April 22, 2026
The sun is shining, the birds
are singing, and yes, there are even little green buds on some of the trees! I
know for fact that some of our spring bulbs have survived the terror that was
infrastructure work last year. There are a few green shoots poking up, and even
one daffodil a blooming!
I do believe the evidence is
laying heavily on the side of it finally and truly being spring…but I am not
going to ask David to remove the ice claw from my cane. Not just yet.
I did have him take it off
once already, you see, near the end of March, or was it beginning of April?
Irrelevant. What is relevant? He took it off in the morning and then had to put
it on again in the late afternoon.
So, yeah, waiting a little while
yet on that one.
Today is also the day when I
plan to head out and buy myself a new office chair. The one I am sitting in is
my old chair – as opposed to my “new chair” which I purchased in 2012. The new
chair was one of the first ergonomic, mesh seat-and-back chairs on the market
and it was pricey. It felt good for the first year, except in the winter.
My office being what it is
heat-wise, I soon discovered that I had to have a layer of cloth of some sort
between my body and the mesh, because without that I simply couldn’t get warm.
And, I have to admit that the
manual controls on that thing were so complicated that I never really did get a
handle on them. But I kept using it until I could no longer raise the level of
the seat. Then I went back to my old chair for a while, because it was higher
sitting than my mesh chair. But I kept the mesh chair for any guests I might
have in my office to sit on.
The day has come, however, to
say goodbye to both of them. Well, I probably won’t actually say goodbye
today, because I’m not sure on when delivery might take place. But my heart has
come to terms with the reality that I need new in this office of mine—not just
my main chair but my “guest chair” as well, as I have it situated in such a way
that I can sit on it and either face my electric fireplace, or the open door of
a large file cabinet that serves as a narrow but absolutely useable table-top.
The guest chair will not be as special as main chair. I don’t have to be
ridiculous.
Office chair shopping is not
the only kind of shopping I’ll be doing today. I’m going to go shoe shopping,
too!
Yes, it’s time. I need a new
pair of shoes, and I have a specific brand in mind. And in case you were
anticipating a true shoe shopping extravaganza…no. I’ll be purchasing only one
pair of shoes for myself. I’ve got my eye on those Sketchers slip-ons. My
current pair of shoes—the shoes I wear outside when it’s not winter—are also
Sketchers. I bought them online in early 2020, and they have served me well.
But it has been almost six full years, and I really do need a new pair.
Not long ago I would make the
most of my time, if I was headed out to go “shopping”. I would have lists and
several stops planned. But alas, my stamina isn’t what it once was. Therefore,
the plan currently is if there’s energy left after the chairs and the shoes,
then it will be lunch out—a rare occasion, indeed.
Of course I will not be
shopping alone. David will be accompanying me on this excursion. He, too, has
need of both office chair and new shoes. And while he would, on his own, stop
at one store where he could get both for an attractively nominal price, he is
making the sacrifice of biting that frugality bullet and accompanying me to
where, trust me, the prices will not be nominal.
The lunch out will be his just
and well-earned reward, because eating out is his favorite “out” thing to do.
And yes, dear reader, I will be sure to let him know that I greatly appreciate
his sacrifice.
Love,
Morgan
http://www.bookstrand.com/morgan-ashbury
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