Tuesday, April 5, 2022

I Am Not Suffering

Well, I must be feeling pretty okay today as I went to town, picked up a prescription and went to both Publix and Costco. This morning I wasn't feeling the best but it seems that if I keep moving, I'm okay which would not seem to indicate that I'm deathly ill. Or even very ill. 
Jessie, on the other hand, called me this morning saying that she'd had a horrible night with a high fever, pain everywhere, and also nausea. That does not sound good. She said that Levon appeared to be a little more chipper and that August was starting to cough which is how he reacts to everything. 
I haven't talked to her this afternoon so I don't know how it's going over there now but I hope they're better. 

Town went fine. The place where I get my prescription is a compounding pharmacy and is very much family-owned and family operated. The lady who takes care of the front is well over what might be considered retirement age and I sort of love her. She always wears plenty o' make-up and her hair is always flawless. It may be a wig but it's a nice one. She dresses in very chic pantsuits, is Southern to the bone and always kind. I admire the fact that she gets up every day and puts 100% effort into her appearance and her job. Sometimes Mr. Moon picks up my prescription for me and he reports that she never fails to ask him how tall he is. This is not that unusual as he is shockingly tall and older women seem especially fascinated by this height. 

I got to see Lily at Publix but not the regular Publix where she has worked since high school. She has been moved to a different Publix down the road because Lauren was promoted to be the bakery manager at that Publix and the policy is that partners do not work in the same store. This has been a little hard on Lily although she gladly agreed to move. But change is hard and Lily has had the same customers since she was seventeen. She was in the first wave of people hired when that Publix was built. So many of the people who shop there have truly seen my daughter grow up. I don't know if you have Publix where you live but here in Florida everyone has their own Publix. 
"My Publix" is a term that everyone in Florida understands. Although they are all similar, no two are exactly alike. It is so common to hear someone ask an employee where something is saying, "This isn't my Publix. Where do y'all keep the rice?" 
"My Publix" for the last many, many years has been the one where Lily worked but on occasion, I have shopped at the one where she is now. It's convenient to my shopping needs, quite close to Costco. Not as close to me as the crow flies as Lily's old Publix is only about eight minutes away via the interstate but I generally go the back way into Tallahassee and when I do that, her new one is the closer of the two. So it all works out. And her new customers will come to love her as much as her old ones do. I am so proud of her work ethic and the kindness and courtesy she shows to everyone. Whenever someone finds out that I am Lily's mama, they tend to go into a praise fest that makes me so happy. 

For several days now they've been telling us that we were going to get some strong weather today and it has just begun. Lighting is cracking and thunder is rumbling and the word "deluge" would not be hyperbole. Once again the forecast calls for high winds, possible hail, possible tornadoes. 
Whoo boy. 

Well, here we are with our generator, our solid old house, and a pot of gumbo simmering on the stove. I guess we'll be okay. I just looked at the radar and it does not appear that we'll be getting the worst of it. 
Of course, someone else will. One of the main reasons I wish that I believed in prayer is that if I did, I could pray for those who are in harm's way, whether via weather or war and that it would do some good. 
I don't believe that, however, and so perhaps feel even more helpless and useless than true believers do. But I am who I am and I believe what I believe. 

I wonder if I'll do my almost-annual Easter post this year? We shall see. I did recently hear a quote from an archeologist/historian who said that many thousands of people were crucified around the same era that Jesus was which sort of squashes the argument that he made the ultimate sacrifice. 

All right. I better go tend to my supper. I hope it's not my last supper but by golly, someday I will have one. 
You too. 

Aren't I a cheerful person? 

Love...Ms. Moon



23 comments:

  1. We'll all have our Last Suppers some day and if I were to have one I'd like it to be something exception like what you probably have cooking at your House. *Winks* They tend to have 'their' this and that here too and I say it all the time as well. How Sweet that your Daughter has had the same Employer/Job she Loves and where Customers Adore her, since High School!

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    1. I literally did make a woman's last meal once. It was liver and onions. Which I cannot abide but that's what she wanted. She lived awhile after eating that but it was the last real meal that she ate.
      Lily is very, very good at her job. I am proud of her.

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  2. glad you feel a bit better...sorry for Jessie though. I hope she rallies soon. With 2 littles to care for- it's hard. Yes, Lily will have a whole new set of people to befriend and care for at her new place, tho it will take a bit of time. Not much time, as she seems so warm and open and loving. I digress and say that hubby had a VERY bad mountain biking mishap 2 days ago.....bad. Post concussive syndrome with nausea, vomiting for 24 hrs...tons of bruises and hematomas. He's been esconsed on couch for 2 days..mostly sleeping and resting, me wearing my retired nurses hat.......he refused ER twice.....and my *little voice* never gave me the red alarm..tho I was close twice. so I just went with it- nursey style. Thankfully, today he is improving. No more vom. or nausea. Is eating and drinking....still a bit dizzy, VERY weak, but I trust it will continue to improve in baby steps. I am tired of wearing my nurses hat 24/7. I don't like my nurses hat anymore. Actually, I am exhausted both physically and emotionally. Super scary.
    But.... I will recover faster than he will. thanks for listening.......I know you will send love, and every bit helps
    Susan M

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    1. Oh, Susan! That's terrible! I know you must have been scared out of your wits! But not your nurse's hat, obviously. I think I would have made my husband go in. That sounds like quite an injury but I'm sure you're on top of it. But yes, you must be exhausted. Take care, dear woman.

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  3. I only know it's Easter because it's on my calendar.
    Glad that you, at least, are feeling better.

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    1. Exactly. Well, and the kids are talking about candy and Easter presents so...

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  4. I hope J feels better soon. JESUS DIED- let's eat some CANDY!

    xxalainaxx

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    1. He did indeed! Pass the Reese's eggs, okay?

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  5. so maybe he died for our fillings vs our sins????

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  6. Sweet dreams. Feel better.

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  7. I'm happy that Lily does so well that people praise her to you. I bet that puts a big smile on your face every time. I get the same feeling when people at the hospital praise my daughter who works there. she's not a nurse or doctor, she works in an office and keeps all the computers running smoothly.

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    1. Don't we just beam when people praise our babies? I think it starts when we take them in for their baby check-ups and we are told how nicely they are growing, how well they look! And I doubt it ever ends.

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  8. It's too bad Lily had to transfer but I'm glad she's rolling with it and it's not too hard for you to stop in to see her! It seems a little over the top to not allow partners to work in the same store, as long as they're not in the same department. (I guess the danger is that one of them could become a store manager?)

    I hope Jessie feels better and whatever you have goes away!

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    1. I'm not sure it was absolutely completely necessary but it's strongly suggested. I have no idea why they feel that's the way it should be but it is.

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  9. Jessie and the boys seem to be catching every germ this year! Young families have that happen from time to time but it is so annoying! Hope they recover quickly and are healthy for a long while!
    Lily is a good sport and I hope she likes her new Publix and her new coworkers.

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    1. EVERY germ. It's so hard on them.
      Lily is a very good sport and she adores Lauren. So...
      She already knows some of her coworkers as they, too, used to work at Lily's store. So it's not all brand new.

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  10. Crucifixion was a common form of killing and displaying criminals back then. A horrible death, yes, but not worse that being hung, disemboweled, and then quartered which humans also did or dragged behind a horse or buried up to your neck so ants could eat you alive or skinned alive for that matter.

    Did Lauren work at a different Publix before she got the bakery manager position where Lily worked? Seems a little unfair to make Lily move. Oh well, she'll adjust and maybe her old customers will start shopping at her new store.

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    1. Yes. And I remember listening to an interview once with a woman who was raised and was very Catholic and when her brother died of AIDS, she realized that Christ's death had not been the worst death ever on this earth at all, nor was Jesus the only innocent lamb who died and that partially let to her faith crisis.
      Yes. Lauren has worked at a lot of different Publixes. At one time, her job involved going from one store to another to help figure out and fix problems.
      And a lot of Lily's "custies" do indeed shop at both Publixes. They are on the same road, just some miles from each other. Like maybe five?

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  11. Since you mention how well put together your pharmacy lady is, today I spotted my neighbour heading out to get her mail. She is 89 and NEVER goes outside without her hair looking immaculate and make-up on. She was a very beautiful younger woman and by golly she's still a stunner in her later years! Oh and I hope Jessie feels better soon!

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    1. I look at women like that and I feel ashamed because I gave up trying to look "nice" years ago. I feel so sorry for my husband. It's all about comfort for me now.
      Sigh.

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