On an Otherwise Ordinary Friday..

 

Christmas Tree 2024

The Christmas tree was finally taken down and stored in the garage for another year.  The bins with the decorations have also been put away.  Now, that corner of the family room looks quite bare!

In addition to removing the tree, I also decluttered several cardboard boxes I had been holding onto that were in the family room.  They are boxes that some Christmas gifts and supplies had arrived in.  I keep thinking that empty boxes will be useful, but, I think I have plenty of empty boxes for now.  These ones were recycled.  

M arrived in the evening and he replaced the bulb in the front porch, took the Christmas tree and bins to the garage, and pruned the calamondin tree and one of the big curry leaf trees, cutting them down in height to promote new growth that will be easier to reach.

Later in the evening, around 10:30 p.m., I was reading some blogs and daughter was playing a video game, when I thought I heard a knock at the front door.  "Did you hear a knock at the door?", I asked my daughter and she said no because she had her ear buds in while playing her game.  But, then, she sat up and noticed the glow of spinning red lights of an ambulance outside our house.  I opened the door and two paramedics stood there asking if I had called 911 (emergency)  I said no and they asked if anyone else was in the house with me and if they could have called 911.  I told them that my daughter was with me, but, she didn't call 911 either (and by that time, my daughter came into the living room asking what was wrong). Apparently, someone had called 911, but who?  I asked them if the house address was the same as mine and they said yes, but, I forgot to ask if the road name was the same.  

I don't know if a neighbor had called 911, but, there was no one in their front yards on the lookout for an ambulance.  I apologized to the paramedics and they left immediately.  I don't know if they had the address wrong (if so, I hope the person who had an emergency got help in time).  I sincerely hope it wasn't a prank call!  The poor paramedics probably have enough on their hands to cope with; they don't need to go on unnecessary emergency calls!  I felt rather perturbed that someone sent an ambulance to my house when it wasn't needed!

So, that was a bit of excitement on an otherwise ordinary day!  But, it was excitement that neither my daughter nor I needed or wanted!  

In the meantime, neighbor S's daughter N had seen the lights of the ambulance and had texted daughter to find out if everything was OK, and we were able to assure her that everything was fine.

For brunch, we shared the last two slices of pizza and had a piece of toast, each, as well.  For dinner, daughter had the leftover turkey keema curry with rice; I had the keema curry with leftover pancakes.

On Friday, I was grateful for:

- Paramedics answering calls for help, even if we don't know who called them to my house
- M's help with the garden, changing light bulbs, and putting away the Christmas tree and bins
- Working appliances
- Leftovers
- The firefighters are making progress on the wildfires.

Friday's joyful activity was finally taking down and putting away the Christmas tree and decorations.

Plans for Saturday might include picking up a few groceries.

How was your Friday?  What are your plans for Saturday?