Friday, June 21, 2013

Ordinary for most...



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!

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