Shopping in Madison

Wednesday May 16, 2001

I didn't sleep sitting up last night and my back is worse again today. But we planned to go into Madison to run errands, shop for things for BelSummer etc. I bought some more beads as more people are coming, (or so they have said) than I expected, though we will see about that as people often tell me they are coming then change their plans. We looked for new tiki torches. I wanted the ones with clear containers so that we can actually see how much oil is in it and how much we are pouring into it. But they were $9.00 so I couldn't justify buying 7 new ones. Tom suggested we just buy 4 new ones. Ah well. I wanted the 7 to match as they will be set up around our Namesake Oak for the 7 Souls ritual. I keep meaning to put that up here too but haven't gotten around do it.

By the time we had been to all the stores we needed to go to I was having a lot of trouble getting in and out of the car and I felt like I was walking like a little old lady, very stiff and carefully to avoid moving my back. I felt like it looked pretty funny but I could tell when I must have winced because Tom kept looking at me with this worried/sympathetic look on his face. He really doesn't like it when I hurt. Good thing, huh? If he liked it when I hurt we probably wouldn't still be married. LOL