Participating in Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Yes, here I am so close to the end of the alphabet, and I'm cheating. I'm capitalizing on the fact that the E is silent in the word I've chosen to represent X. I had another fine X word picked out, but on the way …
Category: Health
Life at 82: W is for Whack
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Due to my hyper chai reaction resulting in lots of lost sleep, followed by the inevitable somnolent crash, I and my body were out of WHACK yesterday. One definition is: If something is out of whack, it is not working properly, often because its …
Life at 82: V is for Vacation
I took an unexpected vacation the past few days. As I lay konked out on my couch or in bed, I had to analyze what was going on. It took me several days to figure out the sudden overwhelming fatigue. I'd been to Urgent Care because I woke up to a voluminous (another V word!) …
Life at 82: U is for Unencumbered
Thank you, WP, for the U word today! Early on, she posted the following comment on my theme of Life at 82. I replied I may use it. What she writes is very true for me. If you are older, I'm sure you will identify too. I’m in my 77th year. Is that close enough …
Life at 82: T is for Travel
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge Less than a year ago, the far east was my limit in travel. I was still looking at cruises that folks tack on to their Australia trips. Go up north a bit. See what I could see in my lifetime. Travel booklets arrived every day, …
Life at 82: N is for Nothing
Nothing. When I woke up yesterday, I decided to do nothing. After a packed and scheduled week, I rationalized that I owed it to myself to do nothing. I almost succeeded. To do nothing, I soon found out, I had to do something. I could not just lie in bed with my eyes shut. Keeping …
Life at 82: J is for Joy
Here I am with two of my sisters, Rose and Esther, during happier times. They have both passed away. It was Rose, as an experienced widow, who told me when Marv died that I must find joy in my life every day. She said Joy would not come looking for me. I must look for …
Life at 82: E is for Exercise
Participating in the A to Z Blogging in April Challenge I did everything I could do yesterday to procrastinate what I had to do: taxes. First, I turned off my alarm at 8 and went back to sleep. My body is still clinging to AZ time. I woke up for the second time at 10 …
Life at 82: D is for Diet
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge Diet. Such a hated word. Who wants to deprive themselves anyway? It seems like I’ve been dieting most of my life. In my thirties already, I graduated TOPS and became a KOP (keep off pounds sensibly). The meetings were so much fun. We’d joined a …
Marv Taking Charge (in AZ)
With Marv at Desert Palms Presbyterian Church - 2/11/2018, days after his diagnosis When I'm in AZ at my son's home, I still attend the church that Marv and I found online when we were in this area before: Desert Palms Presbyterian Church in Sun City West. A few weeks ago, with an invitation and …
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