Independence is a gift from God

Tuesday was when I had to undergo a CT scan.  I took Evelyn to exercise, and then I went to the hospital.  I had to register, have a blood test for Creatin, and have the scan.  During the first stop, a well meaning tech could not hit the vein in my hand.  I have never had that happen since starting the practice of always using the very prominent vein in my right hand.  I was told to use it by a phlebotomist years ago.  Another girl came in and hit it immediately.  I proceeded to the Radiology department where I was taken to a room where a young man stabbed me in the right arm and stuffed me into a big tube.  Of course this was not as brutal as I just made it sound.  That is the procedure for the CT scan.  About a year and a half ago, an Xray showed something on my right lung, causing the radiologist to recommend the scan.  I had one this past summer and was told to have another during the winter.  The doctor in Texas advised against that citing an overdose of radiation.  I waited until this summer to have the recommended follow up.  I will try to learn the results Thursday.  I returned to get Evelyn, and we returned a book to the library before returning my second can of wasp spray to Lowe’s.  The second like the first only put out a spray, not a stream of poison.  I can’t reach the wasp’s nest with anything less than a stream.  I used this method to kill wasps in Indiana more than 25 years ago, yet this new and improved model failed to work.  I got a different product, brought it home, tried it with the same result.  I think we will have to consult an exterminator.  We watched the Cubs/Braves baseball game.

Wednesday is the big day.  We went to exercise and then to downtown Waynesville for a children’s parade.  I wanted to go to the parade at Lake Junaluska so we did.  It was a big disappointment because it was very short.  When we used to participate, it was 20 minutes or more long.  This one was 10 minutes or less.  We left there and went to Bo Jangles for a chicken lunch before returning home to finish preparations for the cook out in the afternoon.  Gary cooked the hamburgers and chicken while everyone else brought some side dishes.  We took potato salad, some cheese/Rotel, relish plate, and strawberry pie.  Yes the other people did bring some things too.  Susan Hartzel, the neighbor behind us, brought her daughter visiting from Charlotte too.  We visited for a couple of hours and then left for home.  We had many things to bring home and took 4 trips.  Neither of us felt like going out to see the fireworks and skipped them.  I made plans to play golf tomorrow while Evelyn leads the Thursday Bible study.