Lately it seems I'm distracted so much, what with one thing or another. Also since the weather has changed, I'm closed up and stuck most of the time in the house. Can't handle being chilled, although I got a good dose of it this morning. The bitter wind yesterday whipped my mailbox off its post; I seem to be missing some fairly important mail too; probably blown all the way down into the water. I had to get some bungee cords to secure it back in place early today. Thought I would collapse trying to tug the ends together. Still not the best solution but it will suffice until my arms/hands decide to work again. Attaching it properly will require the use of a hammer, a screwdriver and that is an impossibility presently.
It has been months I've coped with this problem, whatever the problem is. Getting dressed is a hard ordeal and now with cold weather here more layers are required, so you will find me sitting a lot near the heater. The furnace just doesn't do such a good job.
The dogs don't like the cold either and make their pit stops quick and brief, scrambling over each other to get back inside. They sleep a lot; a problem there too as they vie with each other to lie as close to my feet as possible as I sit and read or sit and whatever. Charly feels he owns me and my feet, so he does a lot of deep rumbling. A fight quite often erupts between them. I guess they are a bit stressed, being unable to get out and work their energy off. Me too.
Several really nasty days lately. Rain, then sleet, then snow all day Tuesday. The wind is quite brisk. Finally all that quit late this afternoon and the sun peeked out for a bit. Tomorrow it is supposed to be about 50 - a heat wave. Yay! I hope the sun shines; I surely do.
Doing a lot of reading lately. Three books finished by Barbara Kingsolver. A very good writer. Finally located "Poisonwood Bible" recommended by a blogger friend - will receive it tomorrow after daughter finishes work and brings it to me. Quite nice at times to have library curb service, so to speak. I intend to read all of Kingsolver's books in time. They aren't in the least "junk" reading and often based on her life's experiences.
So I reckon I'm hunkered down here for the next few months. No one calls; no visitors to knock at the door, so it is quite silent (dog barks don't count) and very lonely.
I did get a reprieve from this last Saturday going out to lunch with my cousins from Alabama. Very good to be with them for a couple of hours. The trip to town surely exhausted me though and required going to bed quickly on returning home.
In three weeks the cataract on my right eye will be removed. There has been some pain and other problems with the left eye, which wasn't expected, what with all the good reports from others who had this procedure done. I had NO peripheal vision for a short period a week or so after the cataract was removed, yet the doctor said it was healing well, not seeming concerned about anything I reported experiencing. So that was helpful.
Hope the weather is favorable the 22nd and 23rd, going to surgery and post-op very early the next morning. It is a long trip to make and I'm unsteady on my feet, a dreadful fear of slipping and falling. A bone broken would cause drastic change in lifestyle; I fear it would be the loss of my companions. Then what?
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