Day 308 of 365 Days of Being Thankful

         Today I am thankful that I had dinner out with my friend Joanne.  We were good and had salads instead of fried foods! I had chicken caesar salad and she had a cobb salad. When the waitress asked me if I wanted my chicken crispy or grilled, I coughed out grilled even though I would have preferred crispy!!  I had a 25% off coupon so it was not an expensive meal!

Dan is away for the weekend so it was nice to be busy both nights!  I had a lot of fun catching up with Joanne.  She and I are planning to go to a medical marijuana store next week. Joanne also has a medical marijuana card. I have never been to the superstore of marijuana that she is taking me to see! I just want to get a marijuana based lotion to rub on my leg to see if it helps at all. The liquid drops and the vape pen marijuana did not help me at all. The bad pain came back, I guess I only had a brief one and a half day reprieve from pain but it was much appreciated. I go back to the hyperbaric chamber on Tuesday morning.  My friend Joanne also had very painful sciatica a few years ago.  She said that she had it for about 5 months and then it gradually subsided.  She used pain meds for her treatment.

    I am reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith.
It was copyrighted in 1943 so it is an older book.  I never had to read it in high school and none of my students ever had to read it. I always read the books that they had to read for their English classes or their summer reading.  I never read this book before and I am really enjoying it. I am so thankful for the joy of books and the joy of reading. I can't imagine my life without books!!

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