I missed posting a monthly note to
this site in September. A lot has
happened in 2 months. Tuk’s parents have
had some health crises. I injured my
back again, which makes it uncomfortable to sit and type.
Father-in-law has been getting more
helpless, and can barely walk short distances with a walker. Mother-in-law had some kind of violent psychiatric
breakdown – which may be beginning Alzheimer’s Disease – and had to be briefly
hospitalized, but meds have stopped the worst behavior and she is home.
Tuk retired after 30 years with the
electric company, but it’s not an easy retirement with her parents needing such
care. She has commissioned a lot of work
by a former work associate, and a fine ground-floor accommodation is being created
for them on their side of the house.
I have had highs and lows with my
health. It had been over 8 months since
I had been able to march my loop route that’s just under 5k. But at the end of August, I began doing this
loop again, and doing it 3 times a week.
My THC regimen (detailed in earlier posts) got me marching again to old
standards (briefly). Two or three tokes,
then Tai Chi and stretching calisthenics, and I was out the door with a spring in
my step.
Then, one month ago, I hurt my back
again trying to help get Father in a car to visit his doctor. My own doctors are telling me to absolutely
not lift anything. I’ve been too busy to
do the THC therapy, and it’s been raining heavily for weeks.
Our house and near neighborhood
have not been flooded, but the river is high and trying to break through
dikes. I tried to visit my province
Immigration Office this week, but they were flooded with knee-deep water all
around it. I will try again next
week. In a walk this morning down by the
river, water was seeping through under the bridges and flooding the way so much
I had to turn back. The Rainy Season is
about to end, but there is a lot of water upcountry and it must come our
way.
-Zenwind.
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