Agonizing Reappraisal

 

As frequent readers will know it has not been an easy 2022. First there was the incident of black dog one followed quickly by tripping over black dog two. Followed by the snow at last. Fortunately I discovered Bob and Brad on YouTube. And I have learned to sleep on my back. At least for half the night. But they are not as good with thumbs as they are with backs.

I decided to redo the decor in the upstairs of the vrbo, went positively manic about decorating beds with pillows, and stupidly did not count how many screws had to be removed to be over the bunk beds. This aserbated my skier's thumb big time. I do not remember it took 30 days to recover before but it did this time even if they called it Mommies' thumb. But that long not using your fingers, thumb and wrist take a toll. So when I went to lift my battery out of my Corolla I had to ask for help.

Bought a new battery and guess what? They are as heavy as the old ones. And you cannot drive a batteryless Corolla to the mechanic, even if it is just down the street. And a week of using hand weights is not going to be a full recovery.

I need to learn to beg.

But that has not worked on dropping a size. And guess what six pounds less is not one size even if losing weight was the up part of not being able to open food packages. I gave in and ordered a couple fat lady shirts for summer. Number one is they do not have buttons I cannot do until all my left fingers are well.

I can use my camera. And I have been able to use my iMac for photos. But it is going to be a while before heroic photo editing and long blogs.