Oct 22 2009
Waiting at the Door in October
We have an October day that isn’t to my liking. Most of the days in October this year haven’t been what I consider nice fall weather. Usually I’m not a big complainer, but I do complain about the weather. Not that my complaints change it at all. I just feel better when I can complain about it.
Yesterday I went to town. Our town is a small town. I went up to pay a bill. Yesterday the weather was cloudy and a bit damp, but it was nice and there was no wind. I thot I’d get the bill paid. I only live a few blocks from town. I wheeled myself in my electric wheelchair to the store and looked in the window. They have covered it with merchandise, but I thot maybe someone would see me sitting out there. I sat there for a good 15 minutes, and then started tapping the door with my wheelchair, thinking that somebody would hear me and open the door. I didn’t want to hit the door very hard, cause I didn’t want to damage the door. As I stood there finally a well dressed lady walked by. She smiled an attractive smile at me. I thot she might help me and I asked her to open the door for me. I thot I said it loud enough. The lady smiled and kept walking. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and thot she probably didnt hear me. In the process I accidently dropped the bill in front of the door. I thot about leaving but decided to stay awhile. Finaly the owner of the store comes out, and said the lady that works across the street called, saying that somebody in a wheelchair was out here. He apologized for not seeing me. I said I should have called ahead so he could see me. But, I didnt call ahead. So, that was my adventure for yesterday. I had a sore throat. I thot it was pretty nice and wouldn’t matter, as I wasn’t going to be out long. But it took longer. Today I called the doctor this morning because I woke up with a runny nose. But my throat doesnt hurt today, so that is a plus. I remembered when I was a kid I would be getting cold and mom would tell me not to go anywhere. If I had somewhere to go I would go anyway. I am still the same way. I geuss the point of the story is that there are some things you just repeat over and over again. When I was a kid I thot it was really important to my thing, more than it was to tend to my cold. I thot it would go away. I’m alot older and wiser, but I’m still not wise when it comes to a cold. I think it will dissappear and why should it prevent me from doing my important business of the day.
