The Empty Nest: Monday's Musings: Trying to be positive, but.......

Happy, ~~grouchy~~, day after time change, Monday! I know, positive! +++ It really was not fun having to get up an hour earlier than normal, due to dr appts in St. Louis! GRRRR.... Guess the positive in this was, a day in St. Louis!!! WooHoo!!

First things first, the time change: I really wish we could decide to leave the time like it is now. I LIKE the feeling of my days being longer, just because of more daylight! I am NOT a fan of getting up for the day and it still being dark; but.....you know the old saying, You can't have your cake and eat it too! Haha! So, the following picture is a reminder for me!

My next little item of note deals with the dr appts we had in St Louis. Aimie went to see Dr. Miller, an orthopedic surgeon we saw when she was 15 and her shoulder started doing really janky (if you saw what it does, you would say janky too!) things! Well, the shoulder is back at it since she is lifting weights for spring training. (Boooooo!) He still doesn't think surgery is the answer (thank you Lord!), but she has to have another MRI ($$$) to make sure there is nothing even weirder going on. Then he wants her to do more therapy ($$$$$) to retrain her muscles. She was NOT a happy camper! Prayers for a good MRI, and a Happier Aimie!

My dr appt made me NOT a happy camper, because I get to go see yet another dr! ($$$$$$$ and had to get on the scales (yucky)) Just say prayers that we can figure this mess out! I am thankful that even though the C word has crept into conversation on occasion, there is not any evidence of it! God has been good to me throughout this whole health ordeal, even though it's hard to see!

Now for the fun part of St Louis! SHOPPING!! We went to the "Dove Mall" (West County), much to Gary's dismay - he HATES to shop - so he went to the food court to talk business with his phone friends! I didn't get a whole lot of items, but I did get a couple of cute, cute necklaces at Charming Charlie's, some makeup at the Bare Minerals store, and a pair of cute shoes - on Clearance - at Macy's. I also might have found my MOG (mother of the groom) dress. Not sure, but maybe.....I still have a little time. I didn't enjoy the Dove Mall as much as I usually do because 1. Aimie wasn't with me (she had to go back to school) and 2. There was a whole lot of LOUD construction going on! Ugghh!! Then the hubs and I went to McAlister's for lunch. YUMMY!!! Have added pics of my purchases, just because I can!

Charming Charlies: I am soooo addicted to these!