WEARING SHOES & WALKING WITHOUT PAIN

Again, it's amazing how many things I take for granted and only remember how grateful I am for them once I don't have them for a time.

Last week I had a weird skin reaction to a cut on my right little toe and it swelled to almost double size. Unable to put any shoes on or even put pressure on that toe without extreme discomfort, I hobbled around all week. Since I was walking weird and compensating to protect my foot, by the end of the week I was sore in muscles I didn't even realize I had!

So this week, I am so grateful and happy that I can wear shoes and walk without pain. What a little thing, but also a huge thing!

ONE MORE HOUR

Isn't it awful when you wake up in the morning and are just about ready to turn over and go back to sleep, when you look at the clock and you only have seven minutes left until you have to get up? Or three? Or one? Yuck.

On the other hand, I love it when this happens: I am awakened by a noise, or a child, or just my brain being between REM cycles and I look at the clock and I have another whole hour (or several) to sleep! Hoorah!