Wednesday morning. It was very cold, winter is here, even if the sun is shining in a blue sky, and the temperature climbs up to 65 later in the day, when I am scraping ice off the car it is winter. So I do what I have to do in winter; put my summer skirts in another closet, and take the car to Terry so he can do the little adjustment he has to do, to change from air conditioning to heat. I know it would be better if I could do that myself from inside the car, but to do so I need a new thingy, and it is not high on my list of priorities at the moment. As I was going to the dentist in Norman today I had to have heating on, so got to Terry's at 8 o'clock.
As far as I can see, there is just one qualified dentist in this practice I go to, but dozens of minions, and countless examination rooms. I ring up, ask for an appointment with the dentist, and in my naiveté expect that I will see him. But no, I get a minion, who does an acceptable job of adjusting my partial, but like doctors who don't have MD's I feel I am being short changed. On the way out it was suggested I make an appointment with the hygienist, which I know is overdue, so I agree but say I really want an appointment for a check up with the dentist. I'm assured - somewhat airily - that when the hygienist is cleaning my teeth he will come in "and have a look". I realise this is the best offer of a check up I am going to get, so rather laughingly agree. Actually, I was reminded that when I first saw him I had a comprehensive examination and I was given a printed sheet of all the work that will need to be done in the future, and he will tell me - when he has a look round - what part of that list needs to be done now.
When I got home I knocked up some cakes for dessert for the Wednesday meal.
Thursday morning. It was rather sad going to Kiwanis this morning. On my very first day there Cecil invited me to sit beside him. Then about two years ago Fr Clark joined, and he was invited to sit on the other side (this is beginning to sound like the Last Supper) but from now on it will always be just the two of us sitting together. Louise has always sat with the treasurer. Cecil is being transferred today to a skilled nursing home facility, the same one where Larry was.
He had his major stroke last Friday, and I am feeling rather stunned that he can go from normality to a nursing home in less than a week. Louise said they were told about a year and a half ago that he had Alzheimer's (I hadn't noticed, perhaps because I've got it myself I thought he was normal) but the neurologist has confirmed now that he has. But in a small way he is making a little progress in that he is beginning to feed himself. It was also explained to Louise that in the case of a stroke the brain swells, and then as the swelling goes down it needs to make new neuro-pathways, so he will get better than he is at the moment. That is why I am always playing lots of games of solitaire, I am maintaining my neuro-pathways. And I think that probably crocheting and needlework does that as well, I hope so.
Kiwanis was very interesting; a member gave a power point presentation of her recent trip to South Dakota , to the badlands, Mount Rushmore, and just over into Wyoming. She went with members of her family and said her brother in law is a photographer, and she had lovely photographs. She is however, a very accomplished photographer herself, and has in the past given us a presentation of her photographs of birds. I think South Dakota might be next on my bucket list, after Tennessee, the Cumberland Gap, and the Smoky Mountains.
This morning was really all go. I needed to get back to water walking, which has been a bit neglected lately, and as Fr Clark attends a Bible study group in the YMCA shortly after Kiwanis I went along as well, then had my water walk, then a quick dash to Emmanuel for Communion, and out to lunch. Which is quite a lot of activity for me, all in one morning.
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