Retirement, take two.

 We came up six panels of siding short, so we had to order more. Tim picked it up this morning, and has been working between rain showers trying to finish the job. It isn't going to happen, but we have tomorrow.

It has been cooling down here -good news- and we had more rain this week than we have had in the last month. Looks like more on the way. All good news.

So the siding is nearly done. How on earth will we entertain ourselves now? 

Yesterday, I needed to pick up a phone card. I always stop into the discount grocery on my way through. You can never tell what you are going to come across.

I spent $35 there, and quite honestly, nearly half of it was on cheese. It is all vacuum packed. It will store.

When I was done there, I headed to the Walmart to get my phone card. 

My niece messaged me. She wanted to know if I was able to make yoga that night. We have been trying to mesh schedules, but with our 4 kids' birthdays in 3 weeks, getting the siding up, and her trip to Virginia Beach, it just never seemed to work out. 

She normally goes in the mornings, but fresh from vacation, she missed yoga and had a spur of the moment idea to do an evening session and texted to see if I could make it. 

I could, if I hustled, so hustle I did. I am glad I went. The class was small, the instructor good. I discovered that I am still pretty flexible, and although the instructor was concerned about my knee, I wasn't. I made it clear that I had no intention of pushing it.

There was only one exercise I could not do, putting all my weight on that knee while extending the opposite leg and flexing the knee I was kneeling on. Everything else was very 'doable'. It even felt good. 

At the end of the class, the instructor asked what I thought. I said, 'I think this is something that will be very important.' She was pleased to hear that. I think she was also relieved to see that 'if I couldn't, I didn't'. I think she had been awfully concerned about an injury.

I did a stupid thing though. I lost my wallet. I did not realize it until I went to add my minutes to my phone. 

I was pretty sure that it had to be one of two places. My phone was out of service and it was too late to call anyone anyway. So, it was a fretful, sleepless night, but it worked out just fine...it was in my niece's truck. 

'What's the limit on your credit card?' she wanted to know. I explained it was a debit card and she was limited to the buck-98 I had in the bank. I mentioned that it always happens when I get in a rush, and mused about brain yoga.

She said, ''You were juggling a yoga mat, a water bottle you phone and a wallet. You're fine."

I responded with *there, there senile old lady...it's okaaaaaaaaaayyy*

This morning while Tim was collecting the siding, I enjoyed a leisurely cup of coffee while re-reading 'Sense and Sensibility'. Pumpkins were roasting in the oven to make pumpkin butter.

It felt like what I thought retirement would be like.