Friday October 17th~

The happiness of your life depends

 upon the quality of your thoughts...

 Back to the drill here at home in 

Florida. Doctors appointments all week

 long and continues into next week. 

Yesterday started with an Xray of my

 knee followed d by a visit to my Orthopedic

 surgeon. As the doctor said, “not good.” 

 Instead of getting better my knee has

 gotten worse.  I have been in terrible pain

 the last 2 months.  More than ever. 

 Seems like I lost all the cushioning between

 the knee joints (not a usual thing) and now when 

I walk it’s bone grinding against bone.  It really hurts. 

 I started out at 7am from home and was not done 

until 12 noon.  Patience is not a virtue of mine.

That being said I got home and Arvid and I still

 walked downtown.  We went to Ichiban for lunch.

  Yes, it hurt but I have to do a little something.  

Our girl was happy to see us. Gave 

us big hugs and we caught up with what

 happened during the summer.  Her summer

 and our summer. Was a very nice time.

As always the meal was delicious. Arvid

 just can’t resist having his Kirin Ichiban beer. 

For me water with lemon. It was hot but not a 

sweltering heat and the humidity was low.

The fate of my knee is undecided as of 

right now. I need another MRI next week 

to figure out the extent of the damage. 

Otherwise all is good. Today I go to 

the Latin store to pick up some products

 I need for cooking, hopefully guavas, 

red snapper, Arvid's favorite, plantain 

chips, and some other goodies.  

Sniff is doing great here at home. It’s as if

 he was never gone. Back to his spots without

 hesitation.  Friday, back in Branson it was

the boys night out, but tonight Arvid

 and I will be heading downtown.

To all a very good day and may 

the weekend ahead be a great one.

Do and act on what you believe

 to be right, and you'll wake up the next 

morning feeling good about yourself...

~Nadiya~