A Day of Ups and Downs….

The day started with my attempting to contact my BFF, Marji.  I had called her last night and she said they had just gotten in and she would call me back, shortly.  I waited and waited but no call.  I was concerned as she had sounded funny and she is not in the best of health, sometimes pushing herself.  She also has the habit of thinking that she does not want to burden her friends and family with things and I was afraid that she might have been having some health issue and did not want to bother me with it.

I finally went DOWN into my basement.  I needed to clear out a set of shelving that was under-utilized because of its location.  So I pulled the few things that lived on the shelves, off, managed to move the shelf unit from its corner and managed to barely move the freezer that was blocking access a bit out of the way.  Little by little, I went through the things on the shelves, threw away some junk and put some stuff aside to put out on FreeCycle and replaced the remaining stuff on the shelves.  Now I need to go UP into the attic and bring DOWN the storage boxes that I want to have better access to on the shelves.

In between trips UP and DOWN the stairs, I finally managed to get hold of Marji.  She gave me some very disturbing news.  They had indeed been DOWN in the ER of their local hospital most of the day yesterday, but it was not Marji’s health that was at issue, it was her wonderful husband, Danny.  He had gone out to get in his truck and go to his daughter’s house.  His son had called him as he was walking out and was on the phone with him when a pain, “the worst I have ever experienced” had him falling on the ground in their driveway.  The son, called his mother… Marji… and told her to get outside, something was wrong with Dad.  Then he called his sister and she appeared in the driveway in short order and took her father to the hospital.  Marji said Danny did not argue, so it had to be concerning him.

Tests run, blood drawn, X-Rays taken and there was no definitive result, though a minor heart attack could not be ruled out.  So he was discharged and they will see their doctors next week.  Today, not looking as gray as he had looked yesterday, per Marji, he was outside, blowing leaves.  I guess he does not understand that bad pain is your body’s way of saying…. “SLOW DOWN”!!

The UPlifting thing today was also from Marji.  As many of you know, I have sold my Maryland house and am in the process of taking my possessions out of the house.  Marji’s son has a young family and they are hard working but not realizing the American Dream of decadent living, instead, they make do with what they have.  I found out that they might be able to use some things that I need to get rid of, so they will be joining me in Maryland on Saturday to go shopping in my house.  There are things that they cannot have, but there are a great many things that they can have and I am so happy to be able to help make things a little nicer, a little better.  All of these things certainly made Rudy and I enjoy living over the years… and not being used much, except on weekends, everything is in pretty good shape.  It will be fun to see what she picks out for her home.

In addition to the arranging, I posted a couple of things on FreeCycle.  For those of you who have never heard of FreeCycle, it is a service that allows people to post online, items that they no longer want or need or ask for things they are looking for and provide these items for free  I had three items posted and two have already been picked UP.

I also roasted a turkey and made my mother’s stuffing.  I am looking forward to cold turkey sandwiches and slices of stuffing for the next several days.  Since I am going out to relatives for dinner, I still wanted to get the ‘leftovers’, so I bought a fresh turkey and cooked it today.  Yum… is about all I can say.

So I am off, to pick the bird and start moving storage boxes DOWN to the basement.  Like I said, a day of UPS and DOWNS.