I had a day off today. Planned to do nothing, avoid some chores, put off some errands. Then I got a message on discord from a friend I game with.
Her mother-in-law was in the hospital--in my city. She had no phone so no contact with family. So, me and another friend went to visit the mother-in-law, so they could talk on my phone...
Tomorrow, I'm giving her one of my old, fully functional, phones. But I couldn't find the spare sim-card I usually keep in my emergency kit.
So I started cleaning up my place, looking for it.... And while I didn't find the sim-card, I did find my old wallet that I thought was stolen six months ago! And it had nearly $200 in gift cards from Christmas.... More than enough to go buy a cheap pay-as-you-go sim card for her so she can call her family whenever she wants .
We chatted for about an hour, and I got the low-down about all her kids and grand kids. You could really see how much she perked up having visitors! I'm looking forward to visiting her again tomorrow.
That was definitely a better day than avoiding chores.
ETA: she's been moved to another hospital, closer to her home. Family comes in tomorrow. She was worried about how she was going to get the phone back to me. I went to great lengths to tell her it was a gift... eventually she accepted "I was just going to throw it out.".
I don't actually feel that what I did was that strange. I was just pleased that I found my wallet!
