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October in Review: Sunday, October 27, 2013

It may be a few days early to review October, but since I begin my November Goals Spreadsheet today I thought I would review the past four weeks. October (up to this point) has been an interesting and somewhat stressful month. I say somewhat stressful because I suspect it could have been worse; however, I always think everything can get or could be worse. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to look on the dark side and sometimes think that "the glass is half empty" instead of "half full". On this brisk Autumn morning, I am not feeling that way, I am looking on the bright side and enjoying the nice fall temperatures after Las Vegas' "long hot summer.

This morning, I had to manually reboot the cable modem again this month. This is a rare occurrence, which might happen once a year or so. This is the first time I have had to reboot it twice in one month. It is not difficult to do, I do not even have to call technical support when it happens now. If I need to reboot the modem, I simply unplug or turn the modem or turn the surge protector off. Normally, I unplug the modem, plug it back in, and wait for all the lights to come on. If I can learn to do something myself, I will because I do not like calling technical support for every minor irritation or hiccup in the system.

I received a Tree in a Box, at an event I attended on October 19 which I have to plant the seeds before the first Wednesday in November. November 6 is my next grief counseling group meeting. I received the tree seeds at the Smile Again Celebration and my counselor ask everyone in the group to plant their tree before the next meeting. I need to purchase a container to put the tree in and I cannot do that until after November 1 or 3, my Social Security check is supposed to hit my bank account sometime between the fist and the third of the month. Since the third is on a Sunday, it should it the bank on Friday, November 1; however, this month it did not arrive until October 4, so I will wait until after I see the money in my account to plan a tree to the nursery.

Planting Trees

Plant a tree for someone who has passed
beyond this dark veil
and stepped into paradise.

Food for Thought: “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” - Anonymous