I wanted to use this forum to remind myself of the important things that happened in 2024. I decided to break ties with American Airlines because of the irritation I felt over the stupid contract they forced me to sign and sign again and again over and over. So I doubled my day-rate knowing that would probably end our relationship and apparently it did. I say apparently because I received a note/email from Steve saying they would not pay my new rate. That's all it said just that they wouldn't pay the new rate and then I never heard from my "friend," Steve again. In one fell swoop, my last job into retirement, and another "so-called friend," was gone.
I should be used to this type of thing by now as friends come and go in these modern times but to realize how few real friends there ever are, is disappointing still. So there's that.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, one of the most loving and best friends I have ever had, passed away. My neighbor's cat Ruben. Maybe he was just a cat to some but to me, he was much more than that. Ruben stuck by my side every minute of every day throughout my journey to find a way to live after Mom passed away. Might sound weird to some but he knew I was having a rough time and would insist on laying on my lap and just looking up at me as if to say with his eyes, you're going to get through this and I'm here to help. I did, so far, get through it, and Ruben kept me from drowning in grief.
Ruben would sleep on my lap or lay in the chair beside me, watching me and looking directly into my eyes making sure I was OK. That cat unlike humans ever have, connected to my soul and I am forever grateful and will miss him for the rest of my life.
August 22, 2024, I was shocked to learn my blood sugar says I have type 1 diabetes. Wow. Not what you want to hear when you already have kidney disease but both of those usually end up together as a one/two punch and here they are. This day I went into attack mode and went from not walking much to 11,000 steps. I threw away the bread I had and the potatoes and went from eating whatever I wanted to eating once a day vegetables and chicken breasts I cook in the air fryer. I walk every day now and try my best to get in 3 to 4 miles but it's still 100º and tough to keep it up when it's hot but I'm doing better than I expected. I brought Mom's treadmill over and have dropped 15 pounds so far. We'll see how this all goes but knowing I'm alone in this world I realize that I can either give up or take charge and that is what Mom would want me to do. So there's that.
September 17, 2024, Bobby and Linda. I got a text from David saying he needed to update me on things with them. Turned out that the boys decided to place Bob and Linda in an Alzheimer's care facility for a 3-month tryout taking them from their home and telling them they were going to a place where they could get more care. This had to be one of the hardest things the guys have ever had to do. My overall feeling is that assuming it's a nice place with nice caring people, this is probably best for them. David says the visit they had there was good and they liked the people so with prayers for God's hand in this, Bob and Linda will hopefully accept it and feel good about it. T
I put a call into Judy who is Linda's sister in Oklahoma to let her know and it took 3 calls and 2 texts to get her. Told her what I knew and the location of the place etc and then as per usual we got into it over the dumbest of things unrelated to Bob & Linda and she ended up hanging up on me which sent me over the edge.
2024 has a little over 3 months left in it and the upcoming election if I were to gauge it by what has happened so far, has the makings to cap off a miserable year with yet one final misery for America.
I have removed another thing from my life this year and that is the saying, "Well, it can't get any worse."
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