Cloudy

It feels like summer has already ended even thought we officially still have a few week left. People have lost the summer feeling and have one more day before life returns to its normal routine. The teachers are counting down to beginning their school year and I am counting down to having traffic again.

The Book

It used to be easy to remember passwords. You had one email account. Now everything is online and each website has a different criteria for their passwords. One wants a capital letter. One wants one capital and one lowercase. One wants one capital, one lowercase and one number. The most annoying are the sites that require one capital, one lowercase, one number and one character. I am at the point where I no longer can rely on my memory for user names and passwords. I have everything jotted down in a notebook. If I lose that book, I would be in trouble. Of course we all have the "recovery" email or cell phone number, but no one wants to bother doing that.

Best Entertainment

Usually in the evening I watch television. I used to read, but as my reading vision got worse, the desire to strain my eyes by reading lessened. Last night, I watched my grandson as I usually do on Thursday evenings. As he gets older, he gets more interactive. We played with his musical toys and then his puzzles. When the sun started to go down, we took a short walk. We then came back and had a snack. After that it was "bowl time". I like to leave that for last. I bring out about 10 plastic cereal bowls of all sizes and spread them onto the floor. He then stacks and unstacks. Before I knew it, his mother had arrived to pick him up. When I went upstairs to go to sleep, I realized that I had never put the television on all night. I didn't need to. He was better entertainment.

Read Between The Lines

This morning when I got up, I found an article on the kitchen countertop. It looked like an article that was written by a reporter, regarding a new medical procedure that was on Long Island. It told about an ultrasound to diagnose arthritis. It was written in very simplistic language and did not seem professional at all. Since this was the doctor that I had worked for 10 years ago, I knew that he had written it himself and just bought the ad space. Of course when I looked at the top of the page the word "advertisement" was written in small letters across the banner line. If you look carefully, most doctor articles are self written and they are trying to have the public think they are credible.

Nice Gesture

There are a few patients that I go the extra mile for. I never file insurance, but for these people I will. It takes me five minutes once a week to help them out. I know that if I do not do it for them, they will procrastinate and never get their reimbursement money. I went in to work yesterday and found a gift waiting for me. I opened up the big bow, wrapping paper, the box, the tissue paper, the plastic envelope and then the orange envelope. In that, was a $100 gift card. I was so surprised. It was not necessary but it was such a kind gesture. I thanked the patient and he said that was the least he could do to show his gratitude.

Crickets

Yesterday morning as I was getting ready for work, I heard a cricket chirping in my den. Since the den is attached to the garage, occasionally we have a stray cricket. It was a loud, continuous noise. I never looked for the cricket, as they are good at hiding and I had no time. When I got home from work, I had totally forgotten about it. When I went to sleep last night, I heard it again. This time it was in my bedroom. I have no idea how it snuck up two flights of stairs and made its way into my bedroom. My room is the last door on the upper level, so it must have taken all day to travel. All night it chirped. I felt like I was camping in the mountains. When I come home this afternoon, I will have to go on a cricket hunt.

Worth The Trip

We spent the day in New Jersey visiting my niece and nephew's new home. We looked forward to going there for a month and were not disappointed. The house was more beautiful than the pictures, and renovations had begun. These renovations were by choice not by necessity. I sprawled myself on a floating pool noodle and paddled around in the water until my fingers turned pruney. Then we had a barbeque and ate hot dogs the size of Texas. They were so good that we actually googled the brand. Then came the chicken cutlets or should I say chicken grandlets. They were so big and juicy. We ate and enjoyed the day, but nothing was better than seeing the smiles on everyone's faces. This is what life is all about!