Miscellany

Here is my experience today at the opthalmologist who gave me a laser treatment for a small retinal tear: Dr. - you will experience bright flashes and possibly some pain; Me - ok,ok,ok,ok,ow,ow,ow,ow,ow,ok,ok,ok,ok,ow,ow,ow,ok,ok,ow,ow - he stops - I think "whew, that wasn't so bad" he says "half way through"; Me - ok,ok,ok,ow,ow,ow,ow,ok,ok...So it went - some flashes brighter, hurtier than others - but he praised me for not jerking or otherwise moving so we got through pretty quickly. He did see the tear, which the referring optometrist hypothesized was there - good on her. To change the topic, the most annoying (to me) overused recent expression begins "At the end of the day..." Maybe you have other candidates? At least for a while, finally, today, the rain has stopped and even a little blue sky was showing! Yahoo! Carrie is feeling a little better, too - well enough to go back to work for a full afternoon, including teaching one class. Emily had a bad day yesterday, much better today. Joseph won both chess games he played against a competing high school, yesterday. He is scheduled for an outdoor outing later in the year and wow what a list of necessaries, mostly clothes, he has to get -hello Salvation Army store! If you buy from the retail sport shops clothes are way high, with many items at or above $250.00. So long for now. Manford