the rix mix

The best thing about today was that I didn't know what was coming. Went to appt with specialist expecting to look over ultrasounds from last week & had forgotten he mentioned three weeks ago doing other tests. His office person didn't remind me of those when she called Friday as a routine appt reminder.

Let's just say the doctor loves his expensive up-to-date gadgets, & that the tests would've been very interesting to watch done on someone else.

But the weather was o.k. I took a #31 bus thinking it stopped at the same corner as the #34, but it changed to a different street when I wasn't paying attention, fortunately I realized it while I could get off & walk four blocks back to my desired destination. While we were waiting in an exam room for the doctor, I told the nurse-assistant about taking the wrong bus & she said, "Oh, that happened to me, one time I was running late & took the #31 instead of the #34..."

If I hadn't gotten off that bus when I did, I would've had to ride it a long way before it reached an area where I would've been willing to get off & wait for one in the other direction.

Because I forgot the tests, I felt no unusual anxiety & slept well enough last night. Small but important blessings.

(The #34 was a bus WFMU DJs took from Penn Station in Newark to the old studios in East Orange.)

When I arrived home, the post office delivery person had left a "sorry we missed you" card in my box for a package I'm pretty sure fits in the larger "package" box on the new mailboxes. They're supposed to put it in there & leave a key in my mailbox, & when I use the key on the package box the key is supposed to lock into the keyhole & only the post office person can remove it. That's how it was explained to me, which is why I had the package sent here & not to Gina's house.