Halloween

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Today started off as a 'normal' day.  I know - define normal.  Nothing unusual, in this case.

I woke up around 9, got up and went to meet Lois to walk the Bethel Walk Path, and we did the Walk Path in our usual 33 minutes.  Yes!  I am so glad!  I feel like I am actually getting over this darn cold now.  It still likes to me cough and cough and cough every now and again, but overall, I think I've finally kicked its ass.  As soon as we're done with our walk, I go down the road to visit the Wals - Walgreens and WalMart.  First Walgreens to pick up an Rx, then WalMart for some 'weekly shopping.'  Yeah, right.  So, a nice long walk after my long walk.  After Walgreens, I do stop at Bob Evans for my lunch before the big weekly shopping.  It's not good to shop on an empty stomach, you know...lol.  I had the Sunshine Skillet and two slices of banana nut bread.  Then off for that other walking excursion.

On the way home, I stopped to visit a church friend who had been hospitalized and then in a rehab facility that I hadn't been able to go visit because of the cold.  It was a very good visit.  I stayed for probably an hour and a half - two hours, and we had a nice chat.  She had had a heart attack, and then a stroke (if not a series of mini strokes) and had some motor skills problems that needed worked out before they let her come home, but she did quite well.  Her meds made her have dry-mouth, and that gave her more problems than a think the medical problems did, but that's just my opinion.  She is starting therapy there at home next week, and that's a good thing, she won't have to travel around.  She won't be able to church for another month or so, and that's kinda sad, but I guess it's better that she work into it easily.  There's a LOT of people to deal with at the same time at church.

Then, since Josh was gonna take my car this weekend anyway, and it was close to time for him to get off work, and I was almost next-door to where he was, I decided to just stop at his work and trade cars, rather than him drive to my house and blah blah blah.  I tried to call him, but he didn't answer, but when I pulled in there, there was a truck (I thought unloading) in the driveway, so I knew he was busy.  I pulled in beside his car and just started trading stuff between the cars.  Of course, about this time, it started a little more than sprinking, too.  Someone told him that someone was out there messing with his car, so he came out to see what was going on and I got caught before I was done.  He said that they were LOADING that truck, and that they were just about done, and as he was saying this, it pulled out.  We finished with the trade-out, then I went in and traded keys.  I gave him a big hug and told him to be careful and have fun.  Back on the road I went - in his car.

I got home, got the groceries carried in and mostly put away (believe it or not, all the cans don't fit in the cabinet) and get to get on the pute for a bit.  I also had a sugar low along in here, so had to eat a cinnamon blossom that I had brought home from BE this morning (for my lunch and/or snacks the next few days...sigh)
Ron got home from work, and he made his own supper (a salad and some leftovers) while I had the Johnny Marzetti that was in the fridge.  Not the best of suppers, but I thought it would suffice, especially after the sugar low.  I was still playing on the pute, as I usually do while waiting for, then watching TNF.  Then the pute started going all snarky, gnarly, weird - use whatever word you want.  I assumed it was because of the wind, and I am still convinced that that's what it was.  So, I got off the pute and turned all my attention to all the football stuff on the TV, because, by golly, they were talking about my Bengals!

THEN...Mother Nature decided to start her TRICK for the evening.  Up to this point, there had just been some rain, with some wind.  Nothing like what the weathermen had been saying and scaring the bejeezus outta people for the last three days over for tonight (by this time).  Trick or Treating had even been canceled and moved to Friday or Saturday nights in some communities because of these forecasts.  I sure don't know why -  weathermen and baseball players are only good (.300) 70% of the time, and are considered good and paid accordingly - but I digress.  MY Bengals were on Thursday Night Football, too, and since now it's getting darn close to game time, various friends are losing power, cable, satellite, computer service, phone, all that kind of stuff because of the wind.  There was lots of texting going on during the game, keeping different people up on what was happening.  I was very lucky and none of that happened to me - until the fourth quarter, close to the end of the game, and then into overtime.  Geez!  I did get my satellite back in time to see the pathetic end.  Wow.  I must say, I was impressed that they played well enough (good enough?) that it WENT to OT.  I thought that we had so many injuries that we would just get murderpated and that would be that.  But it was a very good football game, for those that like good football games.  Not a blowout, not a lopsided game, just a very well-played game.  Quite unexpected plays (on both sides) and it was fun.

So, now, the game is over, and I tried to get on the pute and do my myfitnesspal and my blog, but it still is very rainy and windy, and it's not doing right yet.  I manage to do myfitnesspal, but there was no way I could do my blog, so I told the pute night-night and went on to bed.

I am giving today four stars for food.  I was over on my calories, and I haven't done that in a long time.  But, damn, was it good!
Today is getting five stars for exercise.  I did great on that!