Sunshine and cold.  Shadows on the lawn and the wind playing in the trees.  

I cough at night and wake up congested.  Ugg.  My throat is sore.  I need to rest and take a lot of vits to stop this from being a relapse.  

Tomorrow Luke and I will see Dr H,  who stands between Western and Alternative medicine.  I hope he can help both of us--or send us to someone who can.  

Matt is waiting for me at Nature's Market.  We're hoping for a good day,  but . . . people aren't spending $$$$.  The sales are steady but small.  I've learned over the years that some people aren't our customers.  They come into our store the way I go to a Western Med MD--with fear and suspicion.  To them the prices are so high as to be laughable and they aren't going to be trapped into buying anything.  I used to want to save them.  Now I let them be.  Lesson learned.

Matt wrote an excellent piece of dialouge.  He's sending me a copy.

We talked about all our adventures of the past week.  

Some customers are like wind up dolls.  They're keyed up and they want to talk.  I try to answer their questions without getting them started.  Eventually they wind down.  Talkers are usually not buyers.  They don't listen well,  because they already know what they think and that's what they want to talk about.  So I can't help them anyway.  

At the end of the day,  a customer gave me two amazing tickets to a colts game($119.00 per ticket )with a free parking pass.  I asked Luke if he wanted to go.  He's getting a cold and has been tired so he passed.  I thought it would be fun,  but probably not for me either while I am struggling to walk.  It was magical anyway.  

I hope that J remembered to save them for me.  

Oh yes.  Without getting into it tonight,  someone left a single lilly-of-the-valley flower in a tiny vase near my register at N.M.   Hummm.  It was fresh and beautiful.  

We went to dinner at Em and Bobby's.  His chili was delicious.  And his rice was perfect.  Brian ,  Emily and little Noah were there.  Noah is like a victorian picture book baby.  So adorable.  

We always have fun.  The kids ate at the counter.  J had her best friend over.  They are growing into young women.  Getting cars.  Driving.  Looking different then the last few years when they were still . . . . little ones.  

I was surprised that I had good energy to do a lot of dishes and to stand with comfort.  Hummm.