Today was a beautiful fall day. We had a meeting at church to discuss the possible unification of two churches. I didn’t stay for the whole meeting because my right foot and leg are swelling so much. Sis took me and stayed in the office while I was in the meeting. I don’t know how long it lasted, but after an hour and a half, I went back to the office and we went on home.

I will have to call the doctor Monday and see if he can check it and see if anything can be done, because the pain and swelling doesn’t go away. The x-rays a few months ago just showed arthritis.

The man from Sis’s church who does our lawn came and trimmed a lot of brushy undergrowth away for us today. We’ve gotten notice that our semiannual brush pickup will be soon, so this was a good time to have him do it and pile it at the curb for the city trucks to take away.

I've been having a lot of bad days lately and today is another of them. The x-rays show arthritis in my right leg, ankle and foot. Nothing seems to help and my foot and part of my leg are swollen. I can hardly walk, even with a cane. I'll have to call the doctor again Monday and see if he can do anything.

I've been going back and forth from bed to chair to walking the floor and back again. The prescription pain pills only help a little bit. I've rubbed Aspercreme up and down with only mild results.

All my life I have been pretty healthy, so this has really hit me hard.

I got my hair done at the beauty shop this afternoon. Don't think I could have done it myself.

There is a meeting at church tomorrow morning that I am supposed to attend, but I'll have to feel a lot better than I do tonight or I won't be able to sit through it.

This week has been much colder. We've had the heat on most of the time.

The area around where I work is pretty good in the daytime, but evidently it is a bit rough at night. Early yesterday morning, someone flagged down a police officer and pointed out a man slumped against a building - which happened to be the back of our building. The man was dead. The police were out there for hours gathering evidence. The last I heard, they hadn't identified him or figured out the exact cause of death.
It was quite shocking as we hadn't had that kind of thing happen here before. All is quiet again today.

Sis got called to work for the temp agency this morning. She hasn't worked for them for close to two years. The job is on the other side of town. I hope she doesn't have too much trouble finding it.

I got very little sleep last night and really felt bad this morning as a result. So I lay down about 7 and slept a couple hours. I feel a good bit better now. I will probably take a couple more naps today.

It has been a warm day here in San Antonio - 82 degrees the last I heard. But it is expected to be much cooler for the next two or three days.

I don't have to go to work tomorrow. Today the two churches who are closest together (about 7 or 8 blocks apart), met after church for a potluck meal and to discuss the possible joining together at that church, perhaps with a new name. They feel that that building is less expensive to maintain. There are strong feelings about it. Some of the people at the church where I go don't want to go over there and say they will go to another church closer to their homes if this happens.

I don't have any strong feelings about it - especially as they want me to go over there and still be secretary. I do want to continue working as long as possible.

We are to meet again next Saturday at our church (both congregations) to continue the discussion.

My arthritis is still bothering me. I wish that would let up. I have to be so careful as it causes my right foot to swell and tends to throw me off balance. I took a tumble in the office this morning, but fortunately didn't hurt myself. Another lady started to fall in the sanctuary when people were "passing the peace", walking around shaking hands. Someone happened to be close and caught her in time to keep her from falling, as she surely would have. She has a balance problem and poor vision too. I didn't get out in the aisle but just stayed in my pew and shook hands with anyone who came past.

I got my hair done this afternoon.

Sis made a banana cake. It turned out good.

My foot and ankle have been so swelled today. I took a nap with it elevated, but I just got up and it is still swelled.

I am really sleepy, but it is almost time to take my medicine, so I will stay up a little longer.

It was fairly quiet at work today. We are having our book sale again and several people stopped by for that.

The ladies from the art group were there all morning too.

I hadn't slept last night, so I was barely able to stay awake. I took a little nap when I got home.