I got out of my house today!!

Parents took me out for breakfast at our favorite breakfast place, and I might have had an overly chocolatey and caffeinated beverage with tons of whipped cream on it. (the coffee bar girl even added extra freshly-made-homemade-in-the-restaurant whipped cream to it after I ate it all off the top)

There was snow and ice on the ground in the parking lot, and I had to use the stupid rolling walker, but I'd rather use that thing than fall down.

Then, we went out again later tonight for dinner. (Chinese food, which I haven't had in MONTHS!). We'd parked in the handicap spot there, because for some reason they only have two spots in that strip mall, and it was the only place we could actually park. It was a cold walk into the restaurant, but at least it wasn't icy.

My dad didn't care for the cold air. When we left, I told my dad that I'd go out, and at least start the car for him so that it would be warm. So, I got into the car to start it, and looked around the parking lot which by that time was mostly empty. Said "what the heck? why not?", and I actually moved the car down to the door of the restaurant so my parents wouldn't freeze to death coming out to the car.

I was *almost* brave enough to drive home, but it was nighttime, there's snow and ice on the ground, and I've never driven an automatic on snow and ice, and am not quite sure of how it would handle in a slick area. Plus, not all that sure about the reflexes in the right foot. So I told my dad that he could drive us home, but at least he had a warm car to get into. He was pretty thrilled that he didn't have to walk all the way out to the car.

I really want to drive my car, but I'm just not sure of it on the snow and ice yet. I'm a stick shift girl. Loved driving the manual transmission of my old car on snow. I knew how that car handled, and I was good at driving it on snow. I just never really had that much experience with driving automatics on snow and ice. I just don't think it would be that good of an idea for me to try to drive it on snow, with numb toes and a recovering shoulder. Maybe I'll try to go to Burger King tomorrow. I don't have to get onto any big streets for that, since they're right on the edge of our neighborhood. Maybe I'll go pick up lunch for my parents tomorrow. (taking dad with me just in case I have problems)

or, I could drive my parents to Village Inn for pie. (it's next door to the BK)

Can you tell that I'm trying to take advantage of those 3 cortisone shots I had last week for my frozen shoulder? They're having a nice side effect of making me not feel as crappily MS-ish as I had been. (not being in pain from the shoulder is probably helping a lot too)