Itching

How come it is that we can have a minor pain that we mostly ignore but if we get the slightest itch, it demands all of out attention?

A minor pain is defined in Wayne's Dictionary of Life as an affliction acquired by people other than Wayne. Wayne seems to think all his pains are worthy of being produced as a dramatic stage play. For all of you under 50 years of age who believe you have too many minor aches, they will begin occurring more often the older you become. At times you will be happy to have a minor itch just to take your mind off the other minor afflictions.
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Sometime Saturday morning, Carolyn and I will throw a cooler filled with ice and sodas into the Ford Escape and proceed to escape the house for a couple of days. We hope. We've decided to flip a coin at the last minute to decide if we go west or south. She is inclined to go west toward the Cumberland Mts. but I want to go southwest toward Watts Bar and then on to Chattanooga. I've always loved Chattanooga, southwest Tennessee, and even across the line into northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. I worked at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar nuclear power plant unit two construction in 1977-1978 and would like to see how much the area has changed since I was there. I want to look up my apprentice who worked with me at the time, but I've lost track of him over the years. Carolyn wants to visit Fall Creek Falls State Park but that entails more walking than I am able to undertake. The park is located between Knoxville and Nashville. I hope Carolyn allows me to toss and catch the decision coin; if I have to let it hit the ground—and with my luck—it is about 75:25 odds that we will go west, but if I get to catch the coin and if she calls it in mid-air, I can guarantee a trip toward Chattanooga. I have no qualms about cheating on my wife in this matter.
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Writing about the old store yesterday got me to thinking about procuring groceries and such in the old days. If I have time tomorrow, I will write about Paul Good's Rolling Store and my first memories of grocery shopping.
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No pic today but I intend to remedy that problem this Labor Day weekend. I hope to be near two dams on the Tennessee River, two coal fired power plants, a nuclear power plant, three major Civil War battlefields, Lookout Mountain, Moccasin Bend on the Tennessee River, Watts Bar Lake, the Tennessee Aquarium, the Chattanooga Choo-choo museum, and many other sites designed to impress country boys. When I was on Lookout Mt. three years ago during Labor Day weekend, Mark was also in north Georgia mountains; I Yoo-hooed! in his direction but he must not have heard me. If there is mist over the valley this year like there was that year, I will not go on Lookout Mountain because the viewing was pathetic then and I do not want to be again disappointed.
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Good Thursday to you!
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