Another step toward recovery...

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Today I did something I haven't done in over two months, except for a funeral - I went to church!  Not only did I go to church, but I was also the scheduled lector for today's Mass (which is why I chose today as the day to return), so I made a HUGE return debut!  It was great!  Not only did many, many people see me and speak to me before Mass, but I know for a fact that everyone knew I was there today because I gimped my way up to do the second reading in front of everyone.  I was very careful taking the steps - the side shallow steps - up to the lectern, so there was no chance of falling, either.  That would have been totally humiliating, wouldn't it?  But I was so slow and careful, I was pretty darn sure it wasn't going to happen, and it didn't.
I was very pleased with the way the entire experience went.

When church, and the socializing afterward, was over, Ron and I went to Amelia to run errands - Walgreens for prescriptions and other things and WalMart for gasoline for his truck (twelve cents per gallon cheaper!!) for the week - before going to Campbell's Barn for our lunch.
There, Ron surprised me.  He didn't get his fried chicken!  What?  Who is this man?  He ended up choosing a Classic Patty Melt Sandwich with fries, while I got a Bacon Cheeseburger and fries.  When we got our food, though, the fries were cold, so when she brought our drink refills, we told her and they made us hot fries.  They brought them out on a big plate, both orders together.  Man, was that a pile of fries!!  And, yes, they were hot - hot, hot, hot - this time.  Wow!
By the time we left, my back was really hurting me and I had to recline my seat in the truck to try to relieve it a bit on the way home.  I haven't done that for a couple of weeks now - I've been trying, very hard, to have the seats in the vehicles at their regular position.  But, after sitting all through church and now sitting all through lunch, my back needed some kind of relief.

On our way home, we stopped by our friend Bert's to drop off her lawnmower that Ron had fixed for her yesterday.  We ended up sitting there in her driveway, talking to her, for an hour!  An hour!  So, by the time we got home, my back was really screaming at me something fierce, so I went to bed for a bit.  A long bit.  Ron mowed the yard - why, I don't know, the man is sick, I tell you - then did the weedeating, then came in and I helped him make the weed-killer mixture for the driveway, and so he went out and did that.  Yep, the man is a glutton for punishment.  When he came in, his shirt was wet from sweat from his shoulders halfway down his chest.  Crazy man.

I didn't eat any supper because I was still full from my wonderful lunch, which because of our errands, was a little later than we usually eat on Sunday.  So, now, it's gonna just be snacks for me - today is way over on calories anyway.  Blah.
Speaking of blah - I got my new bras yesterday, and opened one to wear this morning.  They don't fit.  No way in the world did they fit around my body!!  No way.  I couldn't believe it - how can that be?  I know we measured correctly, and since that was an odd number, I ordered the next up even number.  Ugh!  So now I'm gonna have to return these and order the next size up.  Blah!  I was and am bummed about that.

But, oh, do I feel so good about my accomplishment of getting back to church, even if I did mostly just sit there.  It felt so good, just to sit there and absorb the atmosphere.  I have missed that so much.