Being this retired bum that I
call myself, no one else who is retired thinks like that I am very sure.
Though, me actually giving up
so much a few years back of my extra curricula activities for various reasons…
And failing terribly at
trying hard to go back to being involved in a non-profit, thinking that I had
something to offer, but made to feel like I was lesser than…after forty years
on and off of working in all aspects of the numerous fields of non-profit…I retreated until…
My jaunt back into trying to
be healthier from an exercise program that at one time was also second nature
to me, but in my present condition had to be modified… and so I think I have
dealt with that not too badly, although a rather selfish comeback, with a
relapse and other issues, but in the long run a beneficial decision.
And today I did succeed in my
current program advancing with that new overhead piece of equipment; I did
twenty-five reps instead of one set of ten reps in one direction and then
switching and doing another ten more reps behind my head. Since I did find out that my
shoulders don’t do well that way without severe pain and so I did the one in
front and those twenty-five times and that was just fine! Of course my fifteen
minutes on the arm cycle split in half each way, and my one hundred reps on the total
gym, success!
I called yesterday about a
Multiple Sclerosis support group in our area and found one.
Years ago I called, but being
that it is in the evening, which is not usually my best time of day; I nixed
it.
The reason I decided to call
the other day was because some days I feel I am wearing on Hubby’s last nerve with me needing
his help, some times he makes me feel that I ask for too much and way too often.
The reason I felt now would
be a good time to go is since it is not only for people with MS but also for
their caregivers, and I do believe he needs as much support as I do, but still an evening event, only once a month though.
I figured he could also
compare notes with others as I will be doing, but of course as all support
groups are none are pity-parties; I used to be co-president of the arthritis
support group for a few years, since I also have that… which led to all the
other stuff, fund raising, board member, teaching Aquacize and being trained to
teach a self help course as well as trained to write grants…how I miss all
that, but realistically I am no longer in any condition to do any of that! I
still do advocacy online and that’s it.
No, this is purely to compare
notes with everyone else after the noted speakers’ talk, which is what we would
have too. Local physicians in various related fields would discuss things like
orthopedics, rheumatology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc… you get
the idea and that is what this woman in charge, named Nikki said that they do
too, but in neurology and related fields of course, although, on occasion, the restaurant where they have been meeting will periodically
even underwrite the meal for all attending, nice little perk, I’ll say.
We did end up at the Cultural Center today for our very
reasonable lunches once again. Mine, was homemade New England clam chowder and salad for $4.95 for both and Hubby’s, was pastrami on rye with a dill pickle and
spicy mustard for $5.95 with tax, the whole shebang just, $11.66! No tips there due to the cafeteria
style and we drink our own brought in beverages thus the bargain.
Scoping out the Trash and
Treasure shop as we do every time we go, but we didn’t find anything that hit us
that we needed or loved that is unless… you could count the telephone wire for our old land-line
telephone that had a broken one, its the one that works when the power goes out or the cell towers go down, so it is important. Hubby found one in an unmarked price-wise case
on a shelf in a corner and asked the man that we usually have asked before about
prices and he said, take it, no charge and the man told the lady at the
register, how unexpectedly nice! I guess he remembered we went there often,
although, we haven’t bought anything in quite a while…
On that note of a pleasant
surprise, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good
night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share those overages
with you know who and we will too!
And next time please be here
or be square, ya hear!