A Day Off

     Yesterday, I took a day off.  I don't know why I call it that, because it isn't off.  It is running around trying to do all the things that I can't do when I'm working.  None of those things are things that I would like to be doing.  For instance, yesterday I drove 70 miles round trip for an appointment that took less than 5 minutes, where the doctor asked me how I felt and told me that if I had any trouble I should call him.  I could have called him to tell him that I wasn't having any trouble.  Then I came home, got my banking ready, and went to the bank.  Big deal right?  Well, for me it is.  Our local bank changed its hours to 9-4 Monday through Thursday and 9-5 on Friday.  I work 6:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. It is a good thing that I have a family member who will go to the bank for me during the week.
     After the bank, I went to school to pick up my girls.  We went to the orthodontist and the dentist,  which means that I had to make almost the exact same 70 mile trip in the afternoon as I did in the morning.  Have you seen the price of gas lately?  Oh well, at least I didn't have to take another whole day off to go to that five minute appointment.  Find the positive, right?
     What would I do if I had an actual day off?  I mean the kind of day that is supposed to be fun.  The kind of day that you meet your friend for lunch and talk all afternoon.  I have no idea.  I've had to take off mostly for emergency or doctor's appointments at least once a month lately.  I am afraid to schedule an actual day off to do something fun, because I'm afraid the next day I'll come down with something and have to take off again.
     One good thing about yesterday is that I don't have to go to the dentist for six months, the orthodontist for nine months or the oral surgeon for a year.  Yay!  It also looks like the only thing that we have going on this weekend is dance.  So now what are we going to do?  I am sure we will think of something.

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