Pearl use to say “If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say nothing at all.”  For the past two days I really didn’t have much to say so I have been silent.   Also, I have been feeling a little bit down for reasons that I can not explain so I just shut my mouth.  I try not to  paint negative pictures unless there is a legitimate reason to do so.  I feel a little more upbeat today thank goodness.

Earlier today, I had to take the bus to Rancho Mirage to a place called Serenity so that I could be fitted for a knee brace.

As soon as I opened the front door to my house, the heat smacked me in the face and made my head spin around!  (Official temperature today was 114 degrees.)   I put my scooter chair on high speed and raced it to the bus ramp.  I didn’t want to be in the heat for a second longer than I had to.

I got on the bus and found myself seriously giving thanks for air conditioning.  I sat there and looked out the window at the open desert on the way to my destination.  I started to think about the people who pioneered the area and were the first to build their homes here in the desert.  Along time ago, I remember looking at a special edition of Palm Springs Life Magazine and seeing photos of the first homes in the area.  All I could think, while staring out the window was the fact that the pioneer women were seriously ‘bad-azz” and that I would not have made it a day even on my best of days.   Then I had to laugh because I thought to myself, I bet anything that there was not one black woman in the bunch that pioneered of her own free will – Ha!   (I think I will have to research that fact)

In any case, today was a good day even though I have been feeling physically uncomfortable for the past several days.  The muscles in my lower back hurt and I am having nerve pain in my mid-upper back.  I also am having swelling in my left leg again….

I will close on a positive note:  I feel as if my balance is getting a bit better when I am standing.  I make a point of standing up in the kitchen to wash dishes or make coffee or other small chores.  I force myself not immediately grab for the counter or sink when I feel that I’m about to teeter in any given direction.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL MY BLESSING FLOW!