After not getting much sleep last night, this has been a relative productive day. I made a list of about 15 little things I needed to take care of today and I have all but two of them done. I still may get to the rest of them before the day is over.
Had a bit of a frustrating time with my doctor’s office today. When I was having problems with my blood pressure, the doctor had me double up on my blood pressure meds dosage. Since I was using twice as many as originally prescribed, I was running out of them before it was time to renew. I sent a note to his office and asked for a prescription at the higher dosage. They called in the lower dosage. I had to reach back out to them to have them correct their mistake.
Dang! I wonder if that happens to other patients too. I would worry if it happened to someone like Kathy that would then not take the correct dosage. One would think they would be a bit more aware of these things but guess not.
I went to Emporia this afternoon to pick up the new prescription and get some groceries. I remembered to get Halloween candy – I like getting full size candy bars to hand out and I have found if I don’t get them early the stores won’t have them when I need them. Man are they expensive this year.
The heating guy came to do the annual check on the furnace. I talked to him about the new addition and he told me he would recommend we add a vent to the bathroom and the back porch. They can do that if needed. Just need to let them know after the addition has been roughed in. He was rather confident that both the A/C and the heater are big enough to handle the additional space they will need to heat and cool.
Felt good to get lots of little things taken care of today. I am caught up on thank you notes and letters that needed to be sent out. I got the Love in Action update written – discovered I have received enough funds to purchase 49 of the needed 148 gift cards. I will need to start purchasing those 10 at a time as Walmart makes it difficult to purchase large quantities at a time.
Tomorrow I have to be at the Vo-Tech at 12:30 to finish my dental cleaning. Last time I was late so will attempt to get there on time. Friday some friends are coming over to help me assemble the appreciation gifts for the staff at the Detention Center. Saturday Kathy and I are walking for the Alzheimer’s Walk to a Cure Walk. There is a fall festival of sorts happening in Chase County Saturday so we will go check that out when we get done with our walk. Next week has lots of empty space with nothing on my calendar yet.
Wondering what the impact will be with the government shut down and how long the shut down will last. It feels like this one might set a new record for length. I do think about the federal workers that have to work without getting paid and those that get furloughed or fired as a result. I don’t like when our country treats people like they are disposable items and not real humans.
A friend shared a video that talked about how group influence works and how many of us are caught in a trap of thinking we understand how others think. Too many then don’t speak up with their real thoughts as they don’t want to go against what the group is doing. However, most of the time we are wrong about what the group thinks. We allow a small percentage of the group to dictate the group actions. Hence, the political situation we are in today. Assumptions are made and we don’t take the time to verify each other. I know I have been guilty of that in the past. Interesting how our minds are wired and without being fully conscious we can totally read the room wrong.
Grateful the little things that needed done today got done, grateful I caught the error the doctor’s office made, and grateful I can learn to be more aware of how my brain works.