The Journey's the Thing…

The Thanksgiving week is upon us and family is coming into town for the feast!  Tonight is the night before and I have an AA commitment this evening at a nearby jail.  In preparation for that I had made a lasagna for company, since I will not be here to cook for them.  That way it will be a simple matter for those at the house to pop it in the oven and re-heat it.  (1) Unfortunately one of the caregivers felt it was alright to eat a piece yesterday for lunch.  She claims I told her there was enough, but I also remember telling her that it was for dinner tonight.  (2) Another one has an unfortunate habit of showing up 10-15 minutes late for her morning shift.  I would like them all to show up a bit early so they can overlap and ‘pass-the-baton’ in so many words.  Also, if one is late it means the previous caregiver has to stay later than they would like, possibly making them late for their day-job. (3) I came home last night hoping to eat a bowl of chili that was in the fridge and it was gone.

I think it’s time for a staff meeting and see if I can’t address these issues.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Johnnyboy

I stayed up late and watched “The Shawshank Redemption.”  It is a wonderful movie about hope, value and reward of innocence and the punishment of greed.  The downside is that I had a wicked nightmare that I was back in jail, this time for the rest of my life and all the gifts of sobriety had been taken away from me.  I woke up and immediately hit my knees and said “Thank you!”,  continued on with my daily prayer and began my day.

This is an old movie and thank God does not actually play very often in the theater of the mind.  It can be distressing, but it does remind me of what could happen if I make the choice to go back out and try drinking again–jails, institutions and death.  Not today.

Johnnyboy