It is a very pretty day today, entirely opposite of the weather yesterday. It was drizzling most of Friday, or at least felt wet in the air, overcast until midday. Eventually the clouds broke and some blue shone through but it certainly remained conducive to napping!
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As I write, shore birds are feasting along the edge of the
river. This morning there was a giant flock of birds outside, more and more
coming but none leaving. It was quite interesting to watch them enjoy their
breakfast. I never did notice when they left, perhaps Tracy, who lives downstairs from me, did. Randy,
upstairs, thinks they were dining on mosquitos as he had a wall full of bugs after his exterior door was open last night. My friends at breakfast Friday
reported the red buds blooming along River Road, which usually marks the coming
of spring. As Randy said, “It’s been a great winter!”
For the past couple of weeks, I have been experiencing some aches
and pains and pulsing muscles periodically in my right arm. My thought is that
I have strained something when carrying in several heavy bags of groceries. Not wishing
to make two trips to the car, I carried all the cold items up at once.
Where is Connie when I need her? She usually offers to help if she sees someone
come home with bags in the car. I had milk, juice, plus other refrigerated
items, leaving the other stuff in the car to tote when I picked up Justin from
work. They were heavy, that is for sure. And since that day, it seems to me, my
arm has been goofy. Not all the time, and not incapacitating. I have to chuckle
a bit since my mom had troubles with her arm when I was in WI, and
wondered if I caught something from her!
It occurred to me that I have many more aches and pains
particularly since I stopped taking my arthritis medication. Ya think??? I knew
I had more left on my prescription at Wal*Mart, which they confirmed and filled
for me. Of course, my arm feels like its old self again before I even took the first one. As I told Justin, I
make myself use it rather than favor it. I wish I had a tennis ball or one a
bit smaller to sit and squeeze in order to strengthen my hand and arm. I sure
do hope I don’t have carpel tunnel syndrome. It’s been years since I’ve
pressure washed anything so all I can do is ‘blame’ the groceries and my
laziness!
My idea, besides taking my medication, is to just get back in
the pool again, and I even went so far as to consider joining the fitness
center on Wells Road for the pool/Jacuzzi privileges. Carol W. thinks they have
a plan just for that now, instead of paying full dues, which I would dearly
love to avoid. This might be something worth checking out, as it will take a
long time to get the pool temperature here up to the way I tolerate it. Like
the lady said to me last summer when Lynn and Linda J. were here: “Oh, waa waa
waa!” I am a big baby when it comes to the water being warm enough!
