It’s been nearly three weeks since my surgery. I’ve been completely off any kind of pain meds – even the over the counter stuff for about a week to 10 days. You’d think I’d be focused on the positives, the incremental steps in the right direction – and I am. Except when I’m not. Physically, …
I am closing in on two weeks post-surgery (It’ll be two weeks on Wednesday) and It’s been a fortnight of changes, let me tell you. I think I’m turning into someone who sleeps on their back – which I’d never been able to do before. I’ve started a habit of reading in the morning – …
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If you’ve been reading the blog recently – and if you have, thanks! You’ll have seen on Thursday that I was in the hospital quite recently. When this post goes live, I will have been home for three days now. That’s three days of rediscovering the edges of what I’m able to do and what …
I looked out this morning and the sun was goneTurned on some music to start my dayI lost myself in a familiar songI closed my eyes and I slipped away “More than a Feeling” – Boston.(You’re welcome for the earworm) I’m sure this has happened to you – it happened to me just now: You …
Sometimes, no matter how much planning you do, no matter how far you look ahead, you’ll find a day that just doesn’t seem to have as many hours in it as the other ones. On days like that, you’ll find that you’ve got to focus on the essentials then, if you’ve got the time, you …
There are a few directions this topic can go: Reread what you post of social media before you hit “Send.” Consider your internal dialogue: Be nice to yourself. And those can certainly be future topics (Makes notes), but I’ve got something else in mind. I love making lists and keeping track of things. The calendar …
On the first of the month, I started going for walks. I’ve been doing it pretty much every day. I’ll stretch out the tendons, plug in my earbuds, and hit the road for a few miles (round trip). What’s playing you might ask? Sometimes it’s music, other times it’s audiobooks or podcasts, but it’s always …
I’ve said it before, here on the Blog, that sometimes these posts are as much discussions with myself as they are between me and you, Reader So I’d like to talk about something that I realized (again) recently, and will cyclically realize over the course of the seasons. Consider the Blank Page, the Blank Canvass, …
It’s a foggy Sunday morning. It’s so dense out there that I can just barely make out the end of my driveway – which isn’t as bad as it sounds, I’ve got a pretty long driveway. But it’s cool and the whole world seems soaked and the trees are still missing their leaves which makes …
Before I begin, I want to make a correction: On the last Five-Thing Thursday post I mention Wales v England happening this weekend. I was distressed to discover that said match is happening *Next* weekend. There was still some great stuff happening this weekend. Later on, I’m going to watch London-Irish’s match v Bristol. Now …