The old saying,
Man plans, God laughs,
doesn’t apply to me. I have Possibility lists rather than To Do lists, and I generate all sorts of plans, but I’m seldom wedded to any of them.
I read this quote the other day, and it suits me better:
If Plan A doesn’t work there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.
Andy and I have been reviewing what happened in the hospital and discussing what we would do differently if the same thing happens again. So last night we packed a small duffel bag with a tooth brush and toothpaste, three changes of socks and underwear, and reading material. If he needs the bag I will toss in his electric razor before getting it to him.
Last time he called me around 6 pm and the ambulance didn’t leave town until almost 7:30 — I would have had plenty of time to get a bag over to him. Of course, things seldom happen exactly the same, and that’s all right. We’ll just come up with something else.
. . . ” there are 25 more letters in the alphabet. ” I love that!
but my gosh. the ambulance didn’t leave town until 7:30?
that seems incredible in ANY situation! must less a life threatening one!
maybe I’m just not understanding it correctly. I never discount that possibility! 🙂
Yes, I was surprised too — apparently they had trouble finding transport. I wasn’t worried because in critical cases they fly people to the new hospital — I figured they didn’t think Andy’s case needed immediate attention.
I haven’t had any emergency situations to handle in a long time and so have not had to plan for one in the recent past. I am however confident that if a situation should arise, I should be able to come up with the necessary action without much ado. In any case, I live in a metropolis where just about everything including two major hospitals are within two kilometer distance. I can however understand your need to be prepared considering where you live.
Yes, 100 miles makes a difference, and the Mayo Clinic is about 1200 miles away. It’s best to include the joys of problem solving as part of our comfort zone.
I was recently reading about “to do lists” and how many of the items can be scrapped forever…especially “things” that don’t matter. And I found that it was a great reminder of “things” I never do now, which if I did them, would eat up lots of my time…one of those “things” had to do with being “tidy and tidying up”
Just a couple of things on my list today that relate to “other” one of which I have ticked off – phone prop/manager re: letter about new fibre optics cabling; the other will also be a phone call but that will be after she returns my call re: time frame for short VP trip…