✔ List = a Check in One's Spirit

My morning checklist seemed reasonably "painless." It was made in order of emails (not visible in pic) phone calls, &  errands---which were in directional order for ease and less gas consumption.
I am a frugal lady.

I have to admit I wondered which would be more painful---the 2nd pneumonia shot or waiting in a long line to vote----in what has been a less than honorable election campaign.

Pretty quickly, I had a check in my spirit because I KNOW how blessed I am to live in a country where voting is a privilege. Plus, I knew I could throw a book in my bag and a USA Today crossword I would be set regardless of the wait time.

Before I even made it to the polls, it became very evident to me that the SHOT was much more painful than the voting dilemma. It did not physically hurt, BUT I felt as if I had been "tricked" by Medicare. That was not only an emotional hurt  but a financial hurt as well.

Last year my internist suggested I receive the Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccination for adults over 65. Certainly TV adds have recently been loudly proclaiming the need for this immunization.

The polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is  given in two doses. I received my first dose, per my doc's rec,  on October 25 last year. Being a diligent rule follower, I waited the year requirement for my 2nd dose----the one with the 23 strains to fight pneumonia. BUT Medicare denied it, as reasons still unclear to me. They said they had already paid "once" & yet my "complete" dosage was to include 2 inoculations. The "system" would not budge....and frugal Dotsy had to cough up $109.99, which did not seem right.
But God quickly reminded me, via a check in my spirit, to be thankful that I could pay the $, though I still felt conned.

So I began to pray for a solution for elderly folks who could not afford it and for a repeal of the Mylan's astronomic prices (quintupled by Ms Bresch & Co.) for EpiPens, especially those needed by children.
I ripped up my entire checklist and laid all my anger before Him. Hopefully it was righteous anger spurred by a check in my spirit.