Hey, for a change I have good news all the way around! So far today, back pain level has been at a 1. I’m very encouraged and will try a short walk when I get done here. If that goes well, it’ll turn into a long walk. I cannot TELL you how relieved I am. OMG, I may be getting my life back!
I had an optometrist appointment this morning, and the news was good-ish. With a LOT of work, I can read the 220/40 line–and I mean a whole lot of work. Still, a HUGE improvement and technically good enough to drive. The problem is that I can’t halt traffic on I-5 while I stop to read a sign. She (doc) wants to try piggyback lenses again, a soft lens with a hard lens over it. Those did NOT work last time, but she thinks she just might be able to get it to work, though she said there’d be “an adjustment period,” doc-speak for “It’s gonna hurt.” I can do pain, if it’s not so great I can’t concentrate, which is what happened last time. So cautious hope there.
I THINK, though, that I’m going to start thinking about getting a car again. With GPS, which helpfully tells me when to turn, etc., I’d be very comfortable with local driving, especially if I can avoid the two really difficult Traffic Circles from Hell. Anyway, for today, I’m celebrating the 20/40-with-work.
Listen, folks, I like catsup! I like it on fries, and sometimes on burgers and always on meatloaf. But I was raised that it never, ever goes on a hot dog. I tried it once when I was a kid thinking it might be a guilty pleasure, and I hated it–one bite, and it looked like a severed, bleeding body part. BUT of course not everyone agrees with me. My own son likes catsup on hot dogs. I just turn my head and focus on flowers or something. Who am I to judge? Nobody.
I have not yet looked at the news. MetalMouse, you make an excellent point about Ukraine having been through this before. We former history teachers sure know the importance of learning from the past. This time really is different, though, for a number of reasons. It’s much, much worse, and there’s going to be…well, I guess let’s not go there.
flyboy, that’s a tough question about the car. I can only ask this: you’d have kept the car, but would you have been worried about it? How long, statistically, before you’d be dealing with pricey repairs? If you could go a year or two longer, would it make a newer car less damaging to the budget? 300k is a whole lot of miles. To me the worst case scenario would be spending money now AND later, so hopefully you can avoid that.
red, glad you’re starting to feel better.
wordy, that is NOT bragging; that is sharing wonderful news that makes us happy. Besides, you have bragging rights! Kudos all around!
