Challenge or Adventure?

Well, I'm not sure whether this widder's life is a challenge or an adventure. At either rate, I am determined not to let it beat me; but, there are days when I'd just like to go to bed and stay there for days! Sleep is the great healer you know. I'm not sure that applies if you stay there for days, however!!! So every morning when the dog wakes me up (not my dog, Charlotte's dog--mine knows better!); anyway, every morning when Buttons demands, I get up (about 7 a.m.--way too early for any human or dog!) And believe it or not most days I stay up!

It's been a challenging week since I last posted. I've heard Larry choking in the den...same sound I heard the night he died. I guess I'm not really crazy, because I had enough sense to know he wasn't really in there...but it certainly takes you aback! Then it's over as quick as it happened and you move on! Funny how the mind plays these evil tricks on you, though!

Speaking of evil tricks--got mail returned "unknown" at the last address I had for Jennine (you remember her, she's the one I dreamt he ran off with.). Well, she isn't where she's supposed to be and he's not where he's supposed to be (i.e., here with me), so maybe they are together in some "other life". See what I mean about evil tricks!

Then today I decided I'd go get my hair cut (and colored, but don't tell anybody). I needed a "pick me up"; besides the first of the "holiday parties" is Thursday night! So Cindy is blowing my hair dry and she says "did you know you have these red spots on your neck and part of your scalp....well envisioning all my newly cut and colored hair falling out in the floor--I say "Oh, Lord no! Get me the mirror!" Sure enough--red whelts--crap, I've broken out in hives! Well now getting my hair done has never resulted in that before--so we know I'm not allergic to any of the products. I say to Cindy (knowing that you have to learn all about scalp diseases in beauty school) "so, you're the expert--what do you think could be causing this?" "How about STRESS? Your husband dying...running the highways & byways of Texas? Just for starters!" she says. "Oh, yeah, could be, huh!" As if I don't have enough "challenges" in my life right now--now I have hives--guess I'll be buying Benedryl by the pound!

Then it was off to Scrapbook Club, where all my friends had to examine my scalp...yep, hives! "Do they itch" someone asks.....well they didn't til she mentioned it! Now even my little finger itches!

Oh yes, and I still don't have the smoke alarm fixed--darn thing is still beeping at me! And you'll be happy to know that it only takes one widder to change a light bulb in the ceiling!

Challenges? Adventures? Seems more like the survival of the fittest to me!