a composter several weeks ago and I took kitchen scraps out to it this evening. It is filling nicely and I anticipate having some "black gold" in the Summer to nourish my garden.

I feel better now. In print, I can balance out the good and the bad. In my mind, the good will always outweigh the bad.

Anxiety Seem To Follow Me

I have had some really YUCKY stuff happen in my life this past week and I haven't really wanted to share, so I haven't posted or blogged. I still don't want to share what's going on at this point, but wanted to let you know that I haven't abandoned blogging. I will share later, just not now, so don't ask.

So, just some tidbits about life, otherwise, about what's going on today:

Spousal Unit tried to go to work this morning. He does not get President's Day off so needed to work. Well, it snowed again last night and was still snowing this morning. We live on a small mountain. The roads are steep. He slid off the mountain and proceeded onto the next town. He came back 30 minutes later. That scared me. He informed me that he did 3, 360 degrees spin outs and decided that going to work wasn't going to work. He had to walk home because the car wouldn't make it up the mountain.

He's lucky that he can work from home when necessary. Of course, when the roads were a little more clear, he headed out again.

He let me know that he would be leaving the office around 4:30 to come home.

He got home and just wanted a hug. A major big hug.

It turns out that thankfully, wisely, he did not take the Autobahn home tonight and chose to take the streets through the little villages and towns. Slower driving.

By the Grace of God.

As he was driving, the driver's side tire fell off.

He didn't have his cell phone. He couldn't call anyone to help.

Luckily, he was able to jack the car and put the tire back on and come home, with his flashers on to drive slowly.

I am following him, with flashers on, tomorrow to the car repair shop.

I Am Amplifying. Enunciating. Exulting. Helping.

This past week I really slacked off on the house. Its not dirty or messy, but not up to the standards that I have kept for the past few months. Yes, the laundry is mostly done, folded and put away. The dishes are clean and in the cabinets. The larder is stocked and ready for me to go on another cooking binge. But, the dust bunnies are multiplying and the furniture has acquired a new protective layer of dust.

Suzy Homemaker seems to have left the building. The reason is because....

I met with a lady this week, who is responsible for sending out the section's newsletter every month. She is overwhelmed by this task. Can you say computer illiterate? She doesn't know how to do what needs to be done, to assemble and edit the letter.

The meeting didn't start out with her asking me about my computer skills. It was just a friendly meeting, to get together for coffee, to get to know each other a little better date.

I told her a little, actually a lot, about myself and her eyes just got bigger and bigger. I think she thinks I am her guardian angel. (Not really, but that felt really good to type.)

I have skill sets that are totally alien to her and I am so........

TOTALLY BORED AT THE MOMENT THAT I LEPT AT THE PROSPECT OF DOING SOME SORT OF PRODUCTIVE WORK!!!!!!

No, I am not shouting. I am amplifying. Enunciating. Exulting. Helping.

I took the volunteer job and am so glad it was offered.

Giving Thanks

I am thankful that my family is healthy.

I am thankful that I am finally here with Spousal Unit.

I am thankful that I have new found friends with whom we will spend the holiday.

I am thankful that I have old friends who invited my boys to spend the day with them.

I am thankful that even though I no longer have a job, we are not suffering.

I am thankful that I have wood for my stove.

I am thankful that if I can't get the stove lit I can to turn up the electricity if desired.

I am thankful to be given the opportunity to have new adventures in my life.

I am thankful that Spousal Unit, after almost 30 years still want to be a part of those adventures.

I am thankful.