{"id":39148,"date":"2019-10-05T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=39148"},"modified":"2019-10-05T22:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:29:25","slug":"happy-trails-part-171-wheres-my-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=39148","title":{"rendered":"Happy Trails, Part 171: Where’s my calendar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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People have told me this would happen. It did. Today.<\/p>\n

I went to the grocery store to purchase a few items. I had a coupon I intended to redeem for one of the items I purchased.<\/p>\n

The cashier began ringing up my groceries. Then we had a conversation that went something like this:<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> I have a coupon I would like to redeem.<\/p>\n

Cashier:<\/strong> Thank you, sir. Oh, wait a minute. This coupon is expired.<\/p>\n

Me<\/strong>: What do you mean? It says it expires on the Fourth of October. Today is the Third.<\/p>\n

Cashier:<\/strong> No, sir. It’s the Fifth. The coupon expired yesterday.<\/p>\n

Me<\/strong>: Huh? Are you sure?<\/p>\n

Cashier:<\/strong> Yes. It’s the Fifth.<\/p>\n

There you have it. I lost track of the day. I didn’t know what day it was. Oh sure, I knew in the moment that today is Saturday. I just didn’t know the day of the month.<\/p>\n

The young lady who rang up my groceries was nice enough to apologize. “I’m very sorry, sir,” she said. “Hey, no worries,” I told her. “I’m the dunderhead, not you.”<\/p>\n

So it goes. My retired friends told me they lose track of the days of the week as well. I generally have laughed it off. It’ll never happen. Not to me. I’ve still got enough of my marbles to know what day of the week it is.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Hah! As of today, I no longer am certain of it. However, my life as a retired American is still quite wonderful.<\/p>\n\n

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