Yesterday I finally got out away from the house.
The snow had me at home for over a week, and I was getting cabin fever so badly. Barbara called to ask me to lunch at The Down Home after Darla Daniel had done her hair. I figured that if Darla had worked on her, she couldn't be too awfully ugly for about the next 30 minutes, so I decided I'd try to go. I called Ronnie to see if the road was clear in front of Evelyn's house, and he said it was, as he had been putting melting compound on it. It was. It was about the only stretch of our road that was clear, but it was even dry.
I slid more on our driveway than anywhere else.
I got there, and some lady I didn't even know pointed me back to Barbara. I suppose she knew that some really beautiful lady would want to sit with Barbara to cheer her in her abject misery. I'm nice like that.
Marsha Greenlee waited our table. She reported that her planter's wart is completely gone. I had diagnosed it, and told her I could remove it, but she went to a podiatrist and paid $200.00 to get it taken off.
I talked with Penny about having a drug task force of concerned citizens meet there to get something done about the drug misuse in our county. She's totally supportive.
Barbara and I then went to the Goodwill with our two-man stand-up comedy routine. We always 'rag' on each other in there, and they love the floor show. Renae's son was there, and he had never seen us 'go at it', and he laughed the whole time. He loved it.
I took Barbara home, and then I went to the Family Dollar Store. The ladies there (and Steven) had not seen me since the snow, and they all hugged me and were so glad to see me. They told me they were about to send out a search party for me. I told them I'd have put them to shoveling snow.
I had been wanting out more than they had wanted me out.
I bought some candy canes that were 90% off after Christmas. Steve and I love to let them get sticky before we eat them.
Fern gave me some styrofoam sheets to use for insulation. It works so well for my purposes.
....and it's free! My favorite four-letter word.
I got home right about dark, because the road freezes about dark, and I didn't want to have to walk in or spend the night in the truck.
I was tired, and slept fairly well. I woke up early this morning. It was so bitterly cold when I went out to feed the cats. I'm wishing for a few warm days.
Nothing warms the heart like good friendship, and I'm blessed with good friends.
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