It is a darn good thing I am not one to give up easily. Soon there will be a whole lot of people out there that are going to know this first hand! There are already quite a few!
I was back on the phones this morning at 8:00 a.m.. Doing what I need to do. Calling every dentist I can find now. Same thing as yesterday. Again everyone listened. That was it. People are getting good these days at nicely saying “no, sorry, can’t help you, but I sure hope things turn out”. They must have all taken the same darn Zig Ziglar seminars I did. Motivational niceness! Stay positive and hold your ground stuff.
SO….then I started thinking……doing this from the bottom up isn’t getting me anywhere. If the bottom can’t, the middle yes/no “men” aren’t going to be any better. Go for the top, lady, and lay it on the line. And that is exactly what I did. I called Wisconsin’s Governor Doyle’s office. Of course, I was not allowed to talk to him, but I left a pretty detailed message. Then, I called the senators. I started calling everyone I could think of in places some might never think of unless one, such as myself, is starting to get down right desperate. Out of all that? I have received one phone call in return, but this phone caller has stated they are going to try hard for me. So hopefully, tomorrow, I will have a better post to post. As they say, all it takes is one. And now I have “one” on my side. If that doesn’t work, well, you should see my list that I have waiting! I’m far from done!
But back to that “one”….. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Say a little prayer or two and pass that positive energy this way, ‘cause right now I need every thing I can get!
One thing that really helped today? Finally, after days and days and weeks of unbelievably hot weather, it cooled down today! Even rained. Is still raining! I was finally able to get the temperature in this house down to, hold on to your seats here folks, a beautiful 77 degrees! YES! Up until today, this house has been ranging between 89 and 93 degrees and I just couldn’t get it lower than 89, no matter how many fans I had going. It was like a wind tunnel in here. It didn’t matter. It was hot and it stayed that way. And the humidity? It is amazing it didn’t actually rain in here at various times. Believe it or not, with all of that, only one computer bit the dust. Pretty darn good! Today was such a fantastic relief!
Side note on the computer thing: It was my daughter’s computer that bit the dust. Major hard drive failure. You see, all of us in this house are geeky in our own way....hubby, daughter and me. (Hubby’s geekyness is my fault. That will teach me!) And none of us play well with each other when it comes to computers and we don’t share well. So we each have our own, brought to you of course, by the big geek…..me. They are all in a row in our living room. It looks like a blasted computer lab in here! They are not the newest or the greatest, but they work well! All run WIN98SE which some laugh at me for, but it does the job!
More good news for today….. my good friend, Sue, and her hubby, too, of course, lent me a car today that I can use for a while. I may not be able to use it for very long, but it sure helps out great right now! Thank you Sue and Louie! Sue has been a friend for years and has done so many absolutely wonderful things for not only me but my kids too. We were both “soccer moms” so to speak. Well, actually, she really WAS a soccer mom. I was the same as a soccer mom without the soccer part. Our kids are both the same ages, which of course means we were both pregnant at the same times. My due dates were both after hers, but I went into labor earlier both times. Imagine that, another two times that my body did what ever it wanted to. Yep, both of my kids were born premature. Just shocks the heck out of everyone, huh?
Looking back at things, I think I am starting to catch on as to why people are so amazed that I have such a great sense of humor and can always find a way to laugh, even during the most awful of circumstances. It is tends to be a warped sense of humor at times, but it is humor all the same.
On that note, I think I will go find something that amuses me and makes me laugh and then get some sleep. Tomorrow may be another long day!
2 comments:
Your sense of humour will be an amazing tool during your journey.
You are so very right. It has always served me well, and I don't expect now will be any different :>)
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