A week ago today, my friend, Janet, was taking me to a Christmas party for Chico's employees. She was trying to be nice, since I was going to be driving her husband, John, back and forth to work while she was in California visiting her new granddaughter! However, that was not what was to be. When I arrived to pick her up, she was having difficulty getting on her new boot and asked me to help her. Good samaritan that I am, I said of course. The boot was stubborn and Janet said I would have to push harder. Unfortunately, I did exactly what she said, she lost her balance and we both went down. Because she hit the rim of the bar stool, I was worried that she might have hurt her head. Not so; when she tried to get up she said she thought she had broken her ankle. "Don't be silly", says I - "We're just old, and you need to walk on it!" When we finally got her up, her right foot was at a direct right angle from her right leg. (Good thing I don't practice medicine!!) So, instead of a party, we spent the next three hours in the emergency room, where they straightened out her foot so it would be okay until she saw the surgeon.While we did not get to attend the Chico's Christmas party, we did manage to provide a few laughs for those attending to us in the ER! They actually said they had not had so much fun with patients in a long time. So, I guess we served a purpose! Saturday, they performed surgery to repair her dislocated fracture and she should be back in full gear in about 10 -12 weeks! Needless to say, I have spent quite a bit of time with her, so it has kept me occupied! The ironic thing about this is that John's right foot is also out of commission due to achilles tendon surgery. I guess the good thing is that the cars will get a rest!
The times she was napping, though, I was keeping up on my reading. And speaking of reading, before I left North Carolina, Amy gave me a book to read. It is a novel by Wm. Paul Young called "The Shack". I can only tell you that it is how we all want the Holy Trinity to be, and, perhaps is, so, I highly recommend it, and actually think Oprah missed the boat not putting this on her book club selection.
Now, all the presents are wrapped, half of the groceries for Christmas dinner are bought and the kids are typically wild waiting for "Santa"! The only thing missing (and the best part of the last 26 Christmases) is Mike. Well, also missing, because Mike isn't here and they won't all fit in the Honda Element are 15 different Nativity Scenes. He loved having a manger in every room and we got a little carred away collecting them. They are safe, though, in the storage unit, to be used again whenever I figure out where to settle.
Almost Merry Christmas. Ricci
P.S. Jamie, don't worry, I won't get caught up in and stuck in Cleveland. A month of cold, gray and snow is quite enough of a reminder of why I didn't want to live here forever in the first place. Thanks for the concern. R
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