A great day

The gifts are purchased and have begun arriving. Other than groceries I'm done with shopping until after the holidays. My Christmas card list is made, and I have the cards ready. Changed my mind about some of the older ones, if I had liked them they would have been used up by now.

Major progress in all areas. I'm feeling so much better, and life is going well. Spent this afternoon with a friend, and will spend time with another tomorrow. Part of my problem is loneliness, being ill has kept me stuck at home much of the time and it really gets to me. Being out and about has done much to improve my spirits.

This weekend I'll have the grandchildren here. I always wanted to be a grandma from the time I was little. My grandmothers enjoyed it so much that I knew that it was something that I wanted very much to be when I grew up. It's special to spend time with tiny people, seeing the world through their eyes. Pure magic to me, and everything I hoped it would be. The toy baskets and books are ready to pull out at a moments notice, the Disney and holiday movies are within easy reach. So much fun! Oh, and animal crackers, lots and lots of them.

Today I got a few things that, to me, are world changers. Stickers for my computer keys that are bright yellow with huge black letters on them. A stand and keyboard for my iPad. And a huge lighted magnifier on a floor stand so I can read and do crafts. It gives me back some of the skills that I had been steadily losing due to blindness. Independence is a wonderful thing, even in small areas.

Tomorrow I'll get my hair done. That's the first time since April. Believe me, it shows that the blind chick trims her own bangs.... Just feeling other hands massaging my scalp during a shampoo feels like heaven. I miss that kind of touch, it reminds me of grandma washing my hair when I was a little girl. Such loving memories return each time I'm at the hairdressers and lean back in the chair at the shampoo station.

Busy weekend ahead, and much to do......