Sittin' on the dock...

Be back tomorrow. Reflecting and processing life...

A Casting Call...

This is new to me.  I am now sporting a cast on my right foot. I have quickly gotten used to it and  I can  keep up with the' best of 'em' with my walker that has brakes and a seat in case I am traveling long distances!!  As Gilda Radner said, "It's always something!!"
So, I am taking a poll:  Have you ever had a cast?...where?...for how long?

Oops I Did It Again...

Last  Wednesday I made the conscious decision that I had to get out more and have more of a life.  Mom celebrated her 100th birthday, and we have the perfect caregiver to be with Flo when I am not here. There is no time like the present.
The next day I drove to see my favorite son and we had lunch together and took the Grandpup to the park to play.  Great fun to watch...lots of smiles involved in watching a dog playing with his/her owner.  No one loves you like your dog!  Then we left to have dinner with his significant other and family. The two hour drive home was sweetened by some homemade chocolate chip cookies. 
On Friday I volunteered at the hospital for a couple of hours.  Saturday morning I had breakfast with a kindred spirit who also is caregiver to her 98 year old mom.  We made plans to go to the movies on Sunday at 3:30.
The longest journey begins with a single step.  So does the bathroom nonskid bathmat begin to move with a single step that propelled it across the floor and sent me airborn.
A crashlanding to the floor,  I just couldn't flippin' believe it.  It felt so similar to my fly through the air when I broke my leg two years ago.  Because of that experience, I have been super careful.  Really careful. Really super careful!!
So I am kind of angry.  I'm sitting on the couch with a cast on my right foot and a sore back. Reflecting back about my conscious decision to get out more......I'm now making a conscious decision to read more! And I am grateful that I didn't land on my head!
Count your blessings 'cause the direction you're heading in can change in a second.  And...lesson to be learned...'nonskid' is not set in cement...but my right foot is!!!