It Worked!

I am delighted. My strategy worked.

Not everything was exactly as planned, but it worked.

I woke up about 9:00 and announced that I was going to make oatmeal for breakfast because I could not drive myself to the restaurant. The research manager offered to make it and add healthy things on top, but I said, "Carol, I am having oatmeal, period."

It was then that the research manager realized that today, when much is out of my control, I needed to be in complete control of at least some things.

I stayed up the rest of the morning and went off to dump Bob. After saying goodbye to Bob, we stopped at Dunkin Donuts. I then came home and slept for about an hour, grabbed a Boost for dinner and went off to play bridge. and miracle of miracles, our team won!

So, I think we may have a winning formula.

The only possible concern is with my back up driver. The research manager was busy waiting for the stove guys to come to level the stove that was delivered last week and so once again, Suzanne come to the rescue.

However, I found out that she may have only agreed to do the drive because it went past the Seminole Community Library. where she wanted to go to pick up a book.

On the way back, she pulled into the library parking lot and left me in the car in the hot Florida sun. If the car was not under a shade tree and if she had not left the motor running and the air conditioning on, I could have suffocated.

That is not the worst of it. She placed the book in the back seat so that I could not see it. I suspect it was titled "Take Care of Yourself" with the sub title "How to politely decline requests for help."

It won't be that easy. I will still ask with sad eyes and a helpless look.

Hey, Cash Cab is on. I have to go.