Hi Ann, Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Hope everything heals quickly. The high cholesterol is undoubtedly my fault -- those hot dogs. Next time it's nothing but salads for you, young lady:-).
Paul On Nov 20, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > So after I returned from my trip back home to Chicago to attend the funeral > of my oldest friend and stay with her family a few days, > O shuffled off to Detroit and Toronto... I did post before that I got to see > Christine nd Paul S and Knarf - and I have to tell you all how > much they were a comfort ... > > After I got home, there were a few um adventures.. > > Firstly, in addition to grieving, I lost my roomate to her boyfriend -- not > surprisijng, but didnt think it would happen so fast - that actually > was known before I left for Chicago, but she didnt move out until Nov 1st... > this was more than a financial shock because while she still > has the store across the street and we visited briefly every day , she is now > only working in the store itself two days a week... - and Id gotten > in the habit of briefly stopping by the store for a quick hello and exchange > of news in person that was always cheering... she has partnered up with 3 > other women and they alternate store duty. > > This also meant there were household chores she helped with that I was left > to do on my own - and I attempted things I should not have done alone... to > wit... when I got Luka's wonderful photo I was eager to get it up on the > walls and was switching things around and reframing etc to accomodate it... > I was standing on the couch.bed in the livingroom - lost my balance, and > stopped my self from falling all the way to the floor somehow by swiveling > around and coming down hard on my right shin on the wooden chair next to > couch. a bit painful, though not quite as debilitating as it might have > been... > > Then in one day (two weeks ago exactly,actually) I managed to have one of > those good news, bad news days... > Good news - the last box of things Barb's daughter sent me from Chicago (my > inheritance kind of) arrive in the morning so > I put on new sneakers and made the bedroom look beautiful with the new > comforter.... and perused bits of nostalgia > > Bad news - I fell down on the cement and bruised my ribs, right under my > left boob , on the side of my body that already has > lowered range of motion - I was relieved I didnt break anything and continued > to the store -- bad idea.. ice when home.. It > was the worst physical pain I've felt in years. and the rally annoying thing > was, I had to sleep on the couch in the livingroom as a result because I > couldnt climb up into my bed that was now looking so spiffy.... I was > finally able to manage it a couple of nights ago... > > Good news... I won $50 on a scratch ticket! which is the amount Kate would > ahve paid me for a week. > > Bad news _ I got the blood work from my doctor... Cholesterol went up, > etc... so now I'm struggling to be a good girl with > diet . a couple of other things looked a bit off so I'm trying not to eat > wicked things and will get tested again before the end of the year > so it is covered by this years deductable. And I got instructed to get a > blood pressure machine . > > So that Saturday wasnt much fun... since then, I was in a funk for a > while.. still am, really, although I'm healed enough now > so that I can and have taken long walks . > > Can't do any shooting... hurts to hold the camera up to my eye > > On the other hand, I have a rent controlled apartment and a lot of nice > friends... > > So now I'll try to return to my usual wise-cracking silly self for the > benefit of all... will someone start a nice pun thread? > > ann > annsan.smugmug.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
