Day by Day with Camille

 I became acquainted with this blog/newsletter via The Letter Exchange, which I have mentioned in a previous post. As a person who delights in sending and receiving handwritten correspondence, I am delighted to share with you this site which promotes the art of the hendwritten letter!  Please have a look, and enjoy! Then, write a letter! 

 Earlier this afternoon, I purchased a stunning Sterling Miraculous medal, and an 18 inch Sterling chain for it at Avis Jewelers, right here in Thomasville, NC. They were very polite and helpful, and imagine my surprise when I received a 25 percent discount on both items! Very happy customer!  I had been looking for a celebratory item, as I recently completed RCIA and became "officially" Catholic. My Dad, Delmer Green, had joined the Church in the spring of 1986, and I had wanted to then, as well, but because of societal and familial issues, I decided to just do the training then, along with my Dad, but not formally join the Church. He was getting enough backlash over joining; my doing it too would have made things worse for both of us. My Dad's sponsor, Gloria Leonard, and the priest at Our Lady of the Highways at the time, Father John Murphy, both knew it.  Thanks to Avis Jewelers, I have a beautiful gift to celebrate my becoming Catholic!

Sometime in the predawn hours of this morning (it was still dark outside; I would say it was between 2 and 3 am), my dog Ellie started barking, and my birds Ric and Earl were making noises and moving around under their covers. I heard some gunfire, that sounded really close to us. I got up in the dark, and went and sat in the living room floor to be close to Ellie, Ric, and Earl, and Finneas and Petra were in their bowl in the kitchen. Ellie was agitated. I petted her and she licked my hand. After awhile, we all calmed down, and I went back to bed. Ellie stayed with Ric and Earl; she has been sleeping in there with them lately. My mom was oblivious; all she did was complain later in the morning that my girl Ellie was barking. 

At 10:30 this morning, I arrived at the CVS store on Westchester Drive in High Point NC, to pick up a prescription for my mother. When I walked in the main door of the store, I noticed that the pharmacy area was dark, and the privacy screen that is normally used when they are giving vaccinations was in front of the pharmacy counter. The automated phone system kept saying: "Welcome to CVS Pharmacy.", over and over. I asked a cashier at the front store counter about why the pharmacy wasn't open, and when it might be. As it turns out, she was an employee that normally works in the pharmacy itself, and she said that the pharmacist had "called out", and that they could not open the pharmacy without a pharmacist on duty. She apologized for the inconvenience, and went on to tell me that the district store manager was trying to find a pharmacist for that store, and they were hoping to be open by lunch, but that so far they had not heard back from him about anything defi...

Yesterday afternoon my dog Ellie and I took my mom to Walgreens on Julian Avenue here in Thomasville for a 230 appointment for a flu vaccine. She was inside for a really long time. She wasn't given ANY of the normal paperwork they are legally obligated to give regarding any vaccine that you are given, let alone a receipt. She said they told her that there was a glitch in their online system, and they couldn't see any information that people had put online, so she had to fill it out again. She also said that she heard the pharmacy staff tell people that it would be a 16 hour wait for any prescriptions that were dropped off, and that at least 2 customers told her that they were moving their prescriptions to other pharmacies. At the same time they were making vaccination customers with scheduled appointments wait over an hour, the pharmacy staff said that your appointment was cancelled if you weren't already there at the exact minute of your appointment time. Although how they...

Between 230 and 300 this afternoon, Ellie and I were taking a walk in the front yard, and we noticed a woman approaching. She was walking along the Old Thomasville Rd., coming from town(Thomasville). She staggered out into one lane of the road, and a charcoal grey SUV honked its horn at her to move out of the road.  She stood in Penny Road for a few minutes and looked at me and Ellie, then started moving towards us. She had a small black backpack, and another black drawstring bag that looked like the kind you might carry a water bottle in. She was white, with blonde hair, and had on red shorts and a white shirt. I estimated that she was around my age(58), plus or minus 5 years.  She appeared to be either inebriated or high. She called "Hey, Lady", to me as she moved toward Ellie and me. I was at the same time moving towards the house with Ellie. She asked about what breed of dog Ellie was, and told me that she'd had a Chihuahua once. Part of the time, she shielded her eye...

First item is an essential oil blend that I mixed to ease my seasonal allergies. It has an olive oil base, and I included eucalyptus, lemon, peppermint, rosemary, and lavender essential oils. Not only does it help my allergies, but it smells wonderful! This item is mouthwash. It is water-based, with peppermint, wintergreen, and spearmint essential oils added. Much better than any mouthwash that I have been able to buy recently.