Positively Tuesday-Raw

     

Sunflower farm, August 2020

     How are you all this Tuesday? It's gray out and I'm off kilter with the clock changes, but otherwise doing well. Well is an odd word, isn't it? It is so often just said as a default when you don't want to get into how life really might be. It also can mean exactly that, things are well, going good. My life is going good, but I don't know if Well is a good description for how things are. I'm emotionally raw like so many of us are these days, even when our own life might not be in turmoil, or in my case, hardly inconvenienced yet. My shoe may fall, and so may the other one. For now, I'll still send out calls for hope, peace, and safety, and appreciate where I've experienced joy, simple pleasures, or a smile of two.

1. My March premium for health insurance is nil! This will add several hundreds in take home pay at a time extra cash is needed to defray trip, fuel, and food costs. This was due to underspending on health care in 2020 by our employer and the rebate passed on.
2. While my sister didn't get discharged yesterday, I'm happy she is getting too quality health care. Fingers crossed today she will be well enough.
3. We had a quick virtual birthday greeting for a friend who's in South America. We all just got in Facebook messenger for a quick uniform birthday shout out. Her daughter and grandchild is there and what intended to be a one year adventure, has now passed three.
4. I had a tiny bit more weight loss, up to four pounds total on Saturday.itvwas even confirmed through the doctor scale.
5. It was a joy to watch Andriy Ukrainian footballer Yarmolenko score Sunday watching the West Ham game. Sports mean nothing in reality, but that goal, coming in after he has been out of the lineup due to illness, might be a little sunshine for his fans back home.
6. It was dodging puddles and flooded paths walking but pup and I sat outside Sunday for a bit afterwards and took in the sun. Yes, it was cold, but after walking and with my warm coat, it was nice feeling the sun on my face. I won't rush the days, but I'll be happy to be outside again.
7. Had conversations with all three kids this week. They wanted to be kept updated on their aunt, plus I got updated on their lives.
8. My dexa scan showed no worse bone density than was thought. I'll be adding more Vitamin D, but otherwise no changes, but to keep working on strength/ weight bearing exercises. I'm on that!
9. Let my body wake up on it's own the last three mornings to try and slowly acculate to the time change. Within a few more days, I'll be back to feeling like 5:30 a.m. is 5:30 a.m.
10. It's another sister's birthday today. Hopefully we'll all get to celebrate her on the weekend.

     I'm challenged recalling individual call outs for the post, probably because I'm blissfully, ignorantly, fortunate every day. I try for 10 regardless, some more meaningful than others. I'll wrap up by just saying thank you all for the kind words and thoughts for my sister and yesterday's post. If you're having a hard time, please reach out to family, friends, or even strangers here, who really are friends you just haven't officially met yet in real life yet.