Wednesday Medley

It's a very windy and wet Wednesday here and time to join Terri for another round of the Wednesday Medley! Thank you, Terri! You can find the questions right here, answer them and join everybody for the fun.

Today is National Good Samaritan Day, observed on March 13th and is also known as Good Samaritan Involvement Day. This is a day for unselfish actions to help those in need and to celebrate kindness.

The term “good Samaritan” comes from the Bible parable where a Samaritan helped a stranger who had been robbed and beaten and left to die by the side of the road.  The Samaritan not only cleaned the man’s wounds and clothed him, but took him to an inn where he paid for the man’s care.

The term is used today to describe those who perform acts of kindness for those in need, especially those who are strangers.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Make an effort to help someone who is struggling or having a problem. Use #GoodSamaritanDay to post on social media.

I will do my best to find somebody in need and help them out!

1. When did someone come to your rescue and can you tell us about it?

Our friend Fred helps me out quite often with things around the house. He certainly helped me get the motorcycle and the shed taken care of not too long ago. They weren’t so much of a jam as they were huge problems that kept me awake at night. 

There is one time I remember after DH had his quad bypass when he wasn’t supposed to be exerting himself. But of course he never paid attention. Here is a very short version of what happened. 

After purchasing a classic 1975 Harley with a sidecar, DH discovered it had some mechanical problems which he thought he could fix. So he hoisted the thing up to work under it and asked me to stand and watch while it is jacked up on the driveway to make sure everything goes all right. Now I was willing to oblige this request until I stood there about a minute thinking what exactly would I do to help him if the jack slipped? That thing weighed a ton AND since Dear Heart recently had a quad-bypass AND was taking blood thinners and other medications, any wounds are dangerous as we witnessed with his experiences with a grinder, a tiller, and trip to the emergency room. He is also not one to lay still (lie still?) while he is working! As soon as he had finished working unsuccessfully, I informed him that would be the last time EV.ER. for me to stand by ready to call 911! 

Would you believe it? About five minutes later, a complete stranger pulls up in our driveway, wants to check out the "cool" motorcycle and, before you know it, he tells my sweetheart that he is a motorcycle guy and can help him work on it. He is so clever that he pulls the motorcycle over the water thingee in the front yard so it doesn't have to be jacked up. He crawls under, does a couple of tweaks to the thing and, voila! All done. I gave him and his dog cold water, they sat in the shade, and then left. 

The very Good Samaritan that day was really an angel dressed as an Ordinary Joe.

2. When did you help someone out of a jam and can you tell us about it?

I’m a little embarrassed that I can’t think at this moment of having helped someone out of a jam recently. I always try to help people, but it is pretty much little things ... not what I’d consider a big jam or coming to their rescue. Before everybody had cell phones, I would stop on my way to work to offer rides to ladies who were in need. It seemed fairly safe seeing as how it was always during rush hour when they appeared to be on their way to work and needed help. 

3. What are your thoughts on being a good Samaritan? I think we all should be. Some states (like Florida) have even passed Good Samaritan laws so you don't get into trouble with the law for trying to help someone.

4. Thursday is National Pi Day. It's a fun play on the date 3.14. Will you have some pie to celebrate?

I have it on my calendar to bake a chocolate pie. 

5. Did you know that Pi is the most studied number in mathematics? Are you good with numbers? 

No. I do not like math, so it was surprising in my first job as secretary to controller of an insurance company that I would be handling the mortgage loans owned by the company … double entry bookkeeping. That was huge for me! Give me a formula and I can figure it out, but really, let somebody else do it. My brother and all Jay’s family have a gift for numbers. 

6. Tell us something random about your week.

It is a fairly quiet week. On Monday I attended the Memory Support Group meeting which was most encouraging and I took as many notes as I could keep up with. The speaker was so interesting, I could have listened as long as he could have gone on. He shared a lot of good information, most of which I knew, but being reminded helps you to put things in perspective. Tuesday I actually made myself go shopping because I needed to replace a pair of black slacks and, since Chico's was having a 40% off, I bought a few things and came out pretty good! They gave me an extra 10% off because for the third time they had lost me in their system. That was very annoying, but I patiently waited for them to make the correction. So I immediately went to the closet to pull out some things I never really wore and will take them to give away. Tomorrow I'm having lunch with friends and Thursday taking the dog to the groomer. She's been fairly expensive this week as she just had her dental cleaning also! Yikes!