A week at home

I can't say it's gone quickly and yet I've kept the time filled at my slow pace. I'm now walking the cul de sac circle alone and today made two rounds. Yesterday I saw the urologist who declared his part was a success. Tuesday I'll see the gyn and hope she'll ease up on the restrictions. The ur Dr. said I can do most anything after next week but no bicycling for 6 weeks. I'm still on 1/2 a pain pill every 4-6 hours. I decided to stick to one kind after some lightheadedness. At least I know what to blame my symptoms on.

I was really concerned how it would go living alone but it's not been as scarey as I thought. My neighbors have been great checking in on me. I highly recommend the "grabbers" that I inherited from Les. I think I'll keep them handy. I go out to get the paper with them and retrieve items from low places. I also keep a notebook to record medications, symptoms,etc.

I've really been enjoying my jigsaw puzzle set sent by boating friends. There are 3-100, 300, and 500 piece sets. I finished the smallest and now doing the middle one on the dining room table. I forgot how addictive they can be..."just one more piece". I would never have thought of it as a get well present but it's a great idea, at least for me.

Our weather has been cool and windy but sunny which helps my attitude though the electric bill may be a shock. The manatees have been coming past the dock trying to find warm water and I was able to spot one the other day.

I'm also reading Loving Frank and Reading Lolita in Tehran for some library book groups. The latter I've partially read before and am finding a bit tedious knowing how little progress if any has been made for women in Iran since the book was published.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to attend the Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Stuart's Lyric Theatre. The soloists are Christopher O'Reilly and violinist 16 year old Caroline Goulding, both of whom performed singly with the group last year. It's an afternoon performance and Ginny will drop me at the door so I think it will be ok. I just hate to miss any of the season's performances. They are always a treat including the pre-performance talk by the conductor given in his wonderful Scottish brogue.