SPRING FLING IN FULL SWING

Operation Spring Fling is officially underway.  For starters, I typed out four things that I would like to accomplish every day.  If I can accomplish 2 of those 4 things in a day, I give myself a virtual Purple Heart Award 💜.   Creating a personal reward system lifts one's motivation and celebrates progress.  It's a super simple mind game.

Ernest Vincent Wright

As mentioned the other day, I've not read the 1939 novel Gadsby  by Ernest Vincent Wright.  The entire novel was written without using the letter "e."  The letter "e" is the most-used letter in the English alphabet, so it's beyond me how someone could write a novel without using the letter "e."  A book like that is a feast for anyone who loves words.   Went to the eBay website and found a pre-owned trade book paperback for $11 postage included.  That's how easy it is to invite fun into life.

Springtime gets us revved for spending time on our decks and patios.  The boyfriend and I have holy communion at 5 o'clock on our deck.  It's our way of honoring the close of another gifted day.  Our deck faces the east, so later afternoon is perfect....not full sun shining down on us.  When we bought our late-life home, we didn't even take that into consideration.  It was a perk! 

Today we trolley back to the plastic surgeon's office to have my stitches removed.  Appointment time is 9:30, so we've planned one of our random routes through small river towns that will eventually return home.  Somewhere along the way we'll decide to have lunch at a tavern that serves the locals.  Real people keep us grounded.

Good thing my appointment is scheduled for today.  The National Weather Service is forecasting a dangerous outbreak of severe thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes from tomorrow (Friday) through the weekend in the Midwest, southern and eastern states.