Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2004. Mattie was almost two years old and we took him to the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC that weekend. In the rotunda of the Museum is an enormous elephant. He is nicknamed Henry. Henry was an 11-ton, 13-foot-tall elephant, and he has been on display since 1959. Look at Mattie's wonderment and fascination in his eyes.
Quote of the day: Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much-assorted vice or too much drink. ~ Rudyard Kipling
This morning I did many chores, including folding my parent's big blankets that I washed and put into storage bags. Since I bought them a heating blanket for their bed, they no longer need big heavy blankets on them. I folded the blankets and then got up on a ladder to put them at the top of my parent's closet. Somehow coming down the ladder, I missed a rung, and landed up falling backward. I did catch myself, but my back went into a set of drawers behind me. I saw the stars! So now I have the rib pain for Saturday (which I got helping my dad up at the restaurant, as I literally hit the side wooden rail of the booth) and now this back issue! Typically I am very sure footed but I am also very tired.
While my dad was at the memory care center today, I returned emails, took my mom to CVS, and did about three more loads of laundry. Later in the day, I drove them to Maryland for an early dinner.
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