We served up about 400 meals yesterday, handed out a good amount of gifts to the kids .. I set up a small PA and ran some Karaoke for the kids (and a few adults) to sing along with .. later, I tagged along as some delivered gift bags to around 300 older folks that live alone and some nursing home residents .. it was quite gratifying .. many that were served or got a gift bag were touched to tears, and many stated "It is just so nice to be thought of .. " ..
I have to admit, I don't get much, if any, contact on a regular basis with kids, and to witness the joy and happiness even a small act of kindness elicits made it difficult to not get choked up on the spot ..
While I don't discuss my personal medical issues all that much, the day ended up being "The best of times, the worst of times .. " .. last night, around 10 PM, I began to experience some fairly severe chest pains, bad enough to go to the ER, since even a couple nitro pills did not seem to help .. thankfully, they determined I was not having another heart attack, kept me around for observation for a while and suggested I schedule a cath ASAP .. on my GP's advice, I stopped taking Plavix (blood thinner) last year, but I still have a supply, so the ER Doc seemed to think it might be a good idea to go back on them until I had further testing ..
As with anything, I prefer to remain as positive as I can, although I will admit I don't look forward to it .. and, oddly, it's not the procedure that bothers me at all, having been thru it more than once in the past .. it's the time in the ICU with a clamp on my leg and having to either have a catheter to wee wee or have a Nurse assist and wee wee in a bottle .. on the flip side, it's fairly easy to get a morphine drip ..