My Daily 86 Words

  Another cold morning. I enjoy the heater when it stays on all night. I will go to church for morning prayer. Later, more of the same activities. I wish I knew how to fix the computer so I could tell my song story. Darn it all. Tech is not my thing. Hollie exhausted the possibilities without finding the answer. Now breakfast.

  Frustrating hour trying to get somewhere with the other computer. It worked yesterday but not now and I have no idea what to do. I want to make it work. I was ready to tell a story.   Outside again laater.

 is welcome and motivating. Day 346 I wanted to dictate my blog this morning but couldn’t find the dictate ap. I do have a microphone icon and could have tried it. I will next time. It’s a big thing that I ssend a doc to my mail and it worked. Today I will get  out again. I want to work on the rose garden. Thaat’s all.

  After four active days, yesterday was for resting except for my brain that was assisted by Rosalie. She gave me an hour and a boost into comfort with the new machine. How I need to practice until I feel confident. She has offered to come again if needed and I will call her if I hit the wall again. It’s very cold out and I hope to get out when it’s warmer and walk and weed. The January break from rain is welcome and motivating.

  Day 344 Same agenda for today. Walk and weed. The sun makes all the difference in motivation. I spent an hour with the tutorial and didn’t feel like I   had made progress except to say I did it. I’ll do it again today. I want to be ready to make a new blog by my birthday. I will use the prompts from Kay’s book. The dictate ap will take practice. Maybe Rosalie will feel better today and come to help me. First, breakfast.

  Day 343 Yesterday I took a long walk with a couple of detours and social events! Good talk with Jim and Bob about life and times. Asked about the word program at the tech place and didn’t get an answer so asked Rosalie for her assistance with 365 word. I may watch the BOS or not.   I’m losing interest in the same old stuff.   It’s cold now but   I   aim to both walk and weed. I’m making inroads into the rose garden. It’s time for pruning and food. It's okay to enjjoy the day.

  Day 342 Monday and the weekend was an improvement. Walking and weeding on Both days plus church. So, I’m getting better and moving more. JuJu is not doing her usual jumping up. She cries so she is going to have a vet trip to see if she has an injury or maybe arthritis. It’s still clear and not as cold outside. Nice break.

  I walked a long one and mostly it was good. The last couple of blocks were dragging but no bad symptom like needing to run. I will walk to rite aid for my green pills that I take on Sunday at noon. It’s a high dose vitamin D. The sun makes such a great improvement in my mood and motivation. It’s important to get through the dark days without getting bogged down. Hollie is having a day with her girl friends. I hope whe laughs a lot.

  Day 339 Walked around the block! The wind was cold and I was happy with making the effort.   Today I will repeat and hope to extend it a couple of blocks. I need vegs and we won’t be going to the farmstand tomorrow as Hollie has a breakfast date in Brookings.   The house needs attention and I will clean the bathroom and vacuum at least. As soon as the sun hits the rose garden I will get at the grass that has overtaken. Hollie got the rose food for me.

    Day 338 I didn’t go to church. Just too cold to sit. Haven’t felt well and I’m guessing it’s the new medications. Kind of dull and shaky.    It’s a cold clear day and I am determined to get out and walk.     I need discipline again. And Motivation. Spring will come.                

         Day 334       It’s Sunday and I will attend church wearing warm clothes. Then a trek to Walgreens for the third prescription.     It’s clear and cold outside and I am hoping to get out for a real walk.   Spent some time with the other computer. I want to learn to use it. I want to do the year of prompts.                         

  After a few stressful and unwell days, today I’m up and going. The mess called Walgreens’s’ had me anxious, frustrated and angry. It’s still not over. Six days, three trips and 2 hours on the phone to get three scripts none of which are exotic. Today I’ll get my new glasses in Brookings and Michele is coming to visit.    

  Dr. P. yesterday about all my issues. Stopped the propranolol and added a new tremor med. Added another blood pressure pill and vaginal cream for stopping the UTIs. I had another restltess night and feel tired. I want to walk later.  

  I never thought in 16 years of daily blog that I would be so remiss with this daily writing. It’s an example of my mind set and the inroads of isolation. I walked around the block for the first time in almost two months. It felt good. And I had 6K steps for the first time in many moons. And I will go to church even though it is still cold it may get up to 50. I will wear my big coat and a hat. I may even tackle the out of order closet. Not promising anything.  

Not sure what day it is for my tracking. I am getting back into discipline and expect to do this well again. I was asked to teach a writing class and I won’t do it by zoom. I’ll wait until it’s possible to do in person classes. The dogs had their nails clipped yesterday and that was ll the agenda. Isolation is dulling my senses and I’m not helping. Too much TV. I am adding steps via rebounder. I’ve had 5K steps for a week.    

  Spent the New year watching four seasons of Yellowstone. It ws diverting.. Story group is disbanded until Covid relaxes. Same with church. I will not sit in the cold.