Wonderland Going Down The Rabbit Hole 2

A. Looking Glass House 1. Reflections

A. Looking Glass House 1. Reflections
We just got through a tupsy turvy 2023. Reflect on lessons learned and how you will use them in the year 2024.

I had knee replacement in August 2023. You have to go to Therapy 2 times a week and it was a 50 minute drive. It was rough. My husband was the one driving. Hopefully, I won't need surgery on anything this year but I will be going to Therapy closer to home for now on. Like 15 minutes away. Going to Therapy that far away and all the traffic. My husband drove but being a country person and traffic is just awful.

All the medical tests you have to have for knee replacement. I was waiting on them to call me to get tests done. Two weeks to go, I call them. I am supposed to make my own arrangements to schedule tests. I just made it under the deadline. If I need medical tests this year, I will be calling them making arrangements a month in advance.

I got a urine test done at the local hospital, they lost it! They didn't know I had been there. The next time I had one done, I told them to be sure my Doctor got it. For now on, I will call the Urologist three days later and ask if they got it. No more waiting for an appointment, I scheduled 3 weeks ahead of time, you go in and they tell you they never got your urine results. You have to call and take care of things yourself with medical stuff. I didn't know I would still be doing Nursing stuff when I retired.

My father died in November 2023. It was rough and my mother needed help with rearrangements and she wasn't quite with it. I ordered flowers and she was upset. She wanted white roses for his casket. We got white roses and I had a big pot of pink and red roses on the floor by the casket. My cousin, son and sister had their own views about things. Mom and I were upset but we got our way but there were some disputes. The lesson? It should have been mine and Mom's decision on how to plan the funeral. My sister and son live 600 miles away. The flowers lesson. I guess I should have let Mom do what she wanted with the flowers.

That was my year. I hope I don't have to plan another funeral but if I do, I will just take care of it myself.