Okay, guys, sorry a little late cranking up a thread for a new week. Wife had to have a tooth extraction this morning (and I have one next week -- ugh!) and so I played nurse, and got her the prescriptions she needed. Luckily the extraction only took a few minutes; the shot of Nocacaine was the worse part -- dang, I hate that stuff too, but I guess it beats horrible pain.
Just settled down at home with mail, and found our prescription drug premiums for 2018 are going up $500 between us. So I will be doing a lot of research between now and December to try to find a plan that gives decent coverage without unexpected ripoffs.
What other cheering news do I have? Well, Hurricane Maria is now a Cat3 and may be a Cat4 when it hits Puerto Rico. (Prayers for all the folks in the Caribbean)... After that, the southeast coast -- maybe us -- could be in its sights. So fortunately I still have Vienna sausages in my emergency kit plus lots of batteries and water. We lucked out on Irma -- got it not nearly as bad as Florida, but we might not be so lucky this time.
By now, you're saying, stop, stop Superbob; don't you have anything cheery to say? Well, we went to a nice Constitution Day event sponsored by my wife"s DAR chapter yesterday, and a couple playing (very expertly) George and Martha Washington gave a very informative narrative on how our founders ditched the Articles of Confederation and settled upon the Constitution -- with the Bill of Rights as an addition to protect our individual liberties. Amid our current divisions, it's is good to pause once in a while and consider how we have a system within which we should be able to work out our differences, or at least live with them. And afterwards DW and I went to PF Changs to dine, and that was yummy to the max -- so that's cheery!
Haven't had my exercise class yet -- that's tomorrow and Thursday, and it is a time that dispels gloominess for me. Our instructor is great -- soon she will go to a conference in Chicago to learn more exercises for us; that's how dedicated she is. She is encouraging to everyone, and makes me feel totally welcome as (usually) the only male in the class. She has complimented me many times on my progress, and naturally I love that. (Male ego activated.) She says she loves my silly t-shirts so I will keep wearing them.
Okay, what else? -- it's starting to feel just a tad more fall-like. So the quality of dawgwalking will gradually improve. Have the annual Heart Walk in October; guess I will take part again, though it's in a park this year, and not on the beach as last year. The beach walk was terrific -- why wouldn't you do it there every year? Maybe it got in the way of tourists, though I'm sure they would have been welcome to join in. It is a 5K this year -- I used to run those back in the day along with 10Ks, half-marathons and a few marathons, but with a stenotic back now, doing just a 5K in decent form (with the aid of a walking stick) will be an accomplishment.
Okay now I have rambled. I do appreciate the kind words, Honeybunny and Fred. I obviously was just in a down mood -- maybe I've recovered some just writing this.
Cheers to all.
Superbob
Just settled down at home with mail, and found our prescription drug premiums for 2018 are going up $500 between us. So I will be doing a lot of research between now and December to try to find a plan that gives decent coverage without unexpected ripoffs.
What other cheering news do I have? Well, Hurricane Maria is now a Cat3 and may be a Cat4 when it hits Puerto Rico. (Prayers for all the folks in the Caribbean)... After that, the southeast coast -- maybe us -- could be in its sights. So fortunately I still have Vienna sausages in my emergency kit plus lots of batteries and water. We lucked out on Irma -- got it not nearly as bad as Florida, but we might not be so lucky this time.
By now, you're saying, stop, stop Superbob; don't you have anything cheery to say? Well, we went to a nice Constitution Day event sponsored by my wife"s DAR chapter yesterday, and a couple playing (very expertly) George and Martha Washington gave a very informative narrative on how our founders ditched the Articles of Confederation and settled upon the Constitution -- with the Bill of Rights as an addition to protect our individual liberties. Amid our current divisions, it's is good to pause once in a while and consider how we have a system within which we should be able to work out our differences, or at least live with them. And afterwards DW and I went to PF Changs to dine, and that was yummy to the max -- so that's cheery!
Haven't had my exercise class yet -- that's tomorrow and Thursday, and it is a time that dispels gloominess for me. Our instructor is great -- soon she will go to a conference in Chicago to learn more exercises for us; that's how dedicated she is. She is encouraging to everyone, and makes me feel totally welcome as (usually) the only male in the class. She has complimented me many times on my progress, and naturally I love that. (Male ego activated.) She says she loves my silly t-shirts so I will keep wearing them.
Okay, what else? -- it's starting to feel just a tad more fall-like. So the quality of dawgwalking will gradually improve. Have the annual Heart Walk in October; guess I will take part again, though it's in a park this year, and not on the beach as last year. The beach walk was terrific -- why wouldn't you do it there every year? Maybe it got in the way of tourists, though I'm sure they would have been welcome to join in. It is a 5K this year -- I used to run those back in the day along with 10Ks, half-marathons and a few marathons, but with a stenotic back now, doing just a 5K in decent form (with the aid of a walking stick) will be an accomplishment.
Okay now I have rambled. I do appreciate the kind words, Honeybunny and Fred. I obviously was just in a down mood -- maybe I've recovered some just writing this.
Cheers to all.
Superbob
and it only gets worse...........
