Folic Acid

Glen Rose, Texas

Weather: low 40 degrees @2100 hours tonight, high 70 degrees @0700, cloudy most of the day, windy

This morning about 0230 hours, I was awakened by something that sounded like a threshing machine driving by on the highway. I never could figure out what the sound was, but a few minutes later, I started hearing thunder. In another five minutes, it started sprinkling, and within another five minutes, a downpour hit us. It only lasted about 20 minutes, but a lot of rain fell. There was a threat of rain until noon, when it started to clear up. The wind was blowing hard, and we are expecting a low of 33 degrees in the morning. Cold weather has returned.

Carolyn had an appointment with her physical therapist this afternoon. The therapist says Carolyn is doing very well, and there is a chance that she will be released from the appointments in another week or so.

While Carolyn was at the therapy office, I went to the library in Granbury to try to find a few videos to watch. The Granbury library is okay, but we like the one in Glen Rose better. After that, I stopped at the gas station to buy diesel for the truck. I expected that it would take about 25 gallons to fill the truck. After the fuel had been pumping in for a couple of minutes, it shut off because I had reached $75.00 on the purchase. Apparently, the store will not allow a single purchase on a credit card to exceed $75.00. What kind of business is that?

After I picked Carolyn up at the therapist's office, we went to the local mall (WalMart) to pick up a few things. We noticed some nice melmac dishware that we both liked, but held off on buying because we want to make sure that it would be the right color, pattern, etc.

Did anyone see that the president has proposed a budget of $3.1 TRILLION dollars?? How many zeros is that? I saw that members of Congress were saying there is no way that budget will pass because it is too much. Anyone want to bet that Congress will pass a budget that is more than the president asked for?

I saw on the news this morning that researchers in South Korea have found that a shortage of folic acid (vitamin B-9) in older people contributes to the possibility of having dementia or Alzheimer's Disease. Folic acid is present in leafy vegetables, dried beans and peas, and some fruits. It can also be taken as a supplement. The researchers claim that a drastic decline of folic acid causes as much as three times as many cases of dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.

I bought some folic acid, but I can't remember where I put it.

More later, be safe.

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