PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Oh, the pain!

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Oh, the pain!

I could not sleep on Monday night, so at this point I have been awake for over 48 hours.

We went to the church lunch and the mayor spoke and answered questions. Everybody asked about bridges, road widening, bridges, paving, traffic lights--nothing else.

Lunch was a huge salad--Romaine, radicchio, chopped tomatoes, shredded cheese, cucumber (gsve it awau), too tired to think. We each had four delicious chicken finger, and a delicious muffin. Dessert was ice cream.

Then, we went to Walmart to get things I need since I don't have a car.

We ate dinner at Cracker Barrel since I cannot cook.

Then exbf rented me a vehicle and will be reimbursed by insurance company. Wait for this. The reddest red, a pure color, 4W drive. Silverado. I grunt and groan getting in and just fall out of it!

The next time I go any where, I will have a stool to get in and out. I could hurt myself.

The only other choices were Corollas which are too small for me to get comfortable.

The Silverado drives like a dream. When exbf saw it, he said, "Are you sure you can handle that?" I assured him I could.

Tomorrow, I have two people lined up to clean out car. I just hope one shows up. E is not very dependable.

I have a headache, shakes, pains, but will survive. I did not respond to any comments, but this time I will.

All today, I warned exbf of crazy drivers. he commented that all the dangerous people were out today, the day I was afraid of everything.. My eyebrows hurt and I think I have whiplash.

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Elephant's ChildAugust 7, 2018 at 11:34 PM
Take care. If you do have whiplash it will probably get worse before it gets better.
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Michelle82August 8, 2018 at 5:35 AM
I'm so sorry you were in a car accident. Fingers crossed that your car was not totaled. I hope you feel better soon.
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T'PolAugust 8, 2018 at 6:23 AM
Hope you feel better soon. Did you get checked out thoroughly?
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tana50August 8, 2018 at 4:13 PM
Feel better soon! You have your aches and pains anyway and now you have another to load on top! And whiplash! Last thing you needed. Glad you got a loaner. That will make things easier for you. Take good care of yourself.
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Alex MAugust 8, 2018 at 7:30 PM
I wanted you to know that I am thinking of you. Your experience sounds horrific and is just the type of thing I worry about. We drive our old cars and take care of them and will never get back the $$ from insurance that we would need to replace them. I don't think I'd like driving a big SUV either. We used to have them. They guzzle gas and they are too big for my tastes. It must be hard to get in and out if you are stiff.

I hope you feel better soon!
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Making Cents Of It AllAugust 10, 2018 at 5:43 AM
Some idiot hit me last week. He crossed over 3 lanes of heavy traffic and hit my car. I thankfully was going slow and didn't get hurt. It seems to me people are getting worse and worse at driving.
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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Fancy is my favorite hen. She is one of the three youngest hens I adopted. Because she is so gentle and friendly, she may be the one I rescued when she was being pecked to death after she could no longer stand. She got to live in the house in a box. Sometimes, I let her sit in my lap while she was convalescing. Now, she comes to sit in the swing with me, cuddling up to my body like a cat or dog. She died in February 2012.

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Louise is the auburn-feathered hen. She looks like the true Rhode Island Reds in pictures. She is almost as large as Thelma. Some days I suspect she is trying to be top chicken. When I got Pepper, I found out Louise is the Alpha hen.

Pepper came here from the same home as the first four. We were discussing putting red pepper on their food, wondering if it really would increase egg production. Pepper is the only name we agreed on. She is terrorized each day by Louise. Even after the worst was over, she was and is still filled with terror and very wary.

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Some of my not-spending habits have very much been a part of my lifelong habits. Other habits are newly acquired and are an extension of my lifelong not-spending habits.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Oh, the pain!

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