Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,
Possuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuums!
Coming to you from the Celebrity Suite of the Wyndemere Condominiums at Turtle Creek. Today is Tuesday, August 15.
Clutch your pearls and turn on the heat. A cold front is blowing through Dallas. The temperature has fallen. The high today and tomorrow is 96 degrees. Mother Nature has granted a few days of relief, but then on Thursday, she is going to bitch-slap us back to 108 degrees. Uuuuugggghhhhhh!
Happy Belated Birthday to:
Shiloh Shannon
Happy Birthday to:
Bryan Grant
Gus Klein
Matt Wayne Miller
Stephen Kent Soliz
Vance Kirksey
Good Morning, Possums and Happy Tuesday. It feels like it should be Friday (to me at least). Yesterday was a long day (again, to me).
The weekend was good. Sunday was a mess. I met some friends out Sunday afternoon. We played pool - well, they played pool and I commented on their pool-playing-skills from the sidelines.
These two individuals, none of us knew them, played two of my friends. They were very nice. One of them approached me and we exchanged pleasantries. That was fine and all. I got the question (which I sometimes do), “So what happed?” (Referring to my wheelchair) and I replied that I have Multiple Sclerosis. And then it happened. I was the recipient of the following,
“Oh, I am so sorry.”
I have no idea what came over me, but my blood started to boil. All I could think about doing was standing up and punching this moron in the face. Unfortunately, standing is not really an option for me. In my head I kept yelling, “Do not feel sorry for me. I’m NOT a victim. Do not look at me that way!”
It was those words - “I am so sorry” accompanied by that look of pity and charity. It could have been, and probably was, more of a look of compassion and warmth, but my brain went in the opposite direction. I know now that I completely overreacted (in my head) but I couldn’t help it.
I knew at that point, it was time for me to politely excuse myself and head home. So I did.
I got home and cooled off and relaxed. I went into the kitchen to take my nighttime pills. I started getting my plethora of medication out (seven - I take seven pills at night) and as got them out, it was at that very moment I realized…… I FINALLY HAD ONE….those steroids had performed as promised. Those steroids delivered like Domino’s (Pizza). I had a HEFTHY MOOD SWING!! And boy, it was a good one. It was also exhausting.
Fortunately, I handled it with grace and aplomb and no one was the wiser (I hope). But golly, that was a good one.
I am blessed with MS and steroids (for the time being).
In other news:
Wheelchair status: Assembly
SSD Status: 19% complete
SSI Status: 10% complete
Kankle News: half a kankle on my left foot. Normal right foot.
Anyhoozle, that’s all I have for today. I hope you all have a GREAT day!
Whatever your day holds and whatever your plans may be, I wish you all a SPECTACULAR day. Do everything today with kindness in your heart. The world is full of kind people. If you can’t find one, be one!
To all of my fellow MS Warriors, keep fighting the good fight. And to all MS Warrior Supporters, Thank You! Your support means everything.
Peace, Love and Blessings to you all. -AJ
#strengthpatiencepeacefaith
#hopelovejoygrace
#AndyStrong
#INeedaJob
#MS_Sucks
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