July 29 – “The Plank”

Physical therapy ate my lunch yesterday.  I could barely do one of the exercises, and that was with him making allowances for the old guy.  It was called, The Plank.  You have to lay on your side, point your toes, and then make your body as straight and rigid as you can (like a plank) while lifting up on your toes and forearm.  Oh, and then hold it for twenty seconds.  And then do it again.  Three times.  I almost fell off the table once when I lost my balance.  He moved me to the mat closer to the floor.  Thanks for the vote of confidence, Buddy.  Try it and let me know how it affects you.  My triceps trembled all the way home, and they are really sore today.    We thought we would be waiting for Tropical Storm Don today, but it looks like it took a turn to the West.  Now it looks like we might not even get much, if any, rain.  That's not good news.  Unless you're involved in the wedding I have scheduled for tonight.  It's outdoors in front of the San Luis Hotel.  I told them at rehearsal last night that Plan B at this hotel is sometimes much better that outside in the gazebo.  One wedding I did got rained out.  They moved it indoors to one of the ballrooms, helped with decorations, and the owner of the hotel happened to be in town (instead of at one of his Las Vegas casinos), so he sent them a bottle of champagne.  Not to mention the fact that it was much cooler inside.   Speaking of much cooler, one of my plans for today is to buy a short-sleeved shirt that goes with my marryin' and buryin' suit.  The only dress shirt I have left from pre-Hurricane Ike days is long-sleeves.  Surely WalMart has a simple, white dress shirt with short sleeves.  Read here … cooler.  Sometimes those outdoor weddings in July and August are ridiculously hot.  I don't know how the groomsmen stand it in tuxes.    I got a text from Kel last night.  He invited me to meet him at the movie theater to see an early showing of Cowboys and Aliens today.  I've been waiting for this one.  Sounds like a lot of fun.    Speaking of texting, I got my first call on my new phone Wednesday.  And I had no idea how to answer it.  And when I wanted to make a call yesterday, it took me awhile to figure out where to go to do that.  Something is wrong with this picture.  It is a phone, isn't it?  Oh, well.  I'm not going to stress over it.  I'll just go see if anybody has ever sent me a Words with Friends game.  Or maybe I'll try to figure out how to send one to someone else.  Or I could play that "slingshot the birds into the wobbly towers and kill pigs" game.  What a phone.   Proverbs 20:29 says, "The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old."   Father, I'm feeling kind of splendorous today.  I looked in the mirror.  Thanks for all the years and experiences and memories that have gone into this gray hair.   Amen.