Thursday October 2, 2008

 

 

Autumn ~ Pain ~ Subway

Exclamation in the Sky

 

 

 You can probably tell by my entries that I am finally having an uneventful week – AT HOME.  I’ve been busy enough in the office, babysat grandchildren a couple of times, visited Cerwin’s mom one evening, and our youngest daughter another evening, but it has been nice to have only soft deadlines this week instead of hard deadlines every day.

 

 

 The cooler days and coloring trees in our area are a sure sign of autumn.

 

 

 Many leaves are falling – even before they color – and make wonderful crunching sounds as we walk around our property.

 

 

 The cockscomb are displaying their prettiest red – before cold weather puts an end to their life for the season.

 

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 The week didn’t start out so ordinary, however. 

When Cerwin woke up on Sunday morning (during our visit to Lansdale) he complained about pain in his left leg.  We didn’t think too much about it until breakfast time when he was in serious pain, went into a sweat, and turned very white.  After taking a pain pill and lying down for a bit, he felt pretty good for the rest of the day, and was able to drive the TFC chapel back to the shop.  The pain settled in his knee, and several times he mentioned that it felt numb.

Our children encouraged him to go to the doctor on Monday to make sure it wasn’t stroke or blood clot related.  That thought was kind of alarming.  We are both in our midsixties and have never had any serious health issues.  It was a relief when the doctor concluded that he had probably pulled a muscle or nerve when setting up the steps to the chapel during the weekend.

 

 

 Last night when we visited our youngest daughter Deb, she encouraged him to try her remedy of Polar Ice and a wrap.  He applied the jel and wrapped his knee before going to bed.  Today he has a lot less pain, and thinks it may have helped.

 

 

 Deb lives an hour away, so we picked up Subway subs on the way to her place on Wednesday evening and treated her to supper.

 

 

 My delicious roast beef sub.

 

 

 The reason for our visit was for Cerwin to measure her shop wall for shelves.  She owns her own layout and design business and needs some more storage space.

 

 

 I have no clue how this exclamation mark happened – but that is what I got when I took a picture of the sunset this evening!  I think maybe it was God’s way of trademarking his evening painting.