11-26-25 Sr Christmas Dinner
I had a good day at work. I accomplished a lot and stayed calm. I decided that I would go and serve for the senior Christmas dinner at Colombo Lodge. It is always such a joy to see everyone so happy and enjoying a nice turkey dinner for five dollars. I think it is. All the money goes to charities as the supplies are all donated. We really have an incredible city here. There were so many people there to help prep ever since Friday and as many again to help serve tonight, including firemen and policemen. The student ambassadors always come out in force to help as well.
It was especially nice for me when John came and mentioned that I was missed helping him set up this year. He knows I am as particular about the table setting as he is, and it caused a lot of stress having to reset things. I assured him I would be there next year.
Feel my negative in the day and really I didn’t let it bother me. Is that a woman that I know from salt Spring Island asked me a couple months ago to join her June’s journey team. It’s a game of seek and find. I told her at the time I was very busy and that I would be away for a good chunk of time, but I will give it a try. It turns out she is very competitive and freaked out a little in the message for space so I decided that it wasn’t for me. I don’t play games on my iPad to add more stress to my life. She messaged me a little bit rudely about how I didn’t have time to play the game, but I didn’t have time to put up all those pictures on Facebook during my trip. I took a breath and just told her that if we were going to lose a friendship over a silly game so be it. She did respond that that was not her intention and she would like you to keep playing with them, but I have already decided. I am not going to. I am only accepting joy in my life if I can control it.
Donna did message me tonight while I was serving dinners that uncle Lawrence fell down the stairs at the house tonight and bang his head hard and is pretty bruised up and he was brought by ambulance to Cranbrook. They are going to do a CT and she is with him. There’s a part of me that thinks I should probably go there and be with her but the other part is tired out and I’m on the edge of getting a cold so I have taken a pill for nighttime relief and I am going to sleep.
triumphgal 