The 1st Lady and I began last week walking each morning about 7:30 for a couple of miles......and today was no exception. I managed to get into a vertical position and off we went down the hill and around the area of town known as "north town".......for over a half hour. Walking back up the hill to our stick and brick........I made quick work of my morning shower as I had an appointment for some more work to be done on the Park Avenue.
I dropped it off at 9am.....and from there walked to the optometrist where I had had my eyes checked week before last. I went in there with my mind set: look at 6 frames and then select and be done with the damn chore!!!!!!!!!!!! Soooo, that is what I did!!! Who the hell knows what they will look like on me.....I sure as hell couldn't tell since I really can't see or focus without any glasses coming to my assistance!!! Soooooooooo.........guess in a couple of days I will either be screaming and cursing myself......or simply resign myself to wearing them until they...or my eyes....are worn out(hopefully the glasses will wear out first!).
Then it was time for a cappuccino at the local coffee shop. Well.....it had been quite some time since I had darkened their door......the management has changed.....and OMG, but their cappuccino was terrific!!! So, I enjoyed the steaming cup of this magic elixir, listened to a bunch of the ladies from one of the town's sororities having a coffee meeting.....and finally and with great sorrow.....finished the cup of deep, dark coffee.
Off I went to the stick and brick.....another mile on foot!!! Arriving home, it wasn't too much longer before the phone rang......and the car was finished!!! Off I went down the hill and to the repair shop......another mile on foot!!! From there I DROVE back to the stick/brick.
It was noon by that time......actually almost 1pm! I had stopped and made another appointment for the two rear tires to be replaced along with a full alignment. It was at 3pm.....two hours later. Sooooo, I went to the little lappie which was feeling soooo forlorn for being mistreated and ignored by this aging, sagging hulk of me.
With great joy......it responded very quickly and returned from hibernation.....and soon I was sailing through cyberspace to Egypt...again. For the next two hours I was sailing down/up the Nile, going through hotel rooms and lobbies, visiting the Pyramids, Abu Simbel, and exploring the lost city of Petra in Jordan. And then......it was almost three pm and off I went to the tire shop and sat there for almost two hours waiting out the installation, balancing, and alignment of the tires and car.
Returning home, I had received an email from one of the Egyptologist guides that I have been communicating with about being our guide on the trip. As I think I have written about, I am exploring the possibility of either taking a packaged tour of no more than 8 people......OR.....hiring a guide w/car and just the 1st Lady and I being escorted around Egypt by this guide....Ahmed. Prices are now being compared by my the 1st Lady and myself.......and the pros and cons of both ways of seeing this fabulous country. At this point in time....I'm not certain which way we will go.......BUT....we MUST make up our minds in the next two days before we head south to Baton Rouge and New Orleans for the long weekend.
The 1st Lady went to Farmington to have dinner with some friends......so, I had to get TWO doses of my dark red medicine down my throat.....tough task!!!! I quickly fixed myself a couple of my panini's on the grill......and I was feeling quite wonderful by the time I finished the meal!!!
I then watered the flowers, shrubs, azaleas, etc., etc.........took another quick dose of that dark red medicine.....and then went back to Egypt through cyberspace for awhile. After going to Europe 12 times over the past 27 years .....I am quite familiar with everything over there.....but, Egypt is a different story....and I ALWAYS try to be as knowledgeable as possible about these new places that I am going to travel to BEFORE I leave the stick and brick. Lots to research and learn......and much, much easier now with a free ticket through cyberspace!!!!
I am posting a black/white picture I ran across recently of former students from Eldon who had been VERY successful in the Missouri solo competitions for high schools in the state. Some of them are avid readers and followers of this little daily ramlin' and so I hope you guys enjoy remembering this.........and remember that.....
LIFE IS GREAT......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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