Funeral, Trip To, Growth, Untouched Items, and Resetting

 Headed to Hermitage, my

old stomping grounds. 

Do you sometimes 

wonder if you are not 

suppose to get somewhere cause

things just seem to keep

delaying you?

I do, when I was younger

I did not listen to those events

but now I do.

Yesterday, I knew I had to head

to town, and there was

two reasons for going,

to be with Julie and to say 

good bye to her brother, 

Wayner.

However, the last two 

weeks have been hard,

but I pushed that behind me

and got ready, but only after

I sit there and lost track 

of time. I had already taken 

my shower, but there was makeup

and getting dressed. 

I managed, after years of doing

this for work, I have the makeup

down to a science. Deciding on 

what black dress to wear was 

a little harder. It's a woman thing,

to have more than one black dress

and do have issues deciding which

one to wear.

All that done, I headed out the 

door and part of the way down

the road, I realized I forgot

my handkerchief. Oh well, I was

not going back. They would have

tissues at the funeral home.

What? Not even off my road I 

get behind a semi pulling 

logs, slowly around the curves 

of my road. 

Finally, I was able to by the 

truck, only after about 20 mins, but 

I had to stop for gas. 

Gas gotten, interstate travel,

and moving really well.

Interstate 70 miles per hour,

but I always manage to do more.

Don't panic, I don't do over 80.

Reason~ I messed around with my

car settings a couple of years ago.

I set a thing called my key. I will

stop me from going any faster

then 80. 

Anyway, be bopping down the 

road and I hit a backup.

Changing interstates from 

one to merging to the other, 

there was a wreck. I saw no

ambulance so I am sure no one

was badly hurt, but the accident

was blocking my route. Thirty 

mins. 

Yay, it was cleared up and I 

was again on my way. 

Almost there, off the interstate

and in Hermitage. Four lanes, 

I needed the far lane to turn, 

and I get behind Mr. Poke Along.

On the road the funeral home is 

on, and there is a back up, 

two lanes and they were

walking on the road. That was 

only 5 mins and I was finally 

parking. Get out of the car and 

I slip! Caught myself so 

all was well.

Lots of signs I should have

stayed home but my friends,

Julie the sister, Lisa the cousin

and Vic, grew up with Wayne 

and Julie, needed support. Not

saying that they could not get that

from others, but for me, I had

to be there.

Coming home, 

traffic, nerves, dark, and I was 

just traveling along when all of a 

sudden at 70 miles per hour, a semi

started into my lane and not in front of 

me, it would have been on top of me.

The horn and me hitting my brakes, took

the semi back to his lane.

But on top of all that....

My heart is still aching for 

Julie and her family.

I get asked all the time if I 

enjoy where I live now? I live in a really

rural area compared

to where I have always lived.

I married at 20, and some years

later, my father in law, wanted

to purchase a home and land

near them. First off, I did not

want to live in that area and 

second, I did not wish to 

live that far out in the middle

of nothing. Although, it is all

grown now. I have my issues

living out here but the plus to it 

all is I am away from the 

growth of Nashville. The area in 

which I lived had started down

hill. Nashville was growing all

around me. It got to the point that

the errands I use to run took longer

with all the traffic. 

Answer to that question,

YES. I will get through

the issues I have.

Like everyone around the US.,

I continue to hear about the damage

of the fires in LA. Also, seeing a lot

of pics. Here are a few I 

saw this morning.

The irony of these pics,

pics of things left untouched

from the fire, when all around

it burned.

So horrible.

Here are a few more pics

of untouched items.

Here in the south we are

feeling for the folks out in 

Calif., however, our hearts

still bleed for those folks

still with no place to live in 

NC. 

Told a friend in Calif. just

yesterday, I feel like our world

is still upside down with all

we have been through in the last

five years. The earth tried to  

reset itself in 2020, and it makes

me wonder, if it's still trying. 

What are your thoughts on 

the things the earth is 

dealing with?

Pam