WEEKLY
UPDATE 12/2/2012
I
got to watch the Buffalo Bills game today, because they played Jax,
and the Jags are Savannah's “home team”. Although we're in
Georgia, we're closer to Jacksonville that we are to Atlanta. I
enjoyed watching the victory, of course, but I also enjoyed watching
the rain and cold from my 75 degree, sunny atmosphere here in the
south. As for the Lions, I guess nothing is going to go right for
them – what a heartbreaker.
Something
different happened at MOW this Thursday. I don't think
it possible not to have "favorites" among the
people that I deliver to. One of my favorites died
earlier in the day. She wasn't on my list, but was
listed as "in the hospital". She was what we
might think of as 'white trash' or a 'cracker' - poor
white woman from the hills. If she could sing or write
music, she might be a Loretta Lynn, a coal miners
daughter, or a Dolly Parton with her coat of many
colors. She couldn't get out of her chair, but she
always had a smile & almost always asked about my
grandchildren. Since my car is rather unique, many
recognize it as the MOW delivery person, & I was
followed as I went to one of my houses by a pickup that
pulled up & parked behind me. The lady got out,
introduced herself & told me she was Mrs
Vandoltran's daughter & tearfully told me her mom
had "passed". She said I was a favorite of her
moms & she wanted me to know. And at the house where
she told me, the caregiver (granddaughter? paid
employee?) was skinny again, so I asked if she'd had the
baby. Yes, it was a boy & he was asleep. The cycle
of life - right there on MOW.
I
found out this week that if you are involved in an auto
accident more than once in a year, the state of Georgia
allows your insurance company to cancel your insurance.
I found out when I received a letter saying that my
insurance wouldn't be renewed and I have until December
28 to find someplace else. So, I'm going to be without
wheels. I know I could probably get insurance through
another company, in a high risk pool, but I think that
if I'm such a great risk, I'd better stay off the
streets before I hurt someone. It is not easy to live
in America without a car, but I also can't spend all my
limited resources on keeping the car on the road. If
that's what I I decide to do, I'm going to have to find
a way to figure this out, and I have until the end of
December. So, I have some big decisions to make. It
may be difficult to compose an upbeat “weekly update”
about all the fun things I do if I can't get out of the
condo, but it looks as if I'm heading in that direction. If you haven't already visited me here, I think you're out of luck now, because i won't even be able to get to the airport to pick you up, let alone drive you around to visit all the wonderful sites in this grand city.
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