Eleven degrees and snow on the ground…

We got all of four inches of snow last night.  Just enough to be pretty and start the snowball rolling.  The wind has been blowing like crazy all day out of the North-Northwest.  The large flags in town were blowing straight out just like they’d been starched.  Earlier today, I think it was about eighteen degrees.  At the moment, it’s down to eleven.  It is so cold and I’m not ready for winter.  Since my two favorite seasons are Spring and Fall, I guess that’s a clue I don’t like hot and/or cold!  We definitely needed warm caps and a heavy coat today.

About this time a year ago, I took an ungraceful fall on the sidewalk right in front of one of my favorite shops in Lincoln Square in Chicago.  The sidewalk was uneven and, apparently, I’m clumsy.  I think I saw on Facebook that if one falls and everyone laughs, you’re young.  If one falls and everyone comes running, you’re old. Needless to say, it was embarrassing when everyone came running.  I ended up with a torn meniscus and knee surgery on Valentines Day 2019.  Today, I saw my orthopedic surgeon for a shot of cortisone in my knee.  It will help for several months.  However, it probably means I won’t sleep much tonight and tomorrow I will have bright red circles on my cheeks.  Just a couple of temporary side effects.  It should help the residual pain and, hopefully, give me a boost of energy for a bit.

Tomorrow I have a CAT scan on my right inner ear in preparation for my ear surgery in January.  I’m not thinking about it or dreading it yet.  It has to be done.

After the injection in my knee, we stopped at Olive Garden for lupper…late lunch, early supper.  Tiger met us at the back door when we came home.  Obviously, we had been gone much too long to suit him.  I don’t know why he was complaining though.  He’s in a nice warm house all curled up in his cozy spot.

 

What you see behind the last windbreak of shrubs is a harvested corn field

belonging to the farmer who owns the land behind our property.

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