Wasn’t even shopping,

Today has been a very long day and as usual, I continue to run like a hamster in a wheel.  Just give me a few more days and I can relax, or at least be away from it all, while I am on vacation.

My title eludes to having begun physical therapy on my knee that was injured in my fall back in May, and having back pain for so long that I can’t ever remember it not hurting.  Anyhow, I worked my usual day a Big Bobs, and had a therapy appointment scheduled at 3:30 today.  So I left the house in plenty of time to be on time, and decided to take a back country road to make it for the appointment.  Well when I left the house we were having a little freezing rain and I always drive slow when the weather is bad.  So I was driving on a road that I had never traveled before and was crossing the bridge that crossed over the interstate when my poor truck just started sliding back and forth all the way across the bridge.  I thought for sure that I was going to buy at least one side of the bridge if not both, and I really didn’t want any part of it.  I manage to get the truck back under control and believe me, it was super slow after that until I reached the Y where my therapy is held.  Told the therapist that I had a few new stains in my drawers and I wasn’t going back home the same way.

Anyhow, I have been getting physical therapy now in 3 visits and tonight I feel like I have been beaten with a stick.  I also have a visit with the workers comp doc in the morning and my head doc too.  I have decided that counseling for my stress disorder since the head injury probably is a good idea.  I have a lot of built up emotions that I don’t really know how to deal with, and she is a really good listener to what I have to say.

And right now, we were to be having our gift exchange with my dad, brother and the family, but bro and "peanut" have come down with the nasty stomach virus that is going around.  So after pt, I went shopping and returned some things that I had that I wanted my money back from.  One purchase was from August at my favorite store, Big Lots, and all I could get was an in store credit, which I happily spent on a new area rug for my bedroom.  This house is all hardwood floors and I needed a new rug for my bedroom.  So for a few dollars more I have a new rug.  Now all I have to do is find the time to get it down before I leave.  Have I told you all that I like to procrastinate?  Instead of cleaning and packing and putting down the rug, I am here on OD.  Oh well, I have until about 1:30 Monday to get it done.

Tomorrow as I mentioned I have two doc appointments and the annual "City Luncheon" is to be held, but I will not attend that so that I can have a Christmas Lunch with my mom and her wonderful husband.  He dislikes me so much that I am not even really going to spend any time with my mom at all.  But what the hell, I have not spent any alone time with her in the past 7 and a half years since my Granny died.  He is jealous of me and will not come to my house unless it is summer time and he can sit outside, becuase he does not like my dogs.  So mom lets him run the show and we will be spending our Christmas time at Frisch’s Big Boy for lunch.  She also informed me that there will be no gifts becuase they have had a bad year.  So I have each of them a box of candy and if they don’t want to accept it, then I guess I will eat it.  I will also insist on separate checks for our meals so that they nor I owe each other anything.  Oh well, I just shake my head and go on.

Well that is the highs and lows of what is happening.  I did have the good fortune of having breakfast with my dear old friend Melanie, and her niece Caitie yesterday.  It was the only free time that we had and we exchanged small gifts and I picked up the check, when we left.  All that I can say is thank God for friends, they seem to fill in the spots where family is lost.

Well my therapist worked me pretty hard today, so I think that I will call it a day and head off to bed.  I hope to be able to sleep cause I have to get up early and I hope the roads aren’t to bad in the morning.  I will be working 16 hours on Christmas day, so hopefully I can check in.  But if not I want to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, and pray that I don’t offend anyone with not saying happy holidays.  Go in peace my friends and lets all remember those that have gone before us, those who are unable to be with family or friends due to service to our country, and all of our brothers and sisters of the world.  God Bless and Merry Christmas.