Updating

Today's blog will contain updates related to some of my older blogs.  Not that you've actually clamored for updates, but maybe you've been somewhat curious.

October is my "back to school" month; that's when classes start up again at the Senior Center.  (See "Shake Your Booty" written 11/19/12.) Zumba whipped my butt today.  That's probably because it got so hot this summer that I stopped leaving the air conditioned house for classes.  About the most energetic I got was to drive in the air conditioned car to float blissfully at the pool.  Class is back in session, and some of my favorite characters are back.  There's the athlete.  This squat older lady is always in the front row flinging her arms and her weights.  She wears a towel twisted around her bra strap and draping down the front of her shirt.  It always makes me laugh since the rest of us just wipe off on our t-shirts.  But, she got through class a lot easier than I did today.  My knees were in agony after a summer of no stretching them. (Remember "The Bees Knees" from 5/21/13?) The dancer is back, only now I think she fantasizes she's on Dancing With the Stars.  She raises her arms to dance with her imaginary partner and smiles over her shoulder at the judges (aka the back row).  The newest class member is the prancer.  Have you seen the You Tube video of the woman who loves horses and has developed an exercise program called Prancercise?  Well, prancing woman has turned up in our class!  She's fun to watch. I'm just waiting for her to rear up and whinny.  Gotta love her.  She also did much better than I at class.  This session I'm taking an intriguing class - cane fu.  Yep, you read that right - kung fu for the cane wielding set.  Can't wait to learn to flip a cane like Bruce Lee would have had he lived long enough.

Remember "Psychics" from 8/13/13?  I had my session with her, and it was pretty much what I expected...nothing special.  She told me I have arthritis.  Well, the doctor told me that news a while ago and at least his consultation was covered by insurance.  She kept harping about a man who had betrayed me, and how he had caused me a lot of harm that has lingered with me for far too long.  I didn't know what she was talking about, and then long after she could answer any questions for me, I realized to what she had been referring. In my blog called "Faith/Religion: Something I've Been Told Never to Discuss" from 11/4/12, I touched briefly on the lunatic rector that resulted in my leaving my church home of thirty years.  Now that was a betrayal!!! That was a terrible life experience caused by a crazy man.  But, since I couldn't recall it at the time of the reading, I never did get any advice from her concerning the matter.  She told me that my mother is always with me.  Well, that's nice, but I know that both of my parents send signs all the time that they're with me.  See "Dimes" from 1/19/13.  Am I going to meet a wonderful man?  No.  Gee, I didn't see that coming, insert sarcasm. (Refer to "matchsingleseniorsfishinthesea.com" from 3/18/13. ) But her biggest "prediction" was that I'd have a huge and unexpected expense in the near future.  I own a home; how hard is it to make such a prediction?  The expense, though, did occur.  And it wasn't what I was watching out for.

Do you recall "So if cats have 9 lives, how many do dogs get?" from 3/21/13?  Trixie struck again.  This past week I nearly lost her.  She ate a glob of dental floss.  I figured she'd pass it.  Thank goodness she ate a half cup of chocolate frosting the next day.  At least that worried me because chocolate is so bad for dogs.  The morning after, when I awoke to Trixie vomit all over the house, I thought the chocolate had poisoned her.  The next few days were a nightmare as she got worse and nobody knew what was wrong.  When the emergency vet alerted me at 1:00 am that she was going to do exploratory surgery because she suspected the dental floss was twisted inside of her, I thought I'd be sick.  Sure enough, the surgery revealed floss stuck in her stomach and twisted around her intestines.  Had we waited much longer, the intestines could have ruptured and filled her body with fatal toxins.  She's alive, almost $3000 later.  Seriously, couldn't the psychic have told me to watch out for dental floss instead of telling me to expect a big expense in the near future??

My Godgirl's wedding went off without a hitch. And without cicadas!  (See "My Godgirl's Getting Married" from 5/8/13.)  She was breathtakingly beautiful.  John was Prince Charmingly handsome. They exchanged vows that made us laugh and cry.  Being that they are animal lovers, a few special touches made the wedding extra special.  When John extended a leather-gloved hand, a hawk holding a little bag with their rings in it landed on his arm.  The couple set off two doves at the end of the ceremony, doves that joined a flock of white birds circling overhead.  The wine flowed, the music played, and we all danced in the moonlight.

I'm still working on my "Random Acts of Kindness" from 3/29/13.  When I won $500 at the casino, it gave me the chance to donate a little more than 10% for the classroom of a friend who teaches in a troubled Philadelphia school.  When I learned a former student was suffering cancer and in danger of losing the home she was working to provide for her three children, I was able to donate to her and share the information for her fundraising page. Sharing that information led others to donate, too.  She needed $700, but over $3000 was raised!  Those two I can tell you about, as those donations were publicly made.  My other RAKs are my secret.  I still have more to complete, though, before this year is over.

So there you go, updates on some of my blogs.  Is there anything else you might like to know? Send me your questions!