Staying positive.

Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers on yesterdays post. I'll try to answer some of the questions but at this point there isn't a whole lot that we know.

It was just the building and property that were for sale. The business was not for sale. The person buying is under no obligation to keep the business there. From what we understand, the person buying does NOT want this for a grocery store. Aside from being sad about losing my job it's a really bad thing for this town. We have lost so much here. The police department, fire department were both eliminated. We lost the pharmacy just a few months ago and now this. There are so many people with no means of transportation and I don't know what they will do.

As for my car there is no heat or AC.

My daily mantra has been "If He leads me to it, He'll lead me through it". This isn't the first storm that life has taken me through and I know that I will make it through this one just like all the others.

On to a better subject. Wednesday is Senior discount day at the store. It's for seniors 62 and over. I turned 62 on a Thursday so I had to wait till the following week. Last Wednesday I went to work prepared to get my discount. The cashier came back that day and asked if I was buying anything. I told her I wanted to but couldn't think of anything. She said "Well I want to give you your discount". I finally decided to buy a piece of fried chicken and some potato salad for my dinner that night.  It was only 21 cents but I was so incredibly excited that I finally qualified for this. 

It comes in threes

 This could end up being a very long winded and whiney post. I'll understand if you choose to move on.

Bad things always seem to come in sets of three. I think I may have reached my quota.

1) my hearing aids died. I did find a wonderful person to assist with this and she helped me get the process started for OVR. When the counselor called to set my appointment I mentioned they had gotten them for me before. She told me they normally don't do a second pair. The audiologist sent her documentation stating mine were dead and could not be fixed. She also told them I really needed the new ones. I had my first appointment with the counselor April 1st and it seemed to go well. It does sound like this will all go through.

2) My car. The heater went and I had an appointment to get it fixed. I dropped it off and they called to say they didn't realize how big of a job it was going to be and they couldn't do and I could pick my vehicle up. After talking to two other mechanics in the area I've been told it is a really big job and expensive. I have yet to find a place to do the work. I need to make a few phone calls to see if they can do it and if they can give me an estimate.

3) Work. We found out that the building that was put up for sale by my old boss's wife is pending. She told Marc (new boss and her son) that she can't reveal anything regarding the sale. We suspect that the buyer is someone who does not want to keep the grocery store there. We had an employee meeting April 1st so he could update us on what is going on. His estimate is that we have until May or July at the latest. 

The last of the three has me stressed and heartbroken. I have spent the last 27 years there and it's kind of like home. Losing the job isn't all that worries me. I'm 62  years old and wonder how easy it will be to find another one. Are people going to be willing to hire someone my age? Of course I can file for unemployment when the store does close but that won't provide me with health insurance. I really can't afford to pay for health insurance out of my own pocket. As much as I would like to just kick back for a while and enjoy collecting I need search for a full time job that will provide me with health insurance. 

I suppose I summarized all of that pretty well and didn't get to wordy. But that is where my life is at right now. The store issue is tough on a lot of us but the rest of them either are married or live with parents. I'm the only back up plan I've got. This is definitely one part of being a widow that I don't enjoy. They may not be able to solve all the problems but it's helps to have someone to at least talk it over with at the end of the day.

I couldn't help myself

Being that yesterday was April fools day I couldn't help myself. I sent identical text messages to each of my kids 

First to Amanda

Then to Brad

At least neither one of them said NO.

Most egg-celent

 Yesterday I did have to work. It was only until 10:30 though and it is time and a half. Saturday evening I decided to color some Easter eggs. I haven't done that in years. I saw a post on BurtonAvenue.com about coloring them using vinyl silhouettes. I downloaded the free file and gave it a try. Some came out better than others. The one with the carrot must not have been stuck down well enough. My favorite is the green one.

Amanda did the cooking at my house as usual. It's nice to have her doing all the work and I can just chill. Hope all of you had a most egg-celent day.

It just occurred to me that I should have played an April fools joke on everyone. Oh well, maybe next year.