What a Week!
Wow! From one celebration right in to another week of festivities. The last week was the County Fair and the Tatanka Festival rolled in to one and was it ever a lot of fun!
I grew up going to the County Fair with my parents and I still get antsy like a little kid - looking forward to the Fair. Although it started on Wednesday night, we weren't able to get there until Friday night. We donate money every year to the Rodeo Association and they are kind enough to give us free tickets to both performances. As hot and steamy as it was on Friday, we were looking forward to sitting out at the arena and watching the festivities as we thought the wind would take away some of the sting of the heat from that day. Little did we know that the temperature would drop and the wind would turn in to cyclone-force winds! Geeez! I was shaking and shivering so hard by the end of Friday's performances it's a wonder I had any teeth left in my head! (Ha!) However, on the bright spot, after the Rodeo we went to our favorite ride - the Beer Garden ride! We saw so many people there - every where we turned there was someone saying "hey Sherry". Of course, I just HAD to stop and talk with everyone. We saw T's niece (home from Kentucky), his cousin Greg from Vermont, my brother and sister-in-law, my nephew Blaine (who was celebrating his 28th birthday a few hours early!),several co-workers and a former employee of mine from 20 years ago (who just happens to be the mother of T's niece from Kentucky! Small world!). Oodles and oodles of people were enjoying the gardens and the fabulous music of The Roosters. The Fair is always a great spot to see people.
Saturday morning was a bit rough though - I woke up with a horrendous headache (and No! this one was NOT alcohol induced!!!)I spent most of the day in bed until the medication could ease it up a little bit. I don't think I moved more than two feet from the bed until about 3:30. T had made plans with some good friends of ours to take in the 2nd performance of the Rodeo on Saturday night and it was touch and go that I would feel up to it. We ended up going and had a great time - albeit this time armed with blankets and winter coats (the wind was still cyclone-strength and it was cooler than Friday evening). The Rodeo was great and worth sitting there freezing - we had fun. And, of course....we went to visit the Beer Garden ride again on Saturday night! Ha! Do you see a pattern here? Once again, we saw many people and talked our way through the gardens and beyond - out on to the midway where this awesome ride - appropriately called "The Slingshot" was holding every one's attention. Think bungee jumping in reverse. Sitting in a basket and being propelled up in to the air - turning all kinds of flips and cartwheels before being lowered back to the ground. T was seriously thinking he should have a go at it. I did too, if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't want to be the subject at the water coolers on Monday morning.... "man, you should have seen that old lady, losing her cookies on that ride!" ~LOL~ It was good entertainment though and my hats off to all the people that paid the $25 for five minutes of fear!
Today is a day of rest and relaxation - kinda. I cleaned house (which should've been done yesterday) then headed in to town to take my mother-in-law out for lunch. Then off to Wally World for the essentials. It was kinda kewl there cuz I formally met a man that I've seen down at the Wellness Center for the last year and a half. Never knew his name - but we'd always wave, smile, exchange a few comments while on the treadmill and such. Today we saw each other and started talking and I said, "I don't know your name so I'm going to formally introduce myself to you, I'm Sherry". You know how they say that everyone has a story? He proceeded to tell me that he had a heart attack in 2007 and that is when he started coming to the Wellness Center. People, you should see this guy run on the treadmill! He's at a full out pace for 30 minutes! Awesome. So...Jim...if you're out there....it's a pleasure to meet you and I'll be seeing you at the gym! :-)
I also ran in to a former co-worker. I wish that I could say that he looked good. He had a heart attack also and has had bypass surgery. He was riding a little motorized scooter around and quite honestly, I didn't recognize him when he came down the aisle where Jim and I were talking. It's always good to see him though and I gave him a hug. He has a little boy that will turn 6 in a few days and all I could think of was "dude....do something....fast...or you won't see him turn 10." Sad, very sad.
Greg - travel safely back to VT and give us a call next time you're in town. Shannon - we'll see you for a picnic (hopefully) when Doug and Melissa get here from West Virginia this upcoming weekend. To everyone I saw at the Fair...rock on!
Thought for the Day:It is that my friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges, and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation. - Helen Keller
I grew up going to the County Fair with my parents and I still get antsy like a little kid - looking forward to the Fair. Although it started on Wednesday night, we weren't able to get there until Friday night. We donate money every year to the Rodeo Association and they are kind enough to give us free tickets to both performances. As hot and steamy as it was on Friday, we were looking forward to sitting out at the arena and watching the festivities as we thought the wind would take away some of the sting of the heat from that day. Little did we know that the temperature would drop and the wind would turn in to cyclone-force winds! Geeez! I was shaking and shivering so hard by the end of Friday's performances it's a wonder I had any teeth left in my head! (Ha!) However, on the bright spot, after the Rodeo we went to our favorite ride - the Beer Garden ride! We saw so many people there - every where we turned there was someone saying "hey Sherry". Of course, I just HAD to stop and talk with everyone. We saw T's niece (home from Kentucky), his cousin Greg from Vermont, my brother and sister-in-law, my nephew Blaine (who was celebrating his 28th birthday a few hours early!),several co-workers and a former employee of mine from 20 years ago (who just happens to be the mother of T's niece from Kentucky! Small world!). Oodles and oodles of people were enjoying the gardens and the fabulous music of The Roosters. The Fair is always a great spot to see people.
Saturday morning was a bit rough though - I woke up with a horrendous headache (and No! this one was NOT alcohol induced!!!)I spent most of the day in bed until the medication could ease it up a little bit. I don't think I moved more than two feet from the bed until about 3:30. T had made plans with some good friends of ours to take in the 2nd performance of the Rodeo on Saturday night and it was touch and go that I would feel up to it. We ended up going and had a great time - albeit this time armed with blankets and winter coats (the wind was still cyclone-strength and it was cooler than Friday evening). The Rodeo was great and worth sitting there freezing - we had fun. And, of course....we went to visit the Beer Garden ride again on Saturday night! Ha! Do you see a pattern here? Once again, we saw many people and talked our way through the gardens and beyond - out on to the midway where this awesome ride - appropriately called "The Slingshot" was holding every one's attention. Think bungee jumping in reverse. Sitting in a basket and being propelled up in to the air - turning all kinds of flips and cartwheels before being lowered back to the ground. T was seriously thinking he should have a go at it. I did too, if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't want to be the subject at the water coolers on Monday morning.... "man, you should have seen that old lady, losing her cookies on that ride!" ~LOL~ It was good entertainment though and my hats off to all the people that paid the $25 for five minutes of fear!
Today is a day of rest and relaxation - kinda. I cleaned house (which should've been done yesterday) then headed in to town to take my mother-in-law out for lunch. Then off to Wally World for the essentials. It was kinda kewl there cuz I formally met a man that I've seen down at the Wellness Center for the last year and a half. Never knew his name - but we'd always wave, smile, exchange a few comments while on the treadmill and such. Today we saw each other and started talking and I said, "I don't know your name so I'm going to formally introduce myself to you, I'm Sherry". You know how they say that everyone has a story? He proceeded to tell me that he had a heart attack in 2007 and that is when he started coming to the Wellness Center. People, you should see this guy run on the treadmill! He's at a full out pace for 30 minutes! Awesome. So...Jim...if you're out there....it's a pleasure to meet you and I'll be seeing you at the gym! :-)
I also ran in to a former co-worker. I wish that I could say that he looked good. He had a heart attack also and has had bypass surgery. He was riding a little motorized scooter around and quite honestly, I didn't recognize him when he came down the aisle where Jim and I were talking. It's always good to see him though and I gave him a hug. He has a little boy that will turn 6 in a few days and all I could think of was "dude....do something....fast...or you won't see him turn 10." Sad, very sad.
Greg - travel safely back to VT and give us a call next time you're in town. Shannon - we'll see you for a picnic (hopefully) when Doug and Melissa get here from West Virginia this upcoming weekend. To everyone I saw at the Fair...rock on!
Thought for the Day:It is that my friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges, and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation. - Helen Keller
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