Pr 19:21

Don’t unfriend me!  This horror is from my sister who insists on tormenting us with bad puns regularly.  This was yesterday’s offering.  It was mild-ish today, and Jerry was wriggling and excited to get in the car.  He kneaded my legs, rolled on his back and just looked ecstatic as we drove… Don was fairly alert today but was running low on energy by this evening.  He’s now watching some really creepy murder mysteries full of extensive obscenities but heavily star studded.  I’m not really making sense of them, but he’s glued, so I guess all is good?

So I haven’t lost my appetite, which is awesome.  I found a container of meat sauce (chicken) that I made a while ago and froze.  Happily it tastes fabulous and goes perfectly with macaroni and cheese, so I’ve had 2 fairly large bowls between dinner and lunch today.  It had a decent selection of vegetables in it as well, so it was quite filling.  

I had an appointment at the hospital today, and Don dropped me off at the main entrance.  I knew where I was going, and decided to walk there, taking my time.  I forgot — or didn’t fully appreciate — that where I was going was at the far end of the campus from where I started!  I’ve done that before and never considered it, but today… ooh boy.  I walked about 3/4 of the way there, and had to stop to breathe.  It was the breathing that was the problem… I could have walked easily, no tiredness in my legs or anything.  I got to the sign in area, and the receptionist immediately said, “I’m calling for a wheelchair for you to get out.  You’re really out of breath!”  It was a really fast appointment, as I’d barely had time to sit in the waiting area before I was called in, and at the end, the technician called for a wheelchair, which arrived  quickly.  I got home, sat down, and promptly fell asleep on myself 😂  

I had made a comment to someone and said, “I wonder who said this…?”  My awesome friend replied with the verse in the title — she’d gone and looked it up!  It smacked me in the face again how many idioms in English come from either the Bible or the plays of Shakespeare.  We use them regularly, sometimes intentionally (like the people who quote “To be or not to be” or “et to Brute”) but more often in casual conversation.  Like, “the writing is on the wall” or “the eleventh hour” which are both biblical in origin. Or from Shakespeare, “what’s done is done” or “foregone conclusion”  Isn’t it amazing how some expressions have stood the test of time for so many centuries?  So many also appear as titles in many TV shows or movies and it’s just lovely.  I love how language can evolve but remain comprehensible, don’t you?

OK, I’m going to have something to eat and then head off to bed.  I’m still feeling some of the effects of me pretending to be superwoman today!  I’ll work on that.  Good night.








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