This has been a day where it has been hard for me to make sense of time. I got an email from the Treasury Department telling me it will take a minimum of six weeks and up to a year for them to process Max’s savings bond. Uhm……. Not sure it is that complicated of a thing to cash it. Its face value is $50. Good thing I am not in a hurry for the $115 it is worth. Goodness, why so long?
My lady plumber’s office called today and scheduled my prolapse surgery for January 15, 2026. Yes, that is right! That is his earliest opening. Oh my, good thing it isn’t urgent by his standards. My prolapse was officially diagnosed in early June. Eight months to fix it? That field of medicine must be in short supply of competent doctors. I’m grateful it is only uncomfortable and not painful. I can only imagine how long it would be scheduled out for if I hadn’t gotten my appointment to see him moved up over a month and one half.
Still starting the day with some head spinning. I have gone back to bed to wait it out as I can’t do much when things are spinning. Usually it stops after an hour or so. It kinda comes and goes all day but only for seconds, unlike the mornings. I tried taking one of the pills the doctor prescribed for it this morning. Not sure I could tell any difference than with what happened yesterday.
When I go back to bed in the mornings it makes time feel off all day. I have a disconnect between clock time and inner time. Doing my best to keep myself grounded and allowing time to be what it is. Hard to let time be anything other than what it is.
I got a note from the post office today telling me that Max’s mail forwarding process is on a 20 day delay. I have to go to the post office and show them proof I have the legal authority to receive his forwarded mail. This ticks me off as when I originally went to forward his mail I took the probate form which shows I have that authority. The mail clerk that waited on me said he didn’t need it and didn’t even look at it. Wondering if it is even worth doing at this point. Wondering if delay is the name of the game these days. Not sure it is a game I like playing but guess no one asked for my opinion.
Still haven’t heard any results from the stress test that was done on Monday. No news is good news I guess? I sure seem to be on a different timeline than the rest of the world today.
I didn’t make it up to the Detention Center today. I need to go to the post office and purchase some stamps and when I remembered to do that today the post office was already closed. I will go to Emporia tomorrow to get some groceries and will stop by the post office there and get the stamps and attempt to get Max’s forwarding mailing address to go through again. I will stop at the Detention Center on the way home.
Haven’t accomplished much today. I am working on getting two loads of laundry done but other than that haven’t done much. Low energy type of day. It rained last night and has been cloudy most of the day. Good day to declare another rest day.
No plans for the rest of the week other than a trip to Emporia tomorrow to get groceries and go to the post office. I may go to a rally in Topeka on Monday if the mood strikes. Not sure they are accomplishing much and I don’t like the negativity. It does feel better to go and do something than to give up and do nothing.
I have struggled with time for some time. Things that happened in the past seem so far away – even if it was only a day, a week, or a month ago. I can’t reliably tell you how long ago something happened. Days like today make it even harder to make sense of.
Grateful the surgery is scheduled, grateful the Savings bond was received, and grateful for the privilege of taking another rest day.