Another trip to Nanaimo today. I need to pick up my reading glasses and we are also picking up Graeme from the ferry. Yay!!!! He is coming over today and going back with me next Wednesday.
Well now it is the next day. I had to leave just as I started this post. We had a fantastic day. We went straight to the ferry and he was waiting. It was so good to see him. It's been a while.
We hit the mall and I got my glasses. We decided to eat in the food court. Going out for a meal is just too expensive. So we each got what we wanted, ate and left Nanaimo for home.
Poor Graeme. Monte got sick and bailed on him. Off to bed he went and Graeme and I sat in the living room watching crap tv. Sigh. But we also had really good convo and played our games on our individual phones. It was really relaxing and enjoyable.
This morning though it was rubber hits the road time. I had to clean the very messy house and do laundry and wash my hair and pack etc....
The hardest part is I can only work for about ten minutes and my back and hip get so painful I can hardly walk. (evil shovel list). Thank goodness sitting down immediately relieves it. I have to sit for longer periods now to be able to get up and continue. So freaking annoying.
I am NOT used to doing things that way. I am used to motoring through everything until it is completely done. Those days are long gone. So I am adjusting my attitude from victim to slow down. I am not a slow down person. All or nothing...that's me with everything. I have always been that way and this is a tougher lesson for me. But....as I preach practically on a daily basis (mostly to myself) your reaction to anything is a choice. So I am learning to make hay whilst I can and have a book or something to make the wait time more fun.
We are leaving today. All my chores are done except for the kitchen, always the freaking kitchen, (super shovel list) and putting away my clean laundry and packing the suitcase at the same time.
Our ferry isn't until 4, we need to be there by 3. I made a reservation. I extended my stay in Vancouver. Arnie got hold of me and by chance they are actually in Van until the 13th and she wanted me to go stay a couple of nights over at hers. So Sunday night April and I are heading up to Brittania Beach to watch Bradley dj and then I will head back with Aryn. Kinda like we did at Xmas only in reverse.
So I should go finish everything plus as I sit here typing away with Gdog on my shins (extended part of the recliner) a dreadful smell is creeping over me. The garbage in the kitchen has reached its limit. lol!!! It's callin' me. Gotta bounce!!! TFL & TTYL
I often talk about the 'rainbow bridge' coming up soon. It might be tomorrow and it could be when I am 90, I don't know and don't really care. I have done my bucket list, some of it more than once. I am at peace spiritually. But....one thing has become very clear to me. The people around me are NOT ready to hear about it. In fact someone near and dear, upon me commenting on my age slowing me down, admonished me to stop talking like that. Well that sounded like my mother's mantra. Deny your aging and it won't happen. Well I saw that attitude in my mom and it sure didn't do her any favours. I just simply have no problem with aging and nearing the proverbial bridge. I read a quote today that prompted this little blurt out.
'I left my dad with this realization: Growing old isn’t about staying who you were. It’s about learning how to be who you are, now. And for most people, that can be challenging.' Victor Mong
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