I'm working on jogging tomorrow...still not running, maybe in a couple more weeks. I can't walk any faster without breaking into a jog and so far my heart is handling it.
Hang in there, Laurie, and let Violet and Monkey take care of you.
I'm taking a break from canning duties for a few minutes. There are 12 half pints and 3 pints of homemade oven roasted tomato sauce cooling and, after lunch, I'll pressure can a slew of Italian green beans.
Let the games begin!
Katie I wish I was canning again. But specially right now, I don't have the stamina. Maybe next year!
As for letting Violet and Monkey look after me, they are doing a great job. I woke up this morning with Monkey curled up behind my neck. She has never done anything like that before! And Violet was beside me on her bedroom bed as always.
I had 3 close encounters with death in my 20s (all accidents) and have been grateful to be alive ever since...every day.When I see a suicide as Robin Williams, I lose sleep. I'm up and so grateful for everything and everyone in my life.
I'm thinking how I can be a better person. Hopefully I'll figure that out.
Glad you're feeling better today, Addie. That cold has lurked around for long enough.I am sitting here lamenting. This has to have been the worst summer I have had in years. I get this stinking nasty cold at the end of June and spent all of July inside my apartment as I didn't want anyone to catch it. The cough is still lingering and now I have developed sciatia in my left hip. Fortunately it is not too bad, but enough to keep me off my feet. Bed rest and heat. I considered going to Winthrop for a steroid shot in my hip, but I think I can do this one my own. The heat seems to be doing the job. Then yesterday (I think due to all this health stress) I start to get some serious chest pains. I gather everything I am going to need to take to the hospital. I finally sat down, took a good size spray hit of the nitro and took a number of deep breaths. Fortunately I didn't start to cough during all of this. If I had, I would have hit that button as fast as I could. I have the "Help I have fallen and can't get up", thanks to Winthrop. All their home patients have it.
All I want is to feel good. Not great, but just good. When someone asks, "How are you," I want to be able to say "Fine!" I was so looking forward to the summer. Even the weather has been against me. No real warm days where I can sit outside and get some nice warm sunshine falling on me. Some treese are already showing colored leaves. And now here we are in the second half of August and soon it will be Fall. Today, I am feeling fine! I think.
But I did get one really good piece of news today. My granddaughter sent me an email asking for my phone number. She just wants to talk to me. She misses me. This kid is one heck of an artist. She has painted murals in her home and has even sold some of the stuff she has done. But not enough to support herself. So she holds down a fulltime job as well. She is the middle daughter of my daughter that died. And very special to me. Until she was adopted I took care of her for quite a while. Along with her younger brother and older sister. I should be hearing from her today.
End of lament. Thanks for listening.
Glad you're feeling better today, Addie. That cold has lurked around for long enough.
It's lovely that you still have contact with your granddaughter despite the adoption.
In view of comments on here I decided to go and find out what it was all about.Well, today it got a little nasty. Since the truck drivers who are employed by Market Basket are out on the lines, the company has hired temp drivers. Now none of the employees are stopping anyone from entering the stores. Just verbally harassing them as long as they are not shoppers. They realize that for a lot of folks, MB is the only store that is available to them and have no other place to shop. So today it got nasty. The temp driver was not happy at the taunting and got out of the truck with a hammer in his hand. It was wrapped in a towel so no one would see it at first. He was going toward the walking employees. Fortunately the police got to him first before he got to anyone. I am not taking sides. But what did the company expect?
I'm off to North Wales for a few days from tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon to visit a friend so will be "on leave" until Thursday.
Toodle pip, chaps. Be good while I'm away.
Henri x