I Should Have Stayed at Home Today

      It was a nice day outside, and my arthritic knee felt good. So I decided to go out, get some sun, some money, and do some shopping and errands. I knew it would only take me about an hour to do what I had to do before my knee would go out of its socket. I planned my road trip carefully. I took an ibuprofen for the pain. I chose to take the shortest routes between each errand for maximum results.

      The night before, I had loaned my car to one of my young nieces. When I opened the door, I couldn't get in. The seat was pushed forward, almost into the steering wheel. I had to sit sideways on the edge of the seat, start the car, then move the electric seat back so I could get in, adjust the mirrors, etc.

      Next, I couldn't find the seat belt extension that I needed for the drivers seat. After looking everywhere in the car, I could tell I was getting frustrated. So I wrapped the seat belt around my neck and drove off.

      The minute I turned the corner off my street, I remembered I left my wallet and drivers license at the house. I drove back home to get them.

      I walked back upstairs, irritated and in pain. Despite taking the ibuprofen, my arthritic knee was hurting more than a little as I went inside. I found my wallet, sat down and caught my breath for the trip to start over again. I took a small face cloth and put it in my purse because already I was perspiring from the humidity outside and my inner aggravation.

      I sat down on the side of my bed to get some perspective on what had already happened to me. The trip I was looking forward to having didn’t seem so inviting to me anymore. Hot, bothered and in pain, I decided to stay home and instead, do some work on my laptop computer.

      My laptop was on my bed, and I used it Carrie Bradshaw of Sex in the City style. When I opened the cover, I noticed some crumbs on the keyboard. I picked up my small Dirt Devil to vacuum them off. The Dirt Devil promptly sucked up the shift button on the left side. 

      I turned off the machine, dismantled the vacuum, rummaged through the dirt and dust and picked out the shift button. After cleaning it off, I tried to put it back the best I could. The button was useless. Now I couldn't capitalize unless I pressed really hard on the button, which slides off at will.

      I now need a computer geek to fix it along with the up button arrow on the right side of the laptop that doesn't work. It decided to stick no matter how hard I pushed it.

Guess what I'm going to do now?

TAKE A NAP!!

Why? Because I should have stayed home today.