This morning my body did not want
to uncurl and move. However, I
promised to meet a friend on campus and give her some of my time and
assistance. I showered, packed
Pippy with ‘poop’ for the PP, took a quick unexpected call from another friend,
replied to emails, dropped checks off at the bank, mailed all the bills I paid
last night and arrived only 10 minutes late for our appointment.
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| Duck Family |
One of the first things I spotted
on campus was a duck family. The
wildlife at school always makes me smile.
That was good energy which I needed to drag myself up the long flights
of stairs up to Lita’s office.
Lita has been working on her goal (BS degree) for twelve years! Taking 1 or 2 classes each term. Talk about dedication, that makes three
years of Penny Palace construction pale in comparison. I reviewed her Senior Project and made
a few suggestions. After 3 hours,
there was red ink all over 6 pages - with 14 pages left untouched. But I had to
leave.
Lita had saved 10 photocopy paper
boxes for me and we loaded those into Pippy. As I was about to get on the freeway, I noticed the
passenger window was down and door unlocked. I was going to just pull over to the curb, but was ‘nudged’
to stop at the gas station instead.
Of course while I was stopped I walked the gas pumping area. Nudging, “Go inside”. I went inside and did not see any
coins. Tina: “Angels you are
wasting my time today. Stop
it”. I looked around the store a
second time. Still no coins. “OK Angels I am leaving”. As I walked out of the store I glanced
back to see a penny through the window, but under a magazine rack. I was just
going to return quietly into the store and get the penny. Nudging, “Go to the truck and get a
Penny Card first”. Tina, “I’m in a
hurry and don’t wanna!” Nudging:
“Do It Anyway!”
I obtained a Penny Card from the
truck and returned into the store.
Got down on both knees, nose almost to the floor and reached for the
penny. Came up with fingers full
of dust. Went outside again to get
better visual coordinates. Back
down on the floor. There were no
customers when I started this adventure.
The cashier by now was wondering why I was stretching under the rack of
men’s magazines? I triumphantly
retrieved the penny (Coin #1) and gave him the Penny Card in exchange saying,
“I needed a penny today for my Penny Tale”. I turned to walk away when he said, “WAIT!”
I stood aside as a customer walked
up to the cash register, then another, then another. The store had been empty when I reached for the penny
the first time. Suddenly there
were at least 10 other persons in the store and trying to pay for their
items. The young Cashier, Romeo,
kept gesturing for me to wait. I
was growing impatient and wanting to leave, but that would be rude. Tina’s question: “Dear Angels - WHY am
I standing here on pause like this when I have things to do?”
Finally another cashier took over
and Romeo came over to speak with me.
He said, “PLEASE tell me more.
I felt something when you handed me that Penny Card”. So I spoke with him for 10-15 minutes
about various topics. He shook my
hand several times and said, “Thank you so much for this time of sharing”. OK Angels, I guess maybe THAT was what
I was supposed to be doing.
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| Lunch Munch |
I arrived at the Penny Palace to
find Doc and Jim having lunch. Doc
had found a nickel when stopping for their Hawaiian fast food lunch. (Coin #2) Evidently on the way down the mountain from the men’s
retreat they were discussing job safety and how even tasks like painting could
be dangerous. Little did they know
… That’s about when Doc noticed my
bruises. “Well Honey … a few
things happened while you were out of town…”
Doc took Jim to the airport and
then returned to the Penny Palace.
We packed up, then locked all the doors (see yesterday’s Penny
Tale).
We were
driving separate vehicles. Doc
motioned to me to stop at 7-11 for a beverage. He picked up a quarter and two pennies as soon as he hopped
out of the van. (Coins #3-5) His comment, “We make a good team. It’s
good to be back together. Now YOU
just need to get a dime to complete the Hit for the Cycle for today.” I walked into the store and immediately
spotted one coin under a display. I quickly snatched it and kept walking. Opened my hand to discover the requested
dime! (Coin #6)
Doc and I then spent several hours
obtaining new cell phones. That task is even more undesirable than bra or shoe
shopping. It makes dentist visits
seem fun in comparison. We got the
simplest phones we could find - which is about 10 times more complex than I
want.
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