WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND HERE I AM, WIDE AWAKE!  SO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES?  REMEMBER, THAT IT TAKES SO LITTLE TO AMUSE ME THESE DAYS FOLKS.....






I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT'S JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH WITH ONE-ARM-MY ATTEMPT AT DOING SO YESTERDAY PRODUCED AN UGLY SCENE, FULL JAR OF P.B. FLYING THROUGH AIR, HALF-LOAF OF GOOD BREAD ALL OVER KITCHEN FLOOR....DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO JUSTIFY THE "5 SECOND RULE" AND JUST TOSSED THE WHOLE MESS IN THE TRASH. AND THEN I CRIED...AND CURSED MY STUPID ARM...AND CRIED SOME MORE.  AND THEN IT WAS DONE!


AFTER I HAD THROWN THAT LITTLE TEMPER TANTRUM, YOU KNOW I KIND OF FELT BETTER, A SENSE OF RELIEF CAME OVER ME-I WAS TAKING LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY AND SURELY GIVING WAY TOO MUCH WORTH TO THE VALUE OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE "LOWLY" PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH.  


I HAVE SO MUCH ON MY MIND NOW-WAITING TO SEE THE HAND RECONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST IN WICHITA TOMORROW TO SEE IF HE CAN SOMEHOW PUT MY "HUMPTY-DUMPTY" ARM TOGETHER AGAIN.  BIKE IS SAFELY 
(YEAH, YEAH, YEAH) HUNG UP IN BASEMENT.  AND I STILL FEEL BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE.  


I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR KIND GET WELL GREETINGS-BEST MEDICINES I CAN THINK OF...AND TO MY VERY DEAR FRIEND IN PENNSYLVANIA, THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE TO NOT GIVE UP SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE OF FEAR-TEARS IN MY EYES AS I TYPE THIS...I PROMISE TO REMEMBER THAT!


WOW-IT ONLY TOOK ME 30 MIN. TO TYPE THIS-AND JUST KNOWING I COULD DO THIS IS LIKE "A SHOT IN THE (BAD) ARM".  HAVE A GOOD DAY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

(NOT) ABLE TO JUMP CURBS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT-MARCH 2011