Wow, it has been a big three days. I finished my novel, made and ate Thanksgiving dinner, took my first shallow water aqua aerobics class, and waited for my fingertips to heal enough so that I can practice the guitar again. I'll start with that last one.
I made a rookie mistake. I came home from water aerobics on Wednesday and practiced the guitar for about 20 minutes. I didn't think about my fingers being water logged and extra soft. All I thought about was wanting to be able to play guitar. Yep, rookie mistake. I couldn't touch the strings on Thursday or Friday with my left hand. I'll practice tonight before I go to bed, but I think I need to push back my lessons for another week to give myself time to practice before going back to see the teacher. I am nowhere near through the exercises he assigned, especially with two days without practice.
Moving backwards... Thanksgiving. We had a really nice dinner this year. It was just Brian, Marty and me, but we really enjoyed ourselves. We had turkey, dressing (loaded with vegetables), sweet potatoes, green beans sauteed with garlic, cornbread, pumpkin pie and salted caramel chocolate pecan pie. It was all quite delicious. Just as dinner was finishing, my sister called from the assisted living place where my mom is staying and I got to talk to my mom for Thanksgiving. That may have been the best part of the day. Her Alzheimer's has been causing her to have awful delusions and we weren't able to talk to her for several weeks. My sister and I hated it, but we didn't want to cause my mom even more distress. I am NOT thankful for Alzheimer's. It sucks. I am thankful to have an awesome sister who made sure to include me on Mom's good day.
Continuing backwards, I finished the first draft of my novel: Optimistic. It is a slice of life story about a teen boy who gets a bag of poop from his parents for Christmas, and it turns out to be the start of a garden. I think it is pretty readable. My next step is to read the whole thing and start editing. I'm going to see how far I can take it. Wish me luck.
Oh, I skipped the part about shallow water aerobics. I did that on the Friday after Thanksgiving. My pool was closed, so I went to the next pool over, where they had the shallow water workout. It was really fun and a great aerobic workout. The teacher was peppy and really helpful when folks weren't sure about the movements. She also did the best stretching of any class I've attended, both before and after the class. I gave her class two thumbs up and I worked extremely hard.
Today's big events were getting Christmas cards out and watching college football. I sent 80 cards (including a Christmas letter), each with a handwritten note. I think about what I like to get in Christmas cards, then send that kind of thing out to others. Also, we have moved so many times in the past few years, I just want folks to know where I am and what is going on. Hopefully, I'll get similar information back from all of my friends.
So, that is what I've been up to for the last several days. I hope your holiday was festive, happy and filling.
Be happy and healthy!
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