Saturday, July 14, 2007
Another Day In !
Stress plays an important part in a person’s life. We each handled it differently. Some of us worry which increases it’s power over us. Others keep busy, listen to music, go shopping, and even eat. I used to think ‘what if ‘---and the stress would grow needlessly because ‘what if’ hardly ever happened. As I grew older I went to ‘what is the worst that can happen’, then on to ‘I’ll handle it when it happens’ and I have. Now I don’t say I still don’t stress out over somethings but I keep busy. Yesterday it was canning 29 jars of apricot jam while Jay was in dialysis.
Jay had called orchards in the area to find out when the apricots would be in. The answer was the same everywhere. A warm spell this year, then a frost and a lot of the crop was lost. Knowing that daughter-in-law Deb and I love the jam I talked Jay into store bought fruit so I would have us covered.
Then night before last a call from my brother Daniel in Florida announced that he would have triple by pass surgery the next day. First thought is oh no we will lose him too. But I dismissed that immediately and plan my day to stay busy during his surgery. So I prepared and can my apricots waiting to hear from sister-in-law Peggy as to how it went.
I finished the jam with feet and legs screaming to sit down. I got the clean up out of the way except for the sticky floor and took a pain pill and laid down because Jay was home by then to answer the phone.
The call came later saying that the surgery was successful, that there had been some bleeding problems but all was under control. With a sigh of relief and a bowl of soup in my tummy I turned in for the night.
This morning I mopped the sticky floor so the Apricot jam saga is complete.
An aside: I saw a deer in our backyard day before yesterday. Don’t ask me what it was because with no horns it could have a doe or a little older than a fawn. I do know it was beautiful and of course the camera was in the house.
The next worry is what to say tomorrow at brother Gene’s memorial service. The old stand by ‘I’ll handle when it happens’ kicked in and I know I will.
Have a good weekend everyone. Laugh, love, and stay healthy.
