December doings

Hey -- I'm looking out my window at the red-and-green Empire State Building. That's a happy thing to do . . . I'm not in the best life-place at the moment due to the dental mishap of four weeks ago. It was a shot of novacaine gone awry, leaving me with a hugely painful condition called trigeminal neuraligia. Some days are better, others not. I'm doing holistic treatment; the neurologist said to just wait since the side-effects of medical treatment can be very bad. I'm looking at going for three weeks to either the Hippocrates Health Institute (Florida) or the Optimum Health Institute (Austin) to see if my body's own defenses, when properly mobilized, can take care of this thing. I also know everything happens for a reason, although the reason for this escapes me . . . On days that haven't been so bad (some days I think I'm really getting better, then it comes back with a wallop) I've done pre-Christmas stuff and love that. My daughter Adair and I make such a big deal of Christmas. We met on Tuesday to go to K-Mart. There are two of them in Manhattan although going to them seems like such an un-Manhattan thing to do. We scoured all three floors. Plans are to put up our tree this Saturday, Nick's and Adair's on Sunday . . . Mostly I'm resting, taking things slow and easy. Prayers appreciated . . . Love and light to everybody ... Victoria