End of October

 I received a text from a friend to go look on facebook.  I did and then I had to ask where to look.  A friend from High School had passed away from colon cancer.  She and I were not friends in High School but were as adults.  It is horribly sad.  I feel so sad for her family.  Makes you really realize that you don't know from one day to the next what will happen.  Sometime in the next few days the arrangements will be made.  Since it is covid, I will not plan on attending so she can have more of her family attend.  With covid, you have to think of these things now.  

November is just around the corner and with that is the election that I cannot wait to be over.  The absolute hatred that is going on is amazing to me.  What happened to human kindness?  Respecting each other's opinion?  Not anymore.  Now it is more of a you are wrong and I will hate you.  Media of course is lapping this up.  The politicians aren't helping either.  It feels so different from the last two presidential elections.  This is more out of control.  People are just out of control.  It is so unbelievable to me.  I can't wait for it to end.

Tuesday I start the first of the wrappings for the lymphedema on my legs.  We are starting with the right calf.  It is huge.  Simply huge.  I wore the hideous shoes yesterday and will wear them again today.  They are very heavy.  very very heavy.  When I walked upstairs, my hips, lower back, and left knee hurt.  I am skeptical about this now.  I will give it a go though.  I won't know unless I give it a good go.  The huge box will come with me.  She said to use my walker so I will.  

Tomorrow I get my flu shot.  I get it every year.  I have for many years now.  I get it at 9;30 am.  yup.  Nice and early.  I will so come home and sleep.  I also have a rheumatologist appointment at 1:30.  They have moved so I will need to plug in the address to waze to get directions.  I do hope she is on time more than she used to be.  At one time she was, then she wasn't.  

I bought Peony winter socks.  She wouldn't let me put them on her.  She kept pulling her cute little paw away.  She was basically saying no no no.  A thousand times no!!!!  She loves going on walks and has lost a lot of the excess weight so this would make it easier for her to walk when it is colder out.  No, not my dog, she says no.  I will not wear them.  Too bad human!!!!!

 In some ways this year has been faster than last year, in other ways it is crawling by.  COVID still has us by the neck.  Some of us are not allowed in the stores yet.  I am on of them.  I am very high risk with my chronic stuff going on.  I don't mind, if I need music, I just call Annie at her store and she orders it,  When it comes in, she brings it out to me.  It works.  I have most of my students.  I really only lost one and she was brand new to begin anyway.  I do enjoy teaching online.  I love seeing the kids too.  Right now all but 6 are online.  

Fall has arrived.  The temps were beautiful for about a week.  It's a little too chilly right now, mainly because it is raining out,  Always feels cooler when it rains.

Christmas Recital will be very different this year.  I am not sure how this will happen but B says it will////////////////////!  We are going to put on a Zoom Recital this year.

Competition will also be virtual.  New ways to do the old things.  I am teaching through the internet.  Before COVID, who would have thought??  Not me?  I was told several years also that I should look into this teaching online idea.  ICOVID, maybe manners, how important family is.  I don't know.  I shall try to look anything new right in the eye and with a very timid and very scared voice ask how do I do this:?