Category: A Bit Of Randomness

This category is full of randomness that really doesn’t fit nicely into any of the categories having to do with my road to walking.

I Don’t Know!!!

When Happiness for Beginners started, my Mom asked me who sang the song that was playing when it began. That song sounded familiar, but I could not place it. I decided just to look at her and say, “I don’t know!”

I didn’t know this song but the song she was talking about was, “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities. That song came out when I was in the middle of teaching middle school! My kids, loved that song! I think I even posted that song on my blog years ago. It came out as a single in 2011 and on the album I’m 2013.

I was teaching Reading then, so I had smaller class sizes and I paid more attention to pop culture back then. But now, I am homebound, so I don’t have any pop-culture references anymore. But, I just looked up what song was playing in the beginning of Happiness for Beginners:

And since I put that song in here, I’m going to put the Capital Cities song in as well so you can hear the similarity that me and my Mom heard! Great minds think alike!:

“Not That One; the Bad One”

So, I told my Mom about what I said about Happiness for Beginners and compared it to that Capital Cities song. she looked at me and said, “Not that one; the bad one.”

When she told me that, I started to laugh because I knew what song she was talking about and I guess this song in this movie sounds similar. I will put all three songs in this post so you guys can hear the similarities for yourself:

Happiness for Beginners song:

The first song that I thought sounded like this song that I heard well I was in the middle of teaching:

But then my Mom told me that that wasn’t the song she was thinking of and this is this song, so I put it on here (the clean version) and I was still teaching one. The song came out as well:

*GASP?!*

Last night, my Mom showed me a picture that she saw earlier in the day:

That corner was my entire education from kindergarten to senior year!!! I sent that picture to my brothers today with the caption:

*GASP?!*
😱😱😱😱😱

(those five faces are us!)

My eyes kind of welled up with tears, as I was sending the picture to my brothers! You know what was playing in my head, right?!:

New Development

I almost forgot to write about the new development that I discovered yesterday! Here’s the deal, at my last dental cleaning appointment, I talked to the dentist about my jaw locking. It has been happening more lately.

She asked me if I had a bite splint and I told her that I did. I got fitted for it about 15 years before in this office. When I was still teaching. She suggested me wearing it longer during the day or she could refer me to an oral surgeon.

Dr. Elias told me years ago that my body cannot handle any more surgery! Seeing how the pain in my knee persists this much six years later, , he knows what he’s talking about.

So here’s the new development, as I was pillaging on Saturday, I couldn’t understand why my jaw was hurting so much. It’s because I was grinding my teeth! I had to stop pillaging and ask my Mom to give me my mouthguard! So now, I need a mouthguard as a Pillage. This sucks!

My Final Walk-Through for the Year

My brother just took my Mom to pick up the van for our ‘go-time’ this month. I am sitting in my living room in silence going through my final walk-through for the year in my head. I still have scheduled van rentals for October, November, December. I have to keep my short haircut up and. I have to go to a Cidermill in October! Duh?!

Naturopath and haircut tomorrow and a weight and bloodwork on Thursday. I do not have any more scheduled doctors appointment for the year. Now, I know that there could be an emergency at any point, but I really feel like I am getting into ‘cruise control’ mode with this mean disease! I will write more about this after ‘go-time.’

I think that I will call Margaret at Creative Mobility to schedule my appointments for next year. I will know my March date in 2024 because I will need to schedule my next appointment with Dr. Chamas on Thursday.

I had this year scheduled, but not until April because I had to wait for schedules to open up to see my neurologist. I will get a jump on 2024, but I think I have tomorrow set in my head. I never thought that my life would be like this, ONLY this…; but it is. I can schedule appointments and rent vans and I will probably start on Monday for 2024.

Sort Of…

I bought my Mom and I matching shirts a couple Christmases ago and I had bought myself a version of the shirt in a different color before I bought us, the same colored shirts and today, before my Mom took Leia for a walk, noticed that we were matchers sort of…

I convinced her to take a picture with me before she left, but this was the second day of ‘go time’ so just look at my face?!:

Our shirts say ‘Grace’ with a little heart as a period after it. I thought it was cute and my Mom likes hearts, so that’s why I got us matching shirts. As I love that kind of thing!!!

I finished ‘go time’ for September but at my appointment, she told me that I have to make my next mammogram sooner rather than later. So it looks like I’m having another appointment this year! I jinxed myself!!!

#MyGirlL: I’ll Stand by You

This morning was the last leg of ‘Go time’ and I was exhausted! Beyond exhausted! I think this morning was the groaniest I have ever been!!! Yes, it completely startles me that the groaning is kind of becoming a norm for me each time I leave the house for an appointment.

This particular morning, during my first rosary, as I drink my nutrition shake and try to wake up, Leia did just that!!! So, here I am, groaning and drinking my shake and trying to wake up so she just stood next to me on my left for a really long time!

It took me a minute to notice, but when I did, I just rubbed my left fingers on her back because that’s all I can reach when I’m sitting in my power chair. I just looked at her and thanked her for her moral support!!!

I am sitting here trying to recover from this months ‘go time’ and I thought for a moment, I figured this song would be good here. #MyGirlL!!!: