I had a bad night's sleep, worried about money: $7,000 for the headstone, $4,500 to have the house fumigated, and money for the flights to the west coast. I'll be fine. I have the money; I just don't like to spend it.
When I got home from yoga, I went out to finish cutting back the vines at the top of the drive. I collected these great red flowers, a type of heliconia, which spread and pop up between the other plant and stuck them in a vase in the kitchen. Then down to check on the bush with blue flowers. Wow!. It grows like a vine and has crawled on top of the fence and into my neighbors' property. It makes much more sense for me to maintain it from my side. Got one section of fence completed, but the cuttings are all on the ground close to the fence. I think I'll leave it for the gardeners to clear them.
I showered and napped. As I woke up, I felt something pressing against me on my left. I thought, "Mike!" Of course, it was the back of the sofa. Oh, well.
I called Delta Airlines. Mike had 80,000 miles on his Delta card. I have been working on getting it for my use. I can't get the miles transferred to my name. To use his miles, I have to get access to Mike's father's middle name. I put out an APB to Mike's family members to see if anyone knows it.
After I walked Elsa in the afternoon, I applied her flea protection. Elsa is good with this.
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Musings: I'm putting this separately so those who are not interested can choose not to read it.
I am dealing with several people who refuse to look to themselves as a source of their problems. I can imagine their fear of plummeting into the depths of their despair. Their current strategies may not be working, but they once worked. Maybe they will work again. Self-scrutiny is out of the question. Understandable. If their idea of facing themselves is having all their defenses stripped away at once. Why do people think they should be able to do it on their own without knowing how to safely approach the problem? Is there a potential danger? I would say so. Self-knowledge can be very challenging. But facing ourselves and our inner demons is the only path to healing I know unless you count doping yourself up on drugs, prescription or otherwise. Although, I wouldn't call that healing, coping maybe but not healing.
