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Friday ups and downs

Saturday, June 11, 2022
What I like about this screenshot of the weather yesterday afternoon is that it says today is forecast to be WARMER. lol. That’s Texas for ya. Not for the faint of heart. 

But I’m not writing another blog post today just to bitch about the Texas heat. I’m writing one because when was the last time I wrote back-to-back posts on consecutive days? You’d have to go WAY back. Hell, maybe never in this Posthaven platform. So I’m doing it just to do something I haven’t done in a minute. 

I entitled this post “Ups and downs” because that describes yesterday pretty well. The day started out beautifully because I completed one full year of sobriety and being “off the bet” as one of the members of my Gambler’s Anonymous group likes to put it. That was a nice feeing. 

But then I had to go to work. I wouldn’t really classify that as a “down” but the day would be more fun if I didn’t have to do that. Especially since it’s getting up close to 100 today. So we’ll say it’s a semi-down. 

Another “up” came when I was informed my eye surgery had been confirmed to happen next Monday. Nice!

That was closely followed by another up when I called my AA sponsor and he said my making it a year made his day. That was really heartwarming. 

Later the hospital called and said the laser broke again. Doh! So no surgery after all next Monday. That was a definite down. Methinks the hospital should invest in a backup laser. 

Getting home from work, taking a shower, and relaxing was the up I needed to end a long day. 

I hope you have a super-fantastic Saturday today and don’t get too sunburned. Godspeed, my friend!