Giggles

This was a really good day.... rain and all... it was fun running around with Mom, getting things done, and ending the day with a whole lot of giggling!

I got up early today (well, early for being on vacation and not having to set an alarm).  Did a few things on the computer, made a couple of documents for Sunday's rehearsal, then got ready to hit the road.  Mom and I headed down to Syracuse to the community center (formerly known as the Syracuse Elementary School)... oh and about that.... I am so very glad that THAT building is being used for something and not being left to rot, decay, and lay waste like so very many others in the wake of the "way of the future" by consolidating every youngster in the area into one big building.  It is so sad to see these buildings abandon. You can almost still hear the kids playing in the school yards on the rusty playground equipment.  I think of all the memories that live within those walls (yes the good ones and the bad ones) all of which helped to shape those of us who spent time there and who we have become.

Anyway....

Stopped by the building to meet Patti (love her) and to go over the game plan for Sunday's clogging rehearsal session and orientation.  Left there and headed to Athens, stopped at CVS, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Staples, the College Bookstore, the University Bookstore, and a little tee shirt shop I had not been in before....great deals by the way.  From there it was back towards home and on to Pomeroy.  We met with Betty, Melanie, and Shirley at McClure's restaurant to talk about the walk-through we have set up at the Ariel Theatre in Gallipolis this coming Sunday morning.  We talked about the plans for the show that we have in the works so far... which by the way, if you read my BLOG regularly you will come to be very familiar with it I am sure....  We talked, laughed, joked around, plotted and planned, giggled, and had such a good time.

I suppose that no matter how old that I get, where I go, or what I do in life, these folks are some who will always be my family.  They love me, and I feel it.  I can see it in their eyes, I can hear it in their laughter.  I love being able to make each one of them smile, and especially laugh-out-loud.  Giggling is like nothing else in this lifetime we have.  It cures so many things that hurt us or affect us, it snaps us out of the so-called "blues", it makes life better.  I may be about to turn 42 in just a few days from now (but - who the hell is counting those things after the 21st one comes and goes?), but giggling like I was 13 years old again, sitting in the back of study hall looking up naughty things in the encyclopedia with my buddies, will NEVER get old.  I am blessed to know so many wonderful people and more so.... I am blessed that they know me and give me the time of day.

After several hours, we came back home, put stuff away and now it is time to just relax at home in front of the TV.

Giggle whenever you can. Everyday.  It's great to feel 13 years old again, even if for a moment.