Mini Christmas Outing 12/21/24

This morning I had a minor mishap - I dropped a bottle of 200 teeny tiny blood pressure pills on the floor. This was worse than it sounds because I have bad vision from my cornea disease and a bad back from degenerative disc disease, so I couldn't really see the teeny tiny white pills and I had a terrible time trying to bend down to pick them up which I did using two pieces of paper. Then I tried to separate the pills from pet hair and other debris despite the fact that my sister had mopped the kitchen floor the day before. I did it but I am a bit germ phobic and I didn't want to take my pills.

A neighborly kindness - my neighbor around the corner walks my dog for me because he is an avid daily walker and his wife and I have been friendly over the years. She is the one who phoned to tell me about the little house for sale in which I have lived for 40 years! He suggested that I call and ask the pharmacy to replace my prescription which I did. They phoned my prescription plan and it was approved! So I put Uma in the car and we went to the drive-thru pick-up. It is so cold out after our snow and freezing rain last night that my windshield was encased in a frozen layer of snow and ice.

While we were out getting the prescription, I decided to get gas as I was below 1/4 and my father always advised me to never get below 1/4. I had a happy chat with the gas pumping guy - an old white whiskered man in hat and hood. We were observing the guy ahead of me who had no hat and his ears were bright red! The old fella said he had pumped in winter for three years and he knew how to dress. I said, "With age comes wisdom." We wished one another a Merry Christmas and I decided to drive to Knight's Park to see the snow around the beautiful trees.

It was pretty, and on the way home, I realized I had money left on my thank you gift care from my Seniors Group, so I stopped at Dunkin Donuts and got a hot chocolate.

there I was, sipping hot chocolate, listening to B101 the Christmas radio channel, looking at the snow icing on all the lawns, glittering under the sunshine! I felt happy! And I thought how easy it can be to make yourself happy - a ride, a chat, a hot chocolate! Now I am hope and making my lunch, but I am in a very cheery mood and I have my high blood pressure pills replaced and my attitude adjusted! I am having a nice vegetable soup that I get from the Chinese take-out restaurant i Woodbury called The Golden Palace.

Make your days merry my friends! Happy Trails - Jo Ann (as always, don't bother with comments, it is polluted by spam - if you want to contact me here is my e-mail wrightj45@yahoo.com)