“Country Pumpkin”

So, I figured out that since my knee injury, I can’t be out of the house for four hours because then my knee will hurt too badly! I have also figured out that I can’t do things two days in a row because then my body AND my knee will hurt too badly! I thought with two short trips, I could bypass that and I would be okay.

I was wrong. So wrong! It turned out that Thursday, I needed to accompany my son to Men’s Wearhouse to get him outfitted for prom this year. I don’t think I was out of the house for an hour but I had already made my monthly appointment to get my haircut and my eyebrows waxed. (I made an agreement with God years ago when I first got a white hair between my eyebrows that if I didn’t touch them, and just got them waxed, that I wouldn’t get white hair on my head) That appointment was Friday and I was out of my house for even less than an hour. Well, BIG MISTAKE!!!

I have NOT realized until today that after the Men’s Wearhouse with my son on Thursday, after my haircut appointment on Friday, and all day thus far today, I have felt terrible, passed out in my wheelchair, and taken pain meds like it is my job! I have not been well!

It is so BEYOND frustrating because I didn’t do much! I went with my son to make sure that he looks really good for prom and to pay for it and at 37 years old, I realize it is VERY important for me to have two eyebrows! I keep my hair short because it is a lot easier to manage now but it demands that I get frequent haircuts!

So, my son will look very handsome for prom and my eyebrows look good and my hair is cut but today I am weighing out the price of it all. For three days, I have been watching The Lingest Ride because I am a sucker for a romance movie and the country music and it reminds me of Barwis! I especially like the part when Ruth calls Ira a, “Country pumpkin” instead of a country bumpkin because she is from Vienna.

Today, because I feel so terribly and my knee hurts so badly, I can’t imagine getting back there again. I KNOW I will be back there and I guess watching this movie so many times, reminds me of, “Camo Wednesdays” at Barwis. As Sean drove us home on Thursday, he put some country music on his phone for us to listen to and I felt far removed from contemporary country music. I started liking country music back when I used to work at Lonestar Steakhouse and Saloon. I have always listened to that type of music but It hasn’t really been my first choice, but then there was Barwis Methods!

So, not only am I digging the romance part of the movie but I really am liking the soundtrack! I have already added it to my Apple Music! I’m watching the movie for the second time today because I fell asleep during the first time and just as I woke up, I saw that this movie is based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. So YOU KNOW that I had to order it! It’s coming on Monday.