Autumn Colors

(Photos coming)
There are more than one way of looking at and reviewing time.
One is day by day, moment by moment.
Another is to look at events and event groups.
They can become a picture of coordinating and contrasting colors, like a tapestry or an autumn day.
So here is a view from standing back and viewing colors of the season.


Company from Florida
This fall, we were blest with company from two sets of our Florida friends
(in whose homes we have stayed on our visits).
We didn't want to let them go.

Bill and Jean Adcock were in town primarily for doctor appointments.
We were honored that they also made time for a visit to our "new" house.
Unfortunately, we forgot to pull out the camera.
But we sure enjoyed the chance to catch up and eat together!

Kent and Marta Martindale came up to experience the peak beauty of Michigan fall.
Color and rain are both hard to plan, and they had plenty of both.
But our visit was warm and fun!
They had to leave too soon, but not before Marta had our next vacation planned for us. Ha!


Health

Flu shot
Early in October, John and I both had our (basic) flu shot at Kroger.
I wondered how it would work to get a flu shot at the grocery store.
There are a couple chairs in the middle of the aisle, as a little waiting area for the pharmacy.
Would the pharmacist come out while the seated person rolls up a sleeve?
Would patients be invited into the tiny pharmacy one at a time?
No. It is more like drive-through-window style.
I walked to the side pharmacy window and rested my elbow on a little pad on the window sill,
while the pharmacist reached over to my shoulder, and presto!
Done.


Neosporin Toothpaste Mix-up
I mention this for comic relief (and a warning).
While traveling to my parents', I reached inside a small pocket of the suitcase and pulled out a small tube and squeezed some out onto my toothbrush. It looked more clear than I remembered my toothpaste being, so I took a better look at the tube. (Maybe I turned on a light.)
Neosporin First Aid Antibiotic Ointment!
My hero mom gave me a new toothbrush.
But you might be surprised how similar those little tubes look on the backside.

Exercise
I am still living with the hernia (navel area), needing to do "gentle" stomach exercises, in hopes I do not get more. I am also still being sporadic with that exercise (from a book of back exercises). I was temporarily excited about a newsletter from a physical therapist I know. But I think because my initial (phone) request involved the word "Pilates", my doctor was reluctant to let me go ("Absolutely not"). I moped a bit, then made a check-list which I followed faithfully for a week. Then I went out of town.

I will have to start again.


MRI
I have had some mysterious mild hip pain for about a month. So my oncologist sent me for an MRI last Tuesday. I am in waiting mode. It is not that I am praying for arthritis. But I am asking that it is generally something I can live with, and specifically, not cancer.

All for tonight.. more "Colors" tomorrow...