Hello JU;
I haven't checked in here for a while. I've been busy checking out various Linux operating systems and working on an article I hope to have published in a Linux magazine later this year. Just basically trying to keep myself busy.
Despite my efforts to keep myself occupied, the healing process after my December accident is going painfully slow. I know that I was told it would be this way, the type of break I suffered in my hip/pelvis is not one to heal quickly. But being told and actually living through it are two different things. I am anxious to get myself walking again so that I can begin the process of securing a job and making some money again, which is getting very very tight now.
Accustomed to being constantly on the go, this idle time seems like an eternity. But I know that come mid-April I can begin putting weight on the leg and working towards walking again in some fashion or other. As painful as I know that process is going to be, I am looking forward to it.
The other thing is living in someone else's home during all of this. I really really appreciate that my mother and her husband have allowed me to stay here and care for me during my long recovery period. But it's still just not the same as living in your own place. As I am unable to do a great many things for myself right now such as preparing meals and such, it's something I just have to live with. I am a very private person and enjoy my privacy very much so this part of it has been very hard for me as I've had to surrender that privacy in exchange for the care I can't provide for myself.
I certainly don't want to sound ungrateful. I don't know where I would be if I didn't have them.
I realize that this sounds like a lot of whining or complaining. I don't mean for it to sound that way. Just getting some of my frustrations out and aired so to speak. I am happy that I survived the wreck, and that I have someone who cares enough to help me while I can't help myself. It's just the independent nature in me being frustrated I guess. I've always been one to stand on my own two feet.
A friend suggested I look into teaching computer classes or doing technical training when I am able. I have experience in this area so it is a possibility I want to explore further as the time comes. I've been testing the waters to see what may be available out there, but it's difficult when I have no idea when I'll be able to seriously consider working again in some capacity.