Only 42 minutes...

Getting ready to go anywhere is a process unless of course it's out to do chores. If I am going out to work, I simply put a hat on, pull on a cart-hart, pull the big riding winter boots on and off I go. No one cares that I haven't brushed my teeth,  No one cares I am wearing pj's under the winter work-clothes. Now...with a broken leg, a large cast with a rubber boot so I don't slip, getting ready is a bit more of a challenge.
Church, however, or going out in public, needs just a bit of a different approach.  I usually attenpt to look a better- bathed, freshened and looking a bit more acceptable.   Bathing with a boot or a cast does present a bit more of a challenge.  So this morning I was determined to get a bath and get dressed before I scooted downstairs for the day. It only took me 42 minutes. I was thrilled and when Jim met me at the bottom of the stairs (he heard the clump, clump of my crutches on the stairs) he even said I looked good. Clean, hair done, good clothes on, earrings and make-up... and it only took 42 minutes. That is a-lot of time just to look good, or should I say look a bit improved from crawling out of bed.

So what does it take you 42 minutes to do?  In 42 minutes we could drive to Owatonna. In 42 minutes minutes I could make  really good supper, eat it and clean up the dishes... all from a rolling walker.  In 42 minutes we could go to Menard's, go through our list and maybe even check out providing the rest of Rochester isn't shopping at the same time.  In 42 minutes I could listen to the sermon again and take notes on what I missed.  In 42 minutes I could get possibly 5 pieces of my puzzle put together. In 42 minutes I can write a few letters and find a stamp and envelope and push myself to the washing machine where we always put mail before they get to the mail box.
In 42 minutes, I can talk to my kiddo in Singapore and find out what's happening in her world.  In 42 minutes I can eat several handfuls of my favorite treat; Dark Chocolate covered Acai from Costco.  So what can you do in 42 minutes?
Tomorrow, I probably won't worry quite as much if I look nice or simply acceptable since I probably won't leave the house so probably a 15 minute approach to getting ready will be more practical.