One Frenetic Sunday

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Thank heavens the day did not continue as badly as it started! A bit after 5:00 in the morning my phone beeped an alarm. Jabbing at it did nothing. I jabbed my way to the settings where none of the three alarms were set. Needing light, I used my voice to mistakenly turn on the kitchen light. Another four words got the bedroom light on, and four more darkened the kitchen. Beep! Beep! Beep! I finally realized the phone was still plugged in and remembered I had a new app to warn me when it was over-charged. Pulling the plug, I sighed with relief while mentally kicking myself for being careless.

It took a while to get back to sleep after that rude awakening. I struggled through a vivid dream, where I was working at a company with a fancy computer system. I had to get an alarm stopped before it started, and I couldn’t find it. Thankfully, I woke up before everything exploded. That is the first time in my life I’ve ever had a dream directly related to an event I had just gone through.

I did not have time for my usual Sunday routine. I always sit before the computer fully clothed, including rings and earrings. Today I wore a nightshirt and slippers. I put down my phone and couldn’t find it seconds later, even though I made Alexa call it. I couldn’t see or hear it! Lise rang my number, and we found the phone under a hat on the computer table! How it had time to crawl under a hat is still puzzling me. Lise found it was recording our conversation because I hadn’t hung up. I turned on the iPad for the church service and discovered the service hadn’t started on time. In trying to hurry, I failed to log in correctly. She did it quickly and accurately, so I didn’t miss anything. She was cool and collected, in sharp contrast to me. During the service, I calmed down so that nothing else went awry.

In high contrast to the bumbling this day was the time Lise and I spent with neighbor Holly the day before. Holly’s company had a family and friends day for employees at Ten Acre Garden. It included a pizza dinner and a jar for cutting flowers from certain areas in the garden. How peaceful that was!

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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24 thoughts on “One Frenetic Sunday”

  5. Well, this is bizarre – a continuation of YOUR high tech woes are now my woes. I just read a blogger’s post and commented, then your post appeared in the middle of my screen, however, it is not in Reader. I commented on your post, then it vanished into thin air. It may have gone to your SPAM filter – I’ll try and post it on your site if it disappears again. What I said was “you may have had a day of bumbles but you are way more high tech than me!”

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      1. It was the second comment that “stayed”. When I comment on anyone’s post I always wait until it says “1 minute” and then I click “like” … I’ve been burned a couple of times when the “like” worked, but the comment didn’t, so I always wait now. You’re pretty high tech there. 🙂

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  10. My goodness that was not a very enjoyable start to your day. I hope you get uninterrupted and sound sleep tonight. And wake to a much better start of the day in the morning. Those are beautiful flowers and two pretty ladies holding them. Hugs

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  13. Well that was an intense start of the day, I bet it made you want yo go straight to bed😬, but then look how good it went after🥰
    P.s
    I hope you grounded your phone for making a run and hide😉

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