Hey, Miss J!

It’s sad. I had something really clever that I wanted to add to my blog, but did not write it down. I was very sure I’d remember.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

There’s lots of stuff that I go through and deal with throughout the day. My moods run the gamut.

I did have a very tiring day today too.

Had physical theraphy, which hurt, but then had to run in my photo ID for an application. On the way back, I ran into a woman under a bridge. I waddled, and I do mean waddled with my cane up the hill and bought some food at one of those pop stands.

Man, prices have gone up.

$3 for a hot dog with ketchup and $1.50 for chips. I was on the phone with my dad. He was shocked at the cost, but he was on the phone with me when I went back down.

When I went to give the woman the food, she thanked me, but said she only took “monetary donations”.

Too bad that all I had was a dollar at that point. I had a $10 bill and spent $9 for buy food for two people.

Sure, it was my fault because I didn’t ask her first if she wanted anything, but I figured since it was wet and cold outside that she would hold the food and eat it later if she was hungry.

My dad remarked as to how foolish it was for her to do that.

Whatever “monetary donation” you get now might not be enough to even buy a soda later.

I packed my “extra” meal in my bag, ate and headed home. I was gone at least 5 hours or so. I know because I’d set up a cat video when I left and it was on hour 5 when I got back.

I ended up seeing a bird swallowing a peanut, shell and all…

Never seen that before.

My friend remarked on the phone that the bird probably wouldn’t have a problem with a lack of fiber.

Ate my “extra meal” after the ridiculously long hike up hill that I had to do.

I was in excruciating pain. I had no other way to get home though…

I managed to crawl into bed and passed out for hours. My whole body hurt a lot when I woke up. It was a combination of muscle fatigue and fibromyalgia kicking my backside.

So sadly, I have nothing witty or clever to pen down here, no inspiring words of insight on anything.

And it’s a shame because I’m a deep thinker.

I guess all I have to say about my day is this.

I’ve been very fortunate to have what little I do have. I’m actually warm this winter, have running water and electricity… and I have a lot of ‘filler’ foods. They’re not the ultra-healthy things at a store, but they’re free. I have so much that I never expected… so I didn’t see a problem sharing with someone else who didn’t have much.

The money I used to buy my food today came from a friend of mine. She gave it to me for gas.

Instead of driving today, I took the bus. Cos it is expensive to find somewhere to park. Or… you have to keep feeding the meter.

It’s also expensive for me to use Lyft.

So even though I’m afraid of getting sick, I can only use the cheapest avenue most of the time… which is the bus.

I hope the lady under the bridge didn’t take offense to me, but I really did want to give her a meal.

Free of charge. I didn’t want her to do anything for me. Just to have one of her needs met for a few hours.

Now I think I’ll go have some pumpkin spice tea, an apple and cheese and set up my lesson for tonight.

Oh! And hydrate of course!

~J. Lyst