Upbeat Attitude

Pretty Garden

I went for my annual mammogram yesterday. It's a beautiful clinic where I have it done, spacious with pretty paintings hung and nice plants all around. The nurse gave me a breast exam first and asked if I checked myself monthly, to which the answer was no. I said I felt that since I'm doing these mammograms every year that it would be enough. She said most people find lumps on their own, not through a mammogram. She said one lady found a lump six months after her mammogram. So ladies, please do your monthly breast exam!

At the gym the other day, there was a man in a motorized scooter, I'd guess he was about 60 years old. He had a young, male personal trainer assisting him. As he was being helped onto one of the weight training machines, I heard him joke 'I'm going to have to be a gymnast to get into these machines!' Later on, I saw him driving the scooter around and noticed all the control buttons that seemed to move the machine every which way. I told him 'my son would love to drive that!'. He asked how old my son was and remarked that his assistant liked the scooter too! Then I thought he seemed to have such an inspiring, uplifting attitude. The mere fact that he was at the gym in spite of his disability (he seemed unable to walk much) was proof of that. And I didn't feel sorry for him, he seemed to be making the best of things.

My friend  S and I went to a charity sale on the weekend.  I bought a raffle ticket with fabulous prizes!  K is excited that we might win a BMW.  And it's for a worthwhile cause!  I asked him if we should just take the cash if we won the car and he was horrified. (lol)