I had planned to work on the garden this afternoon but around noon got a call from a friend who needed a ride to a Doctor’s appointment. Due the lack of good public transportation in the city I was his only hope to make the appointment. Right after his call I got a call from another friend who needed a ride home for his daughter. I said I would call back and see what I could do.
Driving my friend to his doctor’s appointment I noticed I was low on gas. So after dropping him off I went seeking a gas station. The closest one I could find was a Mobile gas station. I just had heard about a new book about how powerful Exxon Mobile was, just like an independent nation. But after getting some gas there I headed back to the medical clinic. When I got there I got a call from my friend that he had discovered his doctor’s appointment was in two weeks and was on the road waiting for me.
I picked him up and as I was driving him home he started to tell how ‘people’ were angry and so ‘pissed off’ at him. He often makes general statements like this so I said “Wait a minute, if anyone is angry with you it should be me and I am not.” He agreed and admitted it was Mr. Paranoid that was telling him this. I said “Tell Mr. P to go piss in his pants” and we proceeded to talk about this phenomena. I will spare you the rest of the discussion.
Since there was no Doctor’s appointment I had time to drive my other friend to pick up his daughter at school. As I parked nearby he went over to get his daughter. She came out but then remembered that it was book sale and ran back in to purchase books. I did not think that would take long but then my friend told me how much time she took at book sales and she had “more than enough money” for this one. Eventually he went back in and got her. Fortunately she had purchased her books.
As I was coming back from this appointment a ‘hard rain’ started to fall and I was not able to get to the garden until after dinner for only a brief period.
I make these observations today since it is another proof that with the best lay plans, like working on the garden, Mother Nature and the needs of friends really can determine what you do and do not do. I would have been frustrated in the old days but now I realize that to take what is given me each day is the best plan yet.
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