Got a Lot Done Today;
Just Not Any Christmas Shopping
December 11, 2014
Leaving the house this morning
My day started earlier than most recently. I left the house at 8:20 to go pick Mom up for a 9:00 dental appointment. I love the sky in the early mornings. It is too bad I don't get out to enjoy more of them. When I got to Mom's house, she was almost ready. While I waited, our son Stephen called and it was good to talk to him as he was on his way to work. 
Mom switched to a different dentist a while back and I had never met this one. She has told me many things about the lady, including that she is a quilter. She failed to tell me that lady is also a birder. It was a nice dental visit - maybe I will change, too. Mom had chipped a tooth a few days ago and the dentist was able to polish and smooth the area so that additional work could be put off until Mom's back is stronger. Leaning back in a dental chair could be uncomfortable and maybe risky at this stage of her recovery.
The visit didn't take long (except for our visiting) and so Mom asked if I could take her to the Day and Night Clinic for the flu test she was to get several days ago but hadn't been able to find a provider to do the test. When we arrived, few patients were there, but it was a good bit of time before Mom was called in for her turn. Thankfully the flu test was negative and the staff was very nice.
After I took Mom home, I went to the office and Ron left on a job. I spent the time in my office working on a few things and then did some reading. At 1:30 I left for a doctor's appointment of my own. It was just for a medication check and change in dosage. The physician's assistant and I got along well and it was a good visit - except when she asked if I was exercising by walking. It wasn't until I left that I thought, "No, remember I have a broken toe!" I had just told her I was walking my mom in and out of doctor's office these days - is that a good enough excuse?
Speaking of the toe - an update. It is still not healed. It has been a little more swollen the last week or so. It is not too bad unless I have to stand for long periods of time. With my shoe on, giving it good support I am OK but by the end of the day I am eager to take my shoes off and relax.
When I left the doctor's office, I went to Wal-Mart to pick up a couple of Hot Wheel cars for my youngest grandson who crashed on his bike yesterday and scraped up his face. As I walked in the front door at Wal-Mart they had some 3 and 4 foot artificial Christmas trees for sale. I picked up a four foot one for Mom since hers is up on a real high shelf in the garage and none of us wanted to climb the ladder to get it down this year.
Before returning to the office, I delivered the little cars to my grandson and talked to him for a while. The five older children were at their piano lessons, his baby sister was napping and the other grandmother was caring for them. I went back to the office and waited on several customers as the afternoon went on.
At closing time I wasn't "clock watching" and when I did see the clock it was 15 minutes past closing. We locked up and each went to our own mothers' homes. Ron's brother and sister-in-law were at his mom's so he went to have supper with them. I took the Christmas little tree and went to my mom's.
After the tree was done, I went to Whataburger and picked up supper for the three of us and we ate together and visited some more. Following that, I gathered my things after helping Carmen put the ornament boxes away, and came home. I had been gone for over 12 hours and was ready to be home for a bit.
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