Costco Let Me Down Again

I don't understand Costco, especially the Costco here (in my 'new' town).

My local Costco often fails to have in stock an item I regularly need/buy. I did not have this problem at the Costco in Michigan when we lived there.

My Michigan friends tell me what a wonderful selection of gluten free items their Costco has. Ours has a couple of those items, but not as many as my Michigan friends have. I don't understand.

Last week, as I prepared to take a child for surgery, I spent a lot of time on the phone with medical staff in preparation. The day before surgery, I was told that my child would have to consume clear broth and crackers before she was allowed to leave the hospital. I knew I would have to bring with  me to the hospital all of the food for a child with a long list of allergies. I had to wait until someone could sit with my injured child before I could head out to shop. The night before surgery, I headed to Costco for boxes of organic chicken broth - all allergen free and safe for my child. COSTCO. WAS. OUT. OF. CHICKEN. BROTH. AND. DID. NOT. KNOW. WHEN. THEY. WOULD. HAVE. MORE.

I have lost count of the number of times something similar has happened. Costco is like a glorified dollar store - you can't count on any item being in stock, and for reasons I do not understand, Michigan stores carry a better variety of all-natural, organic, and allergen free food items than the stores in the middle of the country.

Frustrating.

Pink

A week and a half after ankle surgery, the girl moved from a temporary soft splint to a hard cast, today. She chose pink.

The doctors at the bone clinic are always running behind. Hubby waited in the car with the girl until her name was called, then we brought her inside. She stays much calmer that way. The staff members almost make up for the extreme wait. They are excellent with autism. I appreciate that. I like the visual aid offered to my daughter to allow her to choose a cast color:

I still don't understand why any sane or intelligent person would choose to build a bone clinic on a steep hillside. The parking lot is not friendly to folks on crutches or in wheelchairs or using knee scooters.

NotChristmas Songs

December is here and radio stations are playing holiday tunes. Some radio station playlists are incredibly limited and I become weary of the same songs by the same artists over and over. I wish that secular stations would add Christian artists to station playlists. There are some fun arrangements of by Christian artists that would add needed variety to radio station playlists this time of year.

I change the channel when a NotChristmas song begins to play. "My Favorite Things" from "Sound of Music" is not a Christmas song. Neither are "Another Old Lang Syne" and "Last Christmas" and the worst NotChristmas song ever, "Christmas Shoes".

If radio station managers would get rid of NotChristmas songs, they would have more room on playlists for a wider variety of Christmas songs. 

Please, radio stations. Break the rules, let it go, widen your genre, open your playlists at Christmastime. Add some Larnelle Harris, Sandie Patty, Young Messiah Tour, more Amy Grant, some Michael W Smith, Stephen Curtis Chapman, play country tunes on pop stations and pop tunes on country stations this time of year.

My two cents worth of opinion.

Sincerely,

 

Broken Ankle

We have had an interesting week for a child with ASD. A slip down the staircase ended in ankle surgery.

Diary entry:

Hospital bracelet:

Recovery room. "Mom, please hold my hand."

Surgeon's autograph: