Nature takes its course...

Well... here we are. December is here and we are rapidly moving toward Christmas and the end of the year. I am very much enjoying this brisk weather (if you can call it that- I do live in Southern California) and am loving the rain we've been getting.

My last poll asked what you guys thought about Global Warming. I don't know one way or the other whether it's real or not. I tend to lean toward the fact that the world's weather has always changed and is still constantly changing. What was the ice age? What happened during the great meltdown? See, it just doesn't make sense to me that everything that has happened historically with the changes in weather, temperature, and climate have all be human-related. I simply seem to think that it's happening a little faster this time because the world population is so high and we have so many cars on the road and cows in the fields. (Did you know that cows are actually the #1 methane producers in the world? It's true... look it up.) I think that if we all do our parts: walk as much as we can, ride our bikes, eat less red meat, recycle, and simply pay attention to what we are consuming in every facet of our lives, we can perhaps delay this perfectly natural climate change.

Okay, now that I've said my piece...

I'm taking care of my grandmother right now. She has had knee surgery and I am lucky to be so close so that I am able to help her out when she needs it. The thing is, I'm having trouble figuring out how come it is that every time you do something nice for somebody, how come something bad always happens to you?

For example, last night, my grandma was having trouble and my Papa went in to the room where she was. They were trying to figure something out and I heard my name. I got up to see what the story was and I whacked my little toe of my left foot on a walker that was parked in a most inconvenient spot. My toe is currently all black and blue, swollen, and let's just say that part of it is all bloody and gross! I just about lost control. I ended up taping it up to the toe next to it so that I limit movement in it. I can HARDLY put on my Vans. It is borderline excruciating. So, long story short (as my dad so eloquently put it) No good deed goes unpunished.

I wish you all a merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and whatever other holiday I may have missed.

Best of luck braving the shopping malls...

XO,
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