EASTER EGGS

Today I was filling plastic Easter eggs, eighty-two of them to be exact. I’m also trying to figure out how to get seniors to participate in an egg hunt.

It’s silly. It’s childish. Why would I want to do that? I don’t want any candy. I will not participate. The idea is ridiculous. Actually, no one has said goody, or anything close to that. I did have one woman ask if we were going to do the egg hunt. I said yes. Oh, she said, and walked away. That was the most enthusiastic response I have had.

It is like pulling eyeteeth to get these people to do much else but eat. They want to sit for everything. Many people have said they want to walk. So I started a walking group. The most I have ever had was two others. I now walk by myself. If anything, it got me moving again. Yeah!

I am determined to go through with this and I have not given up the idea that I may recruit some others to join in. If no one does it will not take me long to find the eggs since I will be hiding them. Our Easter lunch is Thursday. At least the food will be good.

I will hide four eggs that are unique. They are all plastic, but four have a unique arrangement of candies. There is a mixture of type and quantity in all but the four. Four have only one kind of candy, which is all wrapped in the same color foil. If they bring these back they win a larger prize. That is harder. Trying to find something they might want to win that might motivate them. I still haven’t figured that out, but expect to give them prints of some of my artwork. At least it’s cheep.