Snow Birds

This morning my parents return to Florida for the winter season. It had been a hectic spring and summer so they will finally relax. They should be on their way to the airport now. I will not feel at ease until they call me from Florida saying they have arrived safely.

T minus 1

Today is T minus 1. The day before my parents return to their Florida home. We sent the car and packed up their last minute items. We reminisced about all of our wonderful childhood memories. Then we had a nice dinner at a local diner. Does life get better?

Last Look

Today I am going to my parent's house to help them pack up last minute items before they return to Florida in a few days. I will take a last look at their house as it has been for the past forty years. When I see it next, it will be remodeled and updated. I am looking forward to the change.

Sequence

I am very consistent with writing this blog. For the first time in a long time, my morning routine was different and it slipped my mind to write it. Since I am a creature of habit and like continuity I am backdating this blog so it looks like I did not skip a date. Let's keep this our little secret.

My Schedule

This morning my phone rang at 7:30am. I ran to get it as my heart pounded. Who would call at 7:30? As it turned out, it was the appliance delivery man letting me know he would be here an hour earlier. My schedule is different from most people's. If you called my house at midnight, or 1am or 2am, I would not be scared. Call my house at 7am and I worry. My family works odd hours, so a middle of the night call is nothing unusual.

Chains

Years ago, people used to send chain letters through the mail. They told us to send them to 10 other people and we would have good fortune. Some even asked for money. I was always a chain breaker. Yesterday I was sitting in work when I received a text message. It was talking about angels and good luck and said to send it to 14 people and the next day I would have good fortune. I looked at who sent it to me and it was my receptionist who was sitting right behind me. She said that I needed to forward it to fourteen people. There was no way that I would ever send nonsense to anyone. I sent it back to her and told her to reread it fourteen times.

The Small Things

Every job, no matter how big or small,  has certain details that must be done in order for that job to be done correctly. For the first time, my office decided to order lunch from Ben's Deli. We called at 10:50am to place a delivery order. They said that the order would arrive by 2pm, which was too late for our lunch. We coaxed a doctor into going to the nearest Ben's location to pick up the food. I called in the order and off she went. We all ordered either corned beef or pastrami sandwiches and one person ordered the matzo ball soup. The order was tightly packed and the bag folded shut. When we unpacked the sandwiches, we realized that there were no packets of mustard and no spoon. Mustard and deli sandwiches go hand in hand and it is a no brainer that a spoon goes with soup for a take out order. We couldn't believe that these 2 details were overlooked. The food was good but it would have been better with mustard. The soup was eaten with a teaspoon that we had in a drawer. I guess that for $100 you get no extras.