I had some friends over for dinner Friday which meant cleaning the house on Wednesday, grocery shopping and cooking on Thursday and finishing cooking on Friday. There are 3 days right there. During the 48 hours it took for me to prepare the meal: sauerkraut & pork chops, garlic beef au jus, chive mashed potatoes, squash, tomatoes with pesto, Thai broccoli slaw salad and chocolate mousse, I was reminded of my childhood. My mom would work a full day, come home and prepare vegetables, fruit and roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy in a matter of hours. Oh, I forgot dessert. There was always dessert. I now am in awe of her juggling and cooking skills, which doesn't make up for all the years I took her abilities and energy for granted, thinking all moms just did that. I can't believe what she could accomplish effortlessly in such a short amount of time. It takes me FOREVER to do anything food related besides eat it. I repeatedly forget this fact and estimate, "Oh, dinner will be ready by 6:00," when I know that if I think it's going to be 6:00, it's really going to be 6:30. I did not inherit my mom's ability to coordinate food prep end time. But I did inherit her ability to enjoy the food!
Another part of this busy week was spent getting my shingles and flu shots. If you're 60 or older, I'm told you need a shingles shot. I've known people who have had shingles and I do not want them. One go-around with chicken pox was plenty, and since shingles are simply another name for those relentlessly itchy, stinging, nasty little poxes hanging around on your nerve endings just waiting for an opportunity to erupt, I jumped at the chance for a shot. I had to show up for my appointment 15 minutes early so that I could visit the Allina business office and sign a form promising I'd pay for the shingles vaccination if for some reason my insurance didn't cover it. Luckily for me, I'm covered, and will NOT be getting shingles thankyouverymuch.
On the same day I visited the Apple store for a one to one session on why my external hard drive wasn't working when I tried to back up.
The tech fiddled with it for 45 minutes and decided it was a faulty hard drive. This made me feel pretty darn good as I thought I was once again in computer idiot mode when I couldn't get it to work. Unfortunately, the Apple store wouldn't replace it. I had to phone the hard drive company. When I called I was told these sorts of issues were handled online. So I hung up, found the correct spot on the website despite the incorrect directions from the person on the phone and started chatting online with another tech telling her there's no need to go through everything as I had already spent 45 minutes with an expert the day before. I merely wanted to know how to replace it and make sure the info on the old one was destroyed. She, of course, wanted to trouble shoot. "OOOOOKKKKKKK," I sighed gritting my teeth....more wasted time. So what if I have all the time in the world? I didn't want to spend it trouble shooting my broken hard drive. I connected the hard drive to my computer, and of course, it worked. Since I have a 3 year warranty on it, I decided to keep it for awhile to see if it REALLY works. Maybe the connection was just loose. And how long did all of that take? The Apple store trip involved 2 hours and the session with the hard drive company another 1-1/2 hrs. That's an entire afternoon. Practically.
Another day this week I visited a former colleague who has MS and I also attended a wedding where I reconnected with a cousin I hadn't seen for nearly 30 years, but I'm just too busy to write more right now. I have to eat lunch.
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