Jumble of Thoughts

I have written and re-written and decided to just put all these mixed up thoughts down so I won't forget.

A couple prevailing thoughts:  

• Yesterday we saw someone drive off - the driver being the only person in the car - with his left foot hanging out the window.  This same person has in the past been seen driving standing up with his head and part of his body (he's tall) sticking through the open sun roof. It would never occur to me to do those sorts of things.  I'm aware I am by nature obedient and a rule-follower.  I realize the world actually needs "out of the box" thinkers, however, from my personal perspective a bit of maturity and rationality benefits every one.  Thinking only of one's self and immediate whims/wants can lead to danger and un-safe conditions.  

• On our walk yesterday morning we saw these deer.  I love when we see the urban deer.  We stop and chat at them for a minute then are on our way - as are the deer. Still, our morning walks are my favorite time of the day.  Today I hoped for a spotting of one of the Lyrids meteors streaking across the sky, I love to see the shooting stars.  But this morning was w-a-y too cloudy, though the clouds themselves were beautiful. 

• Ran across this article the other day.  This woman "gets it". I suspect more than a few of us women/mothers/wives in our 70's feel some of these emotions.  I don't agree with everything she says, of course.  Our culture isn't very welcoming or kind to us oldsters.  Irrelevant, invisible, unimportant - things really change when you get to be old.  It's not a comfortable place to be. Being 70

• Headed over to the hospital yesterday for a quick test.  I dislike taking medications, mentioned in our physicals last week I really didn't want to take a statin if I didn't have to. Because of the history

of heart disease in my family, and my somewhat elevated cholesterol, this test was decided on.  One for The Husband, also.  (The test administrators came through the door and called our names - The Husband responded "Bingo!" and everyone laughed. My dear, loved companion:  never a dull moment!) Anyway, hopefully this test will tell us how much calcium, maybe plaque, is in our arteries.  Thank heavens they just charge a rather small fee.  Information is generally valuable, fingers crossed the results will be good. After our tests we rewarded ourselves with a Chick-Fil-A cone, something we haven't done in quite some time.  Absolutely yummy!

• We need something to look forward to.  Haven't quite figured that out yet.  We've a wedding in May, and I'm thinking maybe we'll head out of town for a day or two in July for our sealing anniversary.  I subscribe to the thinking that everyone needs someone to love, something to do and something to look forward to (family and friends to love, job or work of some kind to do and hope/anticipation for something good).

And...The Husband just walked in and said he wants to go on a date for lunch today.  We're together probably 99.9% of the time but apparently he needs something a little different today.  I guess that solves the "something to look forward to" desire for today. It'll be fun.  I won't have to fix a meal, it'll be somewhere we rarely go and we'll have a good time.  Yay for spontaneity. 

I'm grateful for good medical care, grateful for our good dental visits the other day, grateful for someone who gifted The Husband some cash so he feels a bit of joy in being able to treat us to lunch.  Grateful for the kindness of people - who even make a medical test less stressful for this person who is always a bit stressed.  😏