Health Trek Day 34

My sister-in-law is a nurse in Cape Cod. She has sent e-mails to all of the family encouraging us to get both flu shots, but availability is scant right now. I talked with the York county VNA (visiting Nurse Assoc.) and they gave me a flu hotline number to call to find locations where the vaccine is being offered. It is 283-6808. If you don't live in York County and would like information, check with your local VNA agency. My Doctor's office told me they don't know whether they will be receiving any vaccines and my best bet was to check with pharmacies or the VNA.
I have been a little under the weather all this week with plugged sinuses and have been imagining that I am coming down with a flu. I guess it is easy to become paranoid with all the scary stories we hear on the News. But everything I read still mandates that our best defense is to wash our hands frequently and stay home if we feel sick. I took my grandson to McD's a couple of weeks ago to get a happy meal and while we were eating I sneezed, covering my mouth with my hand. He looked up at me in shocked dismay and said in a very loud voice, "Nana, you are supposed to sneeze into your elbow, like this (mock achoo as he demonstrates). People don't want your germs all over the place!" Well, I was properly chastised, but glad to see that the schools are teaching even kindergartners what to do about colds and flu. Ben washes his hands with soap every time he uses the facilities. He also likes to wash the mirror and walls and even soaked my toothbrush in warm very soapy water last time he was visiting. He is such a big helper!
So on this journey to health we are traveling on, we must not forget to take care of ourselves every day so we can stay healthy and on track. It is hard to keep up our exercise and daily regimen if we feel like we have been run over by a bus. My wish for you all is that you will be able to avoid the flu this season and continue to strive towards your healthy goals.
Rock On!
My poem today is dedicated to my daughters and all the daughters out there that become our friends for life...

My daughter, My Friend
When your child begins her very first day.
You wonder what future years will portray
Relentlessly years have flown by so fast
All that I fantasized is now in the past
The woman I envisioned so long ago
Shadows the one I've since come to know
She is mother and cook, she surpasses me now
Her housekeeping ventures force me to bow
But what makes her special, what makes her unique,
Is the self she's maintained and the knowledge she seeks
She strives to look without and within
To find the pure soul that made her begin
I never surmised when I held that small hand
That the child that I taught would help me understand
That balance exists between body and mind
That enables a peace and a joy for all time
I am filled with such awe at the woman I see
That is such a great part of what used to be me
I treasure each moment and will to the end
For the child, My daughter, My mentor, My friend.
JPH
2001

Plan for today:
Breakfast: tea and toast
Snack: a bosc pear
Lunch: Chicken soup
Snack: carrot and celery sticks
Dinner: Teriyaki stir fried beef and veggies
Snack: ice cream bar
exercise: Yoga and Mr. G's list. Walking outside on my road.