How very sad!
7:00 am came early this morning, and then we realized Mary had a dentist appointment in Huntington Beach at 8:30 am. She had to hurry because we remembered the dentist’s front door sign: NO JAMMIES ALLOWED!
At 8:00 am, we were on the road, speeding through the back streets to avoid the traffic, trying to get on the freeway. We were wearing our racing togs, and the scarves around our necks were waving out the window as we broke the sound barrier and a myriad of traffic laws.
Careening into the dentist’s parking lot with thirty seconds to spare, we hit the brakes, lowered the flaps, set the landing gear, threw out the anchor, and slid into a parking place right by the entrance.
Like Superwoman changing into her suit in the telephone booth, Mary sprung into action. She threw off the racing togs, released her five-point seatbelts, and put on her professional go-to-the-doctor outfit. We made it with ten seconds to spare; being a doctor, Mary hates to be late!
There might be some truth to that!
Her procedure took less than fifteen minutes! We returned home, had a small breakfast, and returned to the road at 12:30 pm for a 1:00 pm audiologist’s appointment to see if our hearing had changed. It seems going to doctors is a large part of our social life.
Upon seeing the office decor, I was totally tempted to place one of my earplugs into the sculpture (I carry earplugs because of the loud music at some of our events). It was either that or tie a string around the finger as a reminder.
The office decorations were attractive.
Our results were good, except the term “Dear, would you …..” is challenging to hear. Our doctor gave us the test, tuned our hearing aids, downloaded the newest firmware, and matched the aids to our individual hearing curves.
We now have no excuse for hearing each other.
My hearing was about like last year.
It was 1:45 pm, and we were two miles from the American Legion, so it was time for lunch. We enjoyed a glass of wine with a delicious turkey sandwich and French fries. Their turkey sandwiches are relatively large, so we shared. They brought out the sandwich and it seemed a little large plus we wanted it cut in half so we could share it.
It was definitely fresh!
The second time was a hit, and they served the sandwich on two plates with too many fries on each plate. To avoid an international incident, we ate the French fries anyway!
Sharing a turkey sandwich was perfect.
We tried to resist the French fries, but they were the first to go.
How can something so beautiful be so bad for you? It is not fair!
The Legion had a lot of people when we visited, which was unexpected since we usually come on Mondays and it is not busy.
As it turned out, Tuesdays are “Jam Session & Taco Tuesday” days, and band members play on the patio in the afternoon. Today, we saw eight guys playing classic rock and roll music from the 1950s and 1960s. The music was very danceable!
The bar was pretty busy.
With a little AI, I removed the background, and here we are. It is always amazing how Mary has fallen in love with an old bald-headed wrinkle sponge?
Go away, background.
With another push of the button, we have a Valentine’s Day present background.
Tomorrow is the day!
It was supposed to be a romantic lunch, but the arrows kept bouncing off. Perhaps I should try Botox?
The music was a little loud, so being inside was a good choice. It was toe-tapping music, and we would have danced, but we needed to return to the 55 Freeway before it got too clobbered with northbound afternoon traffic.
There is terrific music outside, with two Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame members present.
We got home around 4:00 pm and watched more of Royal Pains until it was our time to walk. We will walk twice a day for about a mile to help us reach our goal of losing some weight. At 7:00 pm we set out with our bright jackets and a flashlight. Normally Scout would join us but he is smarted than us, he is in bed sound asleep!
This street is Cannon, and it is uphill. If we make it to the top, we are good to go!
On our evening walk.
We made it even though it was cold. The snow had just melted. We wear reflective jackets; Mary is in pink, and I wear yellow!
Our short path is 0.8 miles around the school, but we can easily change routes, adding another 0.3 miles when it is a tad warmer.
Walking is a great exercise and is on addition to the 30 minutes on the treadmill at the gym.
Returning home, we looked for Scout; the little bugger went to bed. We watched more of Royal Pains and hit the sack around 10:30 pm. Scout had to be woken up so he could do his business, or otherwise, we would get pawed something during the night.
