Deep Freeze again today. Yesterday was moderately cold and today is just down right cold!!
I discovered last night when I tried to tap and hop on my leg that my graceful stunt Sunday night at my friend Kaye's house may have messed up my knee a bit more than I thought. It really seemed like no big deal. I was at Kaye's house where I will be house-sitting for the month of Feb. and we were going downstairs to play Mario Kart (her favorite Wii game). I was trekking down the stairs behind her and when I got to the bottom I missed the last step. Next thing I knew I was on my knees and spilling my Coke all over the carpet. Thank God for carpet!! I probably would have been pretty broken if there had been no carpet and padding. Instead it just gave me rug burn on both knees. I haven't had that kind of injury in about 30 years :) My workouts on Monday and Tuesday didn't bother me much although my knee felt a bit stiff. However, when I tried to tap dance last night, I began to feel just how many hops on one foot Judy puts in her dances!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made it through half of class but the second half, I was just a spectator.
We have some really exciting Columbus news today... We are going to have train service between Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton and Columbus. I became hooked on train travel this fall when we took the train to NYC. It is convenient and allows the rider to enjoy the scenery instead of having to be focused on the road. The Amtrak connections in Cincinnati and Cleveland will allow us here in Ohio to go almost any place in the US by train! I can't wait. They said maybe by the middle of next year they will have the service operational. It will also make possible short weekend or even day trips to Cincinnati without having to drive. Gma get used to traveling by train... maybe then when we ride the bus somewhere, she will be asking "Where is this train taking us again?!?"
Here is my other good news from yesterday... I'm officially booked to go on a cruise with my friends this summer. Thomas and Michele, my friends from Australia will be joining me as well as Paula and Tim and the kids and Paula's sister, Sharon. I am hoping that Melissa and Donna will join us but I signed up to room with Tim's mother since his father just passed away and she really wanted to be able to join her family on this cruise. That solves a problem for both of us in the room-mate department. Also, since Don decided not to go it solves the what to do with gma issue!
I guess I better go to work now.