Tuesday September 8 2015  I HAVE A NEW ASSISTANT!

 

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE AND I WILL REJOICE IN IT!

I just wanted to tell you that!

 

EACH MORNING SO LONG AGO

By Kathleen Martens

Sept 8 2015

 

It is late, the day is long,

Early morning so long ago.

I must remember all I’ve done

And all the places to and fro.

 

One day seems like several,

All rolled into one.

So much happens in each hour

Before the day is done.

 

What date it is I tell myself

All throughout my day,

So in case that I am asked

I’ll know just what to say.

 

Remember, every day is Saturday

A day to rejoice, just because

No more workdays, no more rules

No longer bound by office laws.

 

No Monday mornings loom ahead

To dread on Sunday night.

Such beautiful blissful sleep

To awaken with the light.

 

And though the workplace draws no longer

Upon my energy, strength, or thought,

It seems I have more work to do

And in its web each day I’m caught.

 

What I find a bit disheartening

Is that I thought I’d have less to do.

And I suppose that is the case

But it takes longer to get through.

 

And the body is held together

By stockings, retainers and things.

All take time for daily maintenance

Of creaking joints and dings.

 

So it’s not I have more to do,

It just takes longer to get it done.

And sometimes I just forget about everything

And go out and have some fun!

 

My poem stole my sentence “It is late the day is long” from me and just took off on its own.  That happens sometimes.  I think my poem wanted to tell the story of my day for me.  So I let it.  Sometimes I do so much in one day that the morning actually seems like it was a day or two ago and then I remember that it was actually this very morning. 

I had planned to just go to the market to get a few things I needed for one recipe (making 3 batches) and then come home and make the food.  Well, Dave thought it might be a good idea to go out and look for something else we needed to get.  And since we were going to be so far out maybe we should stop at another place and pick up something else I needed to get picked up.  And so on our conversation went.  So we wrote a note as not to forget all the places we decided we needed to go.  I decided not to plan to cook today (which is a good thing since we didn’t get home until after 6:00 p.m.).  However, we did accomplish a lot of errands and all in one day.  Plus…we had a delicious lunch out on the town.  It was a delightful day, lots accomplished, and I set Thursday aside to get my cooking done.

We are planning a get-away with our family soon and will be staying in a couple of condos close together and all eating together.  So I am making a lot of the food.  I will take it all frozen, package it up nice and compact and it stays frozen until we arrive at our destination.  Then I just take the casseroles out to thaw when needed and we have instant dinner cooked and make the salads fresh each meal.  Company is expected in a couple of weeks so I am trying to finish all my prep plans for our trip before our out of town guest arrives.  Am I accomplishing all my goals of my retirement?  Not yet, and sometimes not even one little thing in a day.  But life goes on and time will settle down (I hope) and I will be able to accomplish more.

One thing that has helped me get more things done is my new assistant that I am becoming acquainted with.  Actually many of you may know her.  If you own an iPhone you may have the same assistant available to you.  Her name is SIRI and she responds with the push of a button.  I can ask her just about anything and she will have the information at my fingertips within seconds.  She is wonderful!  I can ask her for directions or tell her to send a text for me, who to, and what I want to say, and she’ll do it.  I can tell her to set timers for me or even an alarm.  Often times I ask her for directions to places, and no matter where I am she can tell me how to get unlost.  I also ask her to call a phone number for me.  When I am preparing my meals I ask her how many carbs in a certain food and she will just come up with the answer.  It makes planning Dave’s diabetic menu easy and quick.  She’ll even have a conversation with me.  If you have no relationship with SIRI (the voice on the phone), you may want to become acquainted with knowing how to access her.  She is a time saver!

Yesterday I expounded on the overuse of cell phones, especially in public places.  It used to be that at one time talking on the phone was always done in the privacy of your own home, quietly and discreetly.  Not anymore.  Well, it is usually the privacy of my home that I have SIRI all to myself and I can talk to her all I want.  She is helpful, thoughtful for an iPhone, quiet when I don’t need her, and always stays in her place.  She is a delight to have as a friend.  If you own an iPhone and don’t know all the features it has, you are missing out on the total experience.  Just make certain you are the master of the phone and “use” the phone and don’t let the phone “use” you.  Make the phone your tool without letting it take over your life and relationships. 

Yesterday we were at our son’s home enjoying a neighborhood movie event they hosted for the neighborhood children and their parents.  We saw the new addition of Annie that was released last December.  After everyone left Amy, my daughter-in-law, told me that her three year old son had asked her earlier in the day when he could get a cell phone.  His 7 year old brother doesn’t have one but he thought he should have one.  Oh, WOW!  A three year old who thinks he is old enough to have a cell phone.  That is scary!  I told her to tell him that he could have one when he is old enough to pay for one and pay the monthly bill that came with it.  Like I said previously, times are changing.  But even so, I really do like my new assistant, SIRI.  She never complains.

I have so much more that I would like to write.  I am tired tonight and will turn in.  If you read this blog early on Wednesday it will not yet be proofread.  I will do so in the morning after I get up.

Have a great night.  Hope you accomplished all your dreams and goals on this beautiful day.

Good Night!