DUCT TAPE & NEW SNEAKERS - I use my sneakers daily. Really.
I hit the gym by 6 AM each day and I walk a lot, run a little, cycle a bit,
sometimes row and I burn as many calories as I have the energy and endurance to
do. But all that activity has rubbed cavities
in the vertical padding of the heels so to avoid blisters I have duct taped my
heels. Yesterday I decided to stop squandering duct tape and buy a new pair of
shoes instead. At Sportcheck I hit a sale, buy one pair and get a second pair at
half price.
RYAN NEEDED SHOES – Ryan is my ten-year old grandson. This
week I noticed his skater shoes were worn out. Holes in the soles and water in
his socks. So I decided that he would be the beneficiary of my second pair of
shoes at half price, so he and I went shopping. He wanted high tops and he
chose a pair of Nikes that he loves. We had fun together.
SLURPIES AND RICHES – Kale is seven years of age and I pick
him up from school twice each week. Invariably he asks me whether we can stop
for a slurpy, slushy or whatever they may be called. Stupid sugared-icy drinks
are $1.40 or more. So I tell Kale not to ask me every time we see each other.
He says he has only asked twice so he already knows how to yank my chain. I
pull into a store parking lot and he asks, “what are you going to get, a
slurpy?” I say, “it costs too much and I don’t have any money.” Kale tells me
“All grandparents have lots of money.” So I explain that his father has money
because he works, but I don’t work any more so I don’t receive any money. He
does a mock crying act. Then I go in and get a four flavoured slurpy for him. He is thrilled and so am I.
EXERCISING DAILY, BURNING CALORIES – I do my best to lose
weight, so my gym work aims to burn as many calories as possible. So far since mid
January I am down 34 pounds but I have plateaued for five weeks. It has
frustrated me but my body seems to have said it is comfortable. In the early weeks, drinking my eight glasses
of water was a secret to my eight loss. So recently I have resumed that
diligent H2O intake and in two days I have lost 2.5 lbs.
ELECTRONIC FRUSTRATION – since our move to our new carriage
home two months ago we have endured sporadic dropped Wi-Fi signals with our
laptops and I hate the interruptions so much and the hassle of calling TELUS
and sitting for hours with technicians located somewhere in the world. I was
directed to someone called June, a young Philippino who works for a TELUS
subsidiary in Manila. So he speaks with me by phone and I give him permission
to control my computers and watch the icon open files and change instructions
and fix my dysfunction. He has been very
effective and finally directed an authorized service provider to visit me and
replace my TELUS modem.
Last night Christine and I walked from our home into Langley
to the Willowbrook Mall and got a couple of Starbucks coffees and set outside
on a mild evening and watched people as they came and went. After a pleasant
walk home, we watched Nic Wallenda of the famous Flying Wallenda family, walk a
steel cable spanned across the Niagara Falls. It was dramatic, carefully
planned with adequate safety and television coverage. It was a grand production
that benefitted him certainly, but both the American and Canadian cities
bearing the Niagara Falls name. It was a surprise to hear his faith expressed
via a mike hookup as he walked through the mist and the winds stirred by the
roaring waters. He talked to God the Father the entire trip across from the USA
to Canada.
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