It is snowing today. This is the first one of the year that is sticking. The first snow of the year always makes me want to bake Christmas cookies. Not so much this year, though. This year I am watching it come down and already my feet feel cold. I will be taking the dog out in this, my feet will get wet and all of me will be cold. I am really glad, though, that this is the only reason that I have to leave the house today. The snow will turn into rain later today which means that the snow on the ground is very wet and is compacting on the roads making them icy.
But it does remind me that my body never takes a day off. No matter when or where, in the presence of too many calories and too much food, my body will not only lay down layers of fat, but it will feel bad.
On a completely different note, I am hoping Dad has a better day today. Yesterday, he forgot what pudding was and proceeded to spread chocolate pudding on his grilled cheese sandwich. When he finished lunch, there was half of the pudding left which he couldn't eat because he was out of sandwich. It, sadly, reminded me of when I told Mom that she couldn't eat catsup because it had too much sugar in it. So she immediately put some on her plate and dipped her cantaloup in it. At this time in Dad's life, he can no longer taste much. Apparently, neither could Mom. But, as my son said, Who forgets pudding??
Welcome to my world. Dad argued with me this morning because he thought today was his birthday. It is tomorrow. He said "but it's the 5th". Yes, your birthday is the 6th. It took a few minutes before he was able to pull up "11 - 6 - 25" and then he agreed with me. Sigh.
Anytime I wonder what the point of all this is, I remember these things. And then I know why.
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