Today I am in a mess. My left eye has a new fancy lens and my left lens from my old glasses is gone. Ken threw it away so now I look through empty frame. Reading is difficult. But I have great faith in the future of my vision. Already I see better with my left eye than my right, even though my right eye was my best eye. At the moment my vision is suspect with the eyes not working well together. Again, I have faith, and tomorrow morning at 7:00 I see the good Doctor, when he will check me out. Then we drive to the farm, where everything gets better, both body and soul. This aging process is not for sissies.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
April 29, 2010. Chevy Chase, Md. Eyes.
My Mother taught me that "You can not improve the future unless you upset the present." I have found this to be true. Many times when up to our eyeballs in a mess, this wisdom has helped me through to a better future. An agent at work, who is moving, typed this slogan for his wife when she got upset with the chaos of a move.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
April 28, 2010. Chevy Chase, Md. Travel Options
Ken has spent a lot of time these past few months researching the nineteenth century way of travelling. I had been reading books that take place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries where people got around in a leisurely way, usually using the train. He is irritated with air transportation. Now, we can go to Jackson via train but first we must go to New Orleans via Chicago. And we can do the same route to San Antonio. Washington to Chicago, then to New Orleans where we must stay overnight, then another train to San Antonio. "We can do this" says Ken. I agree, but only if we have lots and lots of time on our hands.
Today we flew home from San Antonio on a three hour direct flight on Southwest. Easy as pie.
Next May we are trying out our system. Train to Chicago. Train to Seattle. Bus to Vancouver. Ferry to Pender Island for a week, then back to Vancouver for a week. Train along the Fraser River to Jasper with one over-night stop in some town. Finally, train from Jackson to Halifax. The goal is not to drive ourselves. We are excited.
This summer we will drive to Nova Scotia because the airlines are ridiculous. We are taking a giant step back. I wonder how long this will last? I must say, we have had fun trying to calculate the various options.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
April 27, 2010. San Antonio, Texas. Travelling.
Last evening we sat on the deck overlooking the lake and enjoyed the full moon. As always, we were sorry to leave. Often the next venture is all we look forward to, but leaving Texas always makes us feel that we short change ourselves and stayed here too short a time. But we closed up the lake house, and drove to San Antonio where we will stay the night with the kids before flying home to Bethesda. Every time we leave, we say to ourselves "Next year we will spend more time in Texas".
Thursday at noon my cataract will be removed. The technology is wonderful, and there might be a chance that I will see without glasses. I would be surprised. Friday morning at 7 a.m. Dr.H. will check my eyes before we drive to the farm, another lovely place to live. Our life is peculiar but fits us both very well, with always coming or going. But now we are sad to say goodbye to Texas and the Family here. Soon we will see them all in Nova Scotia in July. We are travelling on once again.
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