My earthly house of this tabernacle! Lol!

2nd Corinthians 5:1 says, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens!" (I added the !) Isn't that nice to read and such a happy thought! Yes, I am constantly reminded (like it or not!) that my "earthly house" or earthly body is in a progressive state of dissolving or deteriorating! Lovely! Lol! And darn you, Adam and Eve! If they had been obedient and not given in to temptation to taste from the tree of knowledge of good and evil we would never have to age and grow old or even die an earthly death! Oh, well, I HAVE come to grips with growing old and I am striving to do so with grace! Maybe a little Botox, hair color, spray tans, and anything else I can afford to do within my means, but yes, with Grace! God does give us His Grace when we need it and in the exact amount we need!
Ok, so I go this morning to my final doctor's appt on my list of recommended things all 50 year olds need to start getting done every year! This was the Opthalmologist with full exam, eyes dialated and retinas checked for tears or possible beginnings of detachment, glaucoma screening, and vision prescriptions updated for contacts and for progressive bifocal glasses! I HATE getting my eyes dialated and I dread that glaucoma pressure screening where they puff that air in your eye and tell you not to jump! Yeah, right! Just like during that lovely mammogram when part of your body is smashed between two panels of plexiglass and they say, "now hold your breath and don't breathe or move!" Like I'm going to even if I could???? Oh,my!
Anyway, I did the full eye exam and all is well! Praise the Lord! I was a little worried due to some floaters and flashes I had in my right eye, and a well meaning friend said my retina may be about to detach! Yikes! I got right in! I went to the Kleinman Eangelista Eye Center in Arlington and love this place! All these very young people buzz around and make you feel very welcome! Then when I got in the little exam room to see the actual doctor this cute asian Dr. Tran comes in and does the exam, says my retinas look good and healthy, answers all my questions, updates my prescriptions and says, "the floaters are just normal age related symptoms!" I wasn't sure if I should slap him or spank him!! He himself looked like he was just in junior high and I could be his momma and he is making remarks to me about "age related" symptoms? Lol! No, seriously, I was relieved and he then very quickly said, "oh, I mean, this is just normal, you look much younger than your age!" God love this young doctor! He does have manners after all! Lol! Yes, it is a defining moment when ALL your doctors look like they are 16 or younger! Truly, I am so thankful to still be here and all kidding aside, I am so thankful to God to really have good health and to have a job with insurance and then I have additional insurance through my husband's job so I am 100% covered! What a blessing!! What do people do that don't have insurance and then need more serious intervention? I am grateful and SO very blessed!
I am now good to go for another year, before I have to do all the medical check up stuff again (but not the colonoscopy for 5 years!). I am renewing mine and Bill's commitment to "always have fun" everyday! We want to LIVE each day to the fullest, laugh everyday, tell our loved ones we love them, use our good dishes, wear my red dress (so to speak!), and dance with my husband, everyday! Life is short but God is good so I will seek to glorify Him by enjoying His blessings while I am still here!
Blessing to you and to yours!