April Fool

That’s me. 4-1-2017 Ojo Caliente Spa, NM

 The sweet and the noisy. What a combination 

Another busy day

   

Fu

     Started with a rainy trip to the doctors office to review a condition. He’s doing very well   OT, daughter, webinar lunch prep, all converged at the same time, 1 o’clock. Wow. Red is very confused With Miss Kitty in the house.

    R can be downright undiplomatic if not downright rude at times, declaring others’ opinions to be lies.  Must admit I jumped in on E’s side when that happened today regarding “objective/subjective,” partly because a rift between them would sadden me greatly.

    Then how rude was , yelling at S to stop the on and on about  world evil via “poor Dubai” during C’s visit when the initial topic was  innocent Dubai Chocolate.  She is aware of monologue tendency. She said, “I don’t have anyone to talk to at home.”  

     She was so sweet and helpful. Took her dad out to bank, PO, pharmacy, a good outing for him. She cuddled on my lap when she needed a nap. She advised me about health problems we share .

Jour ordinaire

 

Home small, crammed, familiar. Familiar is a comfort.

     Automaton. Cast out that line and reel it back, same events as yesterday. Business calls.  Dog walk, happily greet neighbors and gossip about Islamic corp Maria’s house—remain a bnb or harbor immigrant relatives?  K says noisy so far eg slamming doors circa midnight.  Hard arthritis pain all joints, trying out S’s large heating pad. A’s OK today, no med pros coming in til tomorrow then doubles every day plus S and Fu. 

Cas

The boys (& girls) are back in town

 

Spring???  afternoon in the park

   The cold hasn’t kept them indoors. And it is cold despite what the temperature says or the sunshine hints; it’s that chill wind again

It’s late, I'm reaching

 

Good dogs, Cyrus and Timmy, 12-22– 2005

      That many years ago!  Gone but not forgotten. 

And that’s it for todsy

Spring wonders

Yesterday’s surprise.  Looks like two dogs out there. 

Another one of nature’s natural surprising sculptures on the last of the snow.

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    Red had two nice walks today and I didn’t take him on either one. J Took him out this afternoon, and this morning G and L walked him a good long way while I worked on A’s personal grooming prior to doc visit. Good outings for us all. Bright sunlight tho cold winds. Napping also feels good to us all after ChicFilet redux, yum. No cooking tonight. Red, especially enjoyed rip-and-shredding the pup cup after licking out all the whipped cream.  You know I call him Mr. Ripanshredder

    Sis D had another ablation today and is recovering well, she says 

  I will facilitate PSC meeting tonight o Orage, psychological  essay 8, Are we awake?

Looks like I missed again

 

Portland in town

     Gray day. Red and I took a short walk up the hill. We approached, nervously I admit, then passed 5-6 overly happy—high?—probably homeless people, male and females, 20s-30s,  at the corner, just as they left a bearded older looking compadre sitting on a carton playing flicking a lighter to a small piece of diamond shaped mesh. We all exchanged cordial greetings.

       A few feet around the corner a man in a black ski cap was folded on a single stoop step, bare forearm and spread open tanne hand holding/protecting all his worldly possessions, a blue and black backpack. Sleeping hard in an apparently habitual  posture and place at 2:30 pm in a usually frigid city.  Of course I felt pity. As I walked past him, I had the urge to dig out a dollar, no, make it a fiver, and slip it under his open hand, or,  safer? , his backpack.  But no.  Might not be safe for me on my wobbly pins with little leashed Red to encounter God knows what. And a beautiful well dressed young woman passed us just at that moment with a small hello to let us know she was there, as we were unaware of her before. So Red and I walked on, wondering at the variety of folk on God’s planet. 

     

Never know

Snow bunnies today

Never know what you will see on a walk.

And it’s amazing what effects weather can create.

OK by Red

Snow balls or snow sculptures might be a better denomination, but I like bunnies best; maybe because they are so white, small, and multitudinous.

Tilt

 

How the day feels

 Kundabuffer, perceive everything upside down, or perhaps lopsided. That’s how today felt, so cold and busy, tiny pelty snow sized like sand grains. All day. So many petty tasks and contacts exhaust me. Like being hit by the tiny snow. But what else, what really better?  It’s purposeful, like when I’ve transformed myself into a housekeeper for Eric’s sake, without his asking, of course. Mostly I have a gap, of missing people I love.  The harder I feel I work for them, the more I push them away rather than relax into love of them. Upside down! Is there something I need to learn?

Another Snow Day

 

Not pretty, just en route as snowfall starts 

   I’m either tired or bored. Body feels too quiet alternating with arthritis aches. Red hasn’t eaten a day, won’t eat, and his tummy is rumbling, and he’s sleeping all day. No newspaper today: annoying.  We’ve had the tv on 5-6 hours, too long if entertaining ad maybe informative shows—Sedona ufos, Peter Doocey, basketball.  Need to read, don’t want to, though. Did take Red for a walk around the block just as the snow started, a bene for us both. I’m grateful I don’t need to go the hospital today. And the answer to boredom is, do something.