Sunday, December 4, 2022

 Sunday, December 4, 2022

    Damon asked for a Zoom meeting with the Zims. They were a big part of his childhood. We had dinner with them every weekend for years. He doesn’t have contact with them apart from me but thinks of them fondly.

   I was unsettled about the car. John’s discovery that the car lurches ahead above the limit set by cruise control is frightening. The Kia Niro is blessed with fantastic safety features. I felt protected. I discovered it stops if I’m too close to something when I back up. I did that. I pressed the gas pedal to make it go. No go. When I looked in the rearview mirror, I saw a car parked perpendicularly. I nearly had another one of my famous less-than-five miles-per-hour car accidents. The car stopped me. I am aware that I’m less alert, less aware than I used to be. I value all the safety features. If it has this flaw, that is a significant loss. I always drive with my foot next to the brake, ready to take over if necessary. I never thought of the car as an active danger, downright aggressive.  

   Yvette came up to visit and suggested I just buy a new car if I was concerned about the safety of this one. How’s that for adding anxiety? Buying this car was hard enough. Buying a new one is a painful prospect, not to mention the cost.

    I drove my three guests to the airport. Elsa sat on my lap.

    I spent the rest of the day catching up on updates and blog entries. I updated the blog entries, but I still needed to catch up on the email updates. The last one posted was on November 24.

    I signed in for the Zoom appointment with the M & W sisters. I sent the ‘sent’ message to the mom. She texted that they were at a funeral. Their dad walked out and called me. They were in California. We agreed to cancel for today and Monday and start up again next week.