Please make it easy - Day 20

 Since getting fully vaccinated and waiting two weeks, we've cautiously ventured out.  Even though it's nice to know that we are more protected now than before, I still want to be careful.  Now we have some catching up to do.  Dentist appointments, Doctor visits, Eye Doctors and more.  I felt a bit overwhelmed and anxious thinking about it all.  Plus I have had agoraphobia and going outside my comfort zone has been problematic at times. 

I am very much into talking with my angels, pulling angel cards, doing angel readings for others. I've taken some really amazing classes with Radleigh Valentine that were so helpful. So I asked my angels and spirit buddies to help make all this easier.  

Sunday night before going to bed I decided to write a list of things I wanted to get done on Monday.

1) Write my blog

2) Pay bills

3) See if I could renew our driver's license online

4) Renew prescriptions

5) Go to Lowe's

6) See what it takes to make some changes with our insurance plan.

I managed to do everything on the list in the morning except Lowes.  But after lunch I got a 2nd surge of energy, so we went to Lowes to see about ordering a new slide in stove top.  I felt a little anxious when we left but kept thinking about my angel crew helping me and doing some mental tapping.   Would you believe they can't even order one until the middle of June? I had to laugh because that was easy.  I mean we didn't have to stand around waiting for paperwork and all that.  We have one burner that will work sometimes.  I also bought a single burner hot plate and may order another. 

On the way home we stopped at the grocery store and picked up some fried chicken and a rotisserie chicken. That was a nice treat and will make meals easier. 

I emailed my brother to see if he could come over and help me get my printer working again.  He's my computer guy and if it wasn't for him I'm not at all sure I'd be online. 

This morning he came over and again I asked my Angel group to help make this printer work again and to make it easier.  Archangel Michael is the angel to call to help fix things including electronics. 

 

Now my printer is working again. 

I have a dental appointment tomorrow afternoon and instead of just calling in one angel I am going to take them all with me and hopefully that will be easy too.

So if you have something that's difficult or makes you anxious just call on your angels for help.  You probably won't hear a voice from the clouds but you could get some new thoughts or see a feather, some coins or you will be nudged to look at your clock or watch and see 3:33, 11:11 or other special numbers.  There are so many ways our angels can help us and again 



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Grocery Shopping at Home

 Years ago when I experienced agoraphobic at its strongest I dreaded grocery shopping.  But we needed food.  Hubby was working and I couldn't expect him to work and shop too.  So I'd force myself to go even though I never knew when I'd have a debilitating panic attack.   Forget standing in line!  Grocery shopping or any other shopping tired me out for days.  I wished I could buy groceries for a month and never have to step into the store for weeks.

Eventually with therapy and coping tools I learned I did get better, although I've never been one to enjoy going to malls and shops. 

Fast forward 55 years...  Hubby has been retired for many years and we grocery shop together.  I actually enjoy it now - or did until the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 arrived.  We are up in years and have been advised to stay out of stores and stay home.   It's been nine months now.  For a while we shopped as early as possible after the store opened to avoid the crowds.  That's when they had special hours for older folks and those who's health has been compromised.   But the virus started spreading faster, more people were catching it and truthfully I didn't want to go anyplace. I'm not scared of dying but not of this virus.   So a friend, who had been shopping online for awhile, guided me how she does it.  At first the idea really didn't appeal to me because I like to see what I'm ordering. I didn't want someone else picking out my fresh fruits, meat and vegetables. Truth be told, I was really skeptical.

At first I tried a small pickup order after learning how to order online. That was the fun part ordering groceries on an app on my ipad.  We did the pick up and whoever did the shopping was very good.  The vegetables were nice and my order was just what I would have done myself.

After another pickup I discovered the store offered a 15 day trial for free delivery.   I read some posts by others who were not happy with their experiences, some local and others national so my skepticism spoke up again.  But some were really happy with it.

Surprise surprise, it was a wonderful experience!!!  I signed up for a year for free delivery at what I feel is a very reasonable price.  Now I'm hooked!  After we shopped we were both worn out for the rest of the day.  But with free delivery all we do is bring the groceries in, wipe them down and put them away.  I sit in my recliner and order our food and have it delivered.  What a joy.  I would have loved this 55 years ago.  After the pandemic is over I intend to continue to shop online and have our groceries delivered.  Sure I might go the store for some things like fresh cooked fried chicken. I'm really missing that.  

I just hope that being isolated for so long won't trigger more panic when we are safe to go back out.  If so, I do have more help than I did in the past.  

I belong to a wonderful Emotional Freedom Tapping group Thriving Now.   I've learned so much about emotional healing and freedom here.  I also use meditation.  The App Calm is good for calming with breathing and focusing on the now.   I belong to an agoraphobia group on Facebook where we help each other with understanding and not feeling so alone.