Happy New Year, everyone!
I feel like I've been out of the loop for a couple months. First, we had Thanksgiving. Remember that almost 2 months ago? I cooked Thanksgiving Dinner for the first time in probably 12 years for seven. And it's one of my favorite holidays.
Then there was Christmas, and we thought we'd go to a local buffet, but didn't find out till Christmas Day, it was closed. So we did the second most popular thing: ate Chinese on Christmas Day. We, includes myself, my husband, John, and my mom. She lives about 20 miles away and we usually have Sunday lunch with her.
Oh, yeah, we had the first White Christmas in like 30 years ±. Not statistics I'm worried about. So our Christmas Story on 2010 included Chinese Buffet, but not because we lost our turkey. Actually, John and Mom both said it was the best Christmas dinner they’d ever had. No preparation, no cleaning up. We went in, ordered a drink, and started gathering our food.
After Christmas, Mom and I drove to visit my sister and her family in Wiggins, Mississippi. And I have to admit there were a couple trips to the casino, specifically "Island View." Best Buffet of the year, according to Carrie.
As we came back from Mississippi, we stopped in Birmingham for lunch with my cousin and her husband, neither of whom have we seen in probably 10 years. Maybe less, but, too many.
Once we returned home, I had to get ready for surgery to remove a portion of a bulging disk in lower back. That was certainly eventful. You’ll have to ask to get the details. I don’t want to bore everyone to death. I also started physical therapy on my left shoulder that was injured when I was hit by a car in 1986. OMG, that’s so long ago. But it finally started bothering me. The PT has been terrific. Love you, Amy!
So here I am months since my last note. I hope it was worth it.
Let me give you a short run down of all the illnesses of my friends. Three of them had knee replacement surgery in 2010, cousin has to have hearing aids in both ears, I’m having back surgery and physical therapy on my shoulder, two friends have cancer, and another one had an elbow replacement surgery last week. When I needed to go to pt Monday, I called one of the friends who had the knee replacement. She has just completed her pt. It was so strange to have a handicapped friend, take me to have my handicap worked on. Blind leading the blind?
I have realized, “Don’t expect to have a big funeral, if you live long enough to get old.”
