The Crack in Everything, Especially in January
Today was a day of seeing the cracks. First off, I drove to get a new pair of frames for my glasses. It was overcast and I was grateful to arrive there without mishap. The eye doctor’s office is just one left turn away from where I ended up going the wrong way yesterday. Whew.
Then I did my grocery shopping. There was someone both ahead of me and behind me at the pharmacy and I didn’t look at the receipt. Oops, I should have! It was about a hundred twenty-five bucks for a 3-month supply of one of my maintenance drugs. When I called about it, I was told that medications are not returnable. So I protested. The pharmacist said she would take it up with her manager. I waited by the phone but didn’t get a call back. So I called again. This time they said I could get a refund as a “one-time exception.” Another whew. Now I have to get it filled mail-order to save money.
Rob drove me back the second time and I said, “Return this bag of chips. It’s ripped.” And he did and then he filled up my car with gas. The station I use is out.
Back home I took a walk, the first one in January. I am totally out of shape. Tomorrow will be warm again, so I have a list of errands to run.
It is hard to see the light getting in between the cracks, but it can be done.
I am happy to be at my blog making words turn into pixels. Sometimes someone says, “I can relate,” and then I know we are all totally human despite our deep interest in enlightenment. By the way, enlightenment is something fashioned out of something so ethereal as to be non-human. Although some claim it, others know better and deeper than that.
I am happy to be barely escaping January alive. It has ever been thus. See you tomorrow, Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.
Vicki Woodyard
As always Vicki… your words are right on the money…. Thank God for you! love Christine Kauffman
Yes, the human condition is not an easy one.