Joan's randomness: September 2007 Archives

If you're going to jump up and down on the step-aerobics step at the gym, make sure the step is securely placed on a nonskid surface.

Or else, like me, you might sprain your wrist, catching yourself as you fall.

The best part was, in true York County fashion, at least two people I knew were in the workout room with me, and the nice woman at the desk (who fetched me an ice pack) was an acquaintance I know through my part-time job.

So, bear with any typos on the blog for the next couple days - I'm sporting a nice, hefty wrist brace! And go give extra props to Michele, who has not yet ruined any appendages at the gym!

A great friend skims the newspaper ads for you when he knows you're looking for a new lawnmower.

A great York County friend drives by a yard sale on his way home from work, sees one for sale, test-drives it, tries to negotiate the price down, calls you, gives you directions, asks the lady selling it if you can stop by later after her sale is closed, and, after you've stopped by to see for yourself and pay for it, comes back in his Dodge pickup to load it up and deliver it to your house across town!

That's one of the things I like best about York County - there's nowhere I go where I don't know someone. (On a bad hair day, that's also one of the things I like least.)

But sometimes, the county "connections" still surprise even me.

I had an eye doctor appointment today, and just as I was getting ready to tell Rose that I was heading out, she stood up to tell me she had an eye doctor appointment and would be leaving. Well, turns out we have the same doctor, and appointments at the same time! So we headed over together.

Rose's appointment finished first, and as I was coming out into the lobby, she calls out to tell me that Michele is there too! And, knowing where we all work, the receptionist asked about our features editor, Buffy, because she recently saw her photo in the paper and thinks they went to high school together.

Only in York County...