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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
| I know it's a song title, and I'm sure many of you do as well, but it's not the song I'm speaking of today. But let's start from the beginning. It's the first day of December, and this year is quickly fading away into times past. Not that I mind; it hasn't been a good year at all. We won't discuss the issues that arrived with 2025, or the hopes I have for 2026. I had a terrible night, up more than I was down, and finally just decided to stay up around six this morning. Once up and enjoying some coffee and Tylenol, the day progressed much as the night had, with me running to the bathroom quite frequently. However, I did get to enjoy a couple of cups of coffee and attend a Bible study with my wife before heading to Fergus Falls for a visit with my cardiologist. The ride over was a bit of a challenge since I'm still suffering some vertigo. We took a different route than normal, so we wouldn't have to drive through town, knowing the roads would be crappy from the snow. My EKG was normal, my heart rate was up some (it's been beating very slow and has been a concern), my blood pressure was terrific, and I don't have to return for three months unless something changes. After, we had a bit of shopping, so we ended up driving through town anyway. I was right, the roads were snow-covered and slippery. But it wasn't the snowy roads as much as the idiot drivers who don't know how to drive in the winter. (It's the same every winter; the majority of the drivers forget that snow and ice are slippery. But what can you expect from people who can't operate turn signals or dim their headlights?) We did our shopping at Walmart, and ended up forgetting a few things because of the busy, and quite rude, shoppers; 'tis the season, you know. Once we escaped left the store we took the route we normally use back home, since we were on that side of town. That was our second mistake (the first being a stop at Walmart). The highway was terrible; snow-packed and about as rough as a goat trail! It's normally about an hour's drive, but with the road being snow-covered with patches of ice and rough, we couldn't drive over forty, with many places requiring us to slow to thirty or less. Our hour drive turned into a rough, bumpy, and slippery two-hour drive! Anyway, I'm home and now remembering what we should have grabbed while we were at the store. It's looking like we'll be driving into the local market to pick up the things we forgot. Why didn't we just shop locally? Because it's a tourist area and everything is overpriced. |
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