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Take that OLD!!!!

9/16/2012

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Well, I just created an adventure for myself, yesterday.  I left my small town in Georgia and headed for the big city of Jacksonville, Florida to a large outdoor shopping mall.  The drive down was wonderful; it took about an hour, but I enjoyed the scenery so much.  I went over a gorgeous bridge (it seems to me that all of the bridges I have crossed since living near the Atlantic Ocean are ships’ sails).  The view from afar was beautiful.  The sky was blue (at this particular time) and the contrast was so dramatic.  I did not hit rain until I was over the bridge.  The forecast had been no rain, at all.  I had my umbrella (a constant companion now that I live near the water and Florida) so I continued onward.

When I pulled into the parking lot, I was so excited to see so many stores and restaurants that I have not been able to visit in quite a few years.  I maneuvered around the cars and stop signs until I found a store I wanted to visit.  It was not raining at the shopping center when I parked and went into the store.  While I was inside, it poured.  A clerk told me that in Jacksonville if the weatherman says no rain, you get tons and when the weather man says 100% rain, you get nothin’.  I know since moving to this area it seems to rain at some point every day.  And I was not going to let getting wet destroy my day.  I got soaked getting to my car, even with an umbrella.  I persevered, however, to the next store and asked for a bag for my dripping umbrella.  I continued my adventure through occasional showers, downpours, and blue skies.  I enjoyed everything so much and did not feel the slightest bit OLD.

I made my way back to Georgia a little tired, but inspired, to do this again and to venture forth one day to St. Augustine, Florida.  I constantly try to prove that I can do things I once did a few years ago before I became ill.  And I am doing it constantly.  I am not OLD and I do not intend to become so for quite a while.

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