Gardening, music, life with MS
We’re back home in VA. We drove back on Friday, left NY at 5 am. Thank God it was a smooth ride all the way. Well almost, upon entering Northern Virginia the traffic was stop and go for the last 2 hours. Now I need a vacation of not doing anything and a break from […]
We’ve been here in NY for two days and my emotions are all over the place. It started with the drive up here. It ended up taking 13 hours, every road we traveled was backed up. Waze took us west from I 495 to 15 to I 81 to I 84. It started snowing while […]
Right now it’s 7:30 am and we’ll be leaving shortly to drive the hell that is 95 North. With luck it can take 6 hours, more likely it will take 9 to 13 hours. Last night I was up until 1, making cookies. I start up every year happy and excited that I’m going to […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 46 years since John Lennon was murdered outside his apartment in NY. I woke up to my phone ringing and it was my cousin Lauren crying, “he’s dead.” She repeated it again, “he’s dead.” “Who’s dead, what are you talking about.” She told me that John Lennon was […]
Yesterday, 143.2, I guess I’m pretty consistent.
long after the thrill of living is gone”….. (John Mellencamp) These lyrics have been reverberating over and over in my brain. “Happiness”, (subject of my last post), is alluding me right now. I want to be excited and embrace the Christmas spirit but I’m allowing Peter to take it from me. There is no joy […]
I’m in a quandary. I am 66 years old and I still receive SS/Disability, that comes with Medicare Parts A and B. My primary insurance is with Pete’s job and Medicare has always been secondary. When I turned 65 I called Social Security and was told that I don’t file until I’m 67. For months […]