A not-so-typical day

I thought I'd share a day-in-the-life-of...a 63-year old woman. Everyone's day is different, I'm sure, but let's see where the similarities begin and end from waking till lunchtime.

Woke at 5:30 A.M. and fixed my tea--an equal blend of loose leaf English Breakfast and Earl Grey with a heavy dose of plain soy milk. I like my tea hot! Breakfast is typically 1/4 cup (dry) oatmeal, with a teaspoon of flax seed, cinnamon, water and skim milk. Today's fruit was banana.

Today's schedule looked light... Walmart, the bank and the pharmacy. Late afternoon would be one more trip out to a Weight Watchers meeting. If I walked to the bank and the pharmacy first, would I have the ambition to go on to Walmart. Well, Walmart wasn't essential. On the other hand, I've put off rewarding myself for another 5# loss for over a week and I desperately need a wallet. It's ridiculous how many times I've fished through my newish pocketbook to find things--no pockets in this bag, just one big open bag.

So, it was that I walked and occasionally slid the one block to catch a bus to Walmart. I enjoy the morning ride with Joyce who has always read and commented on my newspaper column. Joyce is a writer of sorts herself. A big journaller, known to pull out the book and write a few quick words when the bus is stopped at a train crossing. Our conversations tend to wander and today it came out that her younger (by 7 years) brother is big time hunter and television personality Bob Foulkrod. She also has a brother 7 years older. I'm a middle child, too, with brothers 3 years younger and 3 years older.

At Walmart I bought blinds for the living room window, AAA-batteries for my time/temp tower, and found a great pink wallet (labeled "credit card holder"). I'm not a pink kind of gal, but consider I wasn't into polka dots either until I bought the polka dot pocketbook/bag. (See December 2008 - "Staying in style".) An unexpected purchase was a datebook. I already had one (the smallest I've ever used) and couldn't stand the tiny spaces for writing. Now I'm in the process of transferring appointments and other info from one to the other. Also found--while looking for the datebook--a white board, about 12"x18". It's now on my counter replacing all those daily pieces of paper I've used to write down my day's schedule.

Oh, after the trip to WalMart, I did walk to Market Street (our main street) to pick up prescriptions and go the bank. What did I do at the bank, you ask? Cashed a $5 survey check. Also withdrew cash for other surveys and articles I wrote from checking. Got ten $1 bills to buy lotto/lottery tickets (this is a new thing for me!) and rolls of quarters for laundry and bus fares. Oh, shoot, that reminds me--I need to do laundry. Just a couple of buildings over to the machines and it's excellent exercise walking back and forth.

A few minor activities... Picked up my mail. Changed the masking tape on my fingertip several times (bandages come off and those dry, split tips hurt!). Laid down for half an hour while watching a 1970 episode of "Adam 12". Packed four leftover pieces of low-fat (yes, it's possible), vegetable lasagna in a freezer bag. Lunch today - broccoli and cauliflower, Weight Watchers bread, lite mayo, ketchup, mustard, veggie (Boca) burger and soy cheese.

There you have it, some details of the day-in-a-life-of. What was your day like?