Home Alone--Again!

I am getting some more "home alone" time. Charles is off to Elk Point, SD, for a Lewis & Clark thing. When he first said he wanted to go I asked him if it would be okay if I stayed home. It was. Then I decided that I would go with him. I wanted to get away from Bolivar for a while. I thought that I might just have him drop me off in Kansas City to spend the weekend with Valary--after all, I am supposed to get a couple of days with her without Poppy. But she didn't sound very enthusiastic about it--she's been working nights and sleeping days. It's an 8 hour drive to Sioux City, Iowa, where we usually stay. We usually go up on Friday, get up Saturday and go eat pancakes with some civic group and spend the rest of the day at the Elk Point City Park just sitting around and visiting with people. I take a book with me to read. It turns in to a long day. Then on Sundays we go eat at IHOP and Charles takes me back to the hotel where I spend the day on the computer, watching TV and reading. So after mulling all this over I decided that I could be on the computer, watch TV and read just as well at home as I could 8 hours away. I am assuming that Charles made it there okay. I haven't heard any different. He will come home late Monday evening after stopping in KC and taking Valary out to supper. Those two have a special bond as only a father and daughter can have. I honestly feel like a third wheel with them sometimes. I won't be doing anything exciting while Charles is gone. I thought about going to Springfield to a movie Sunday afternoon. I'll just have to see.

This week I was responsible for staffing the clothes closet. Did I find anyone willing to help--only one lady from church helped. We were really busy with people looking for school clothes. The clothes we have are free, with only a few with a price tag of $5.00 or less. The clothes we have are all donated and our mission is to help those who need it rather than make money. God really blesses this cause. I love the people who come through the doors--well 99% of them! There's always those one or two that are just hard to love. Know what I mean?

Today, at the library I logged in books all day. There were over 100 books that needed to be entered into the database and labeled with a shelf location and a donation notice. All of these books were donated to the library by a doctor who grew up in Springfield and now lives in St. Louis. It took me most of the 4 hours we were open to do that. I still have two stacks of other books to log in. And then I can begin working on a collection from the fire department. It will take me quite a while to get that one done. Lots and lots of pictures to scan. I'm looking forward to working on it.

I have a doctor's appointment Monday afternoon--another reason I didn't really want to go with Charles. I didn't want to have to reschedule the appointment. I don't think it's going to be a good appointment. I thought we had my problem under control with medication but the last couple of weeks it has returned. Hopefully we will only have to up the dosage since that what we did before. I don't relish the thought of another D&C.

Oh the joys of growing old!