I just got back from my second walk/hobble/wabble of the day. I've been hurting pretty bad all day and was kind of hoping it might help ease things up a bit. No such luck. The walk was grueling but I did it. After dinner I'm going to break down and take some hydrocodone. I won't take it on an empty stomach because it makes me feel sick if I do. I don't like taking and or relying on it but it's at the point now that some small measure of relief would be welcome right now. I know eventual...

It was quite a brawl. The lazy part of me wanted to sleep in this morning. The air was cool, everything was quiet, and it's not like I needed to go to work or anything, so I just wanted to lay in bed a while and enjoy being lazy. The responsible part of me wanted to get up and greet the day. Why? So we fought about it for a while, the laziness in me demanding to be lazy and remain comfortably in bed while the responsible in me wanted to get up and get going. We slugged it out for a w...

The past few days I had been feeling pretty low about my current situation. Mind you, NOT feeling sorry for myself, more just a mixture of anger, frustration, and a bit of depression. At the same time, while I was feeling so low myself. I had been chatting with a couple of people who were going through some tough times and feeling depressed. I had been thinking about this as it relates to my own emotional state. During our chats I had not let on to these people that I was going through a "...

Just finished my third 2 block hobble for the day. Got fussed at a bit by mom, who thinks I'm over-doing it. She may be right, this third one hurt. But, no pain, no gain. It had stormed a little earlier and everything was still wet. There is a stiff breeze blowing with rain scent on it and it was almost chilly. Felt good. I made the usual trip down to the end of the road to where the state is doing construction on the main N/S road just east of me. I stood there for a couple of minutes jus...

Just returned from my afternoon walk/hobble/wobble. It's the hottest part of the day now and the sun felt very good. There is just enough of a breeze to stir the palms and cool the cool. While it isn't full summer yet a hat is already a good idea as the sun here can be brutal even this time of year. I donned my trusty Panama before heading out. While I was working my way slowly toward the end of the road I was thinking about all of the hiking I had done over the years. I love hiking and ju...

I did my morning walk. Starting today I am going to do the walk twice a day instead of one. I am hoping it will aid in speeding the healing process. Despite waking in the middle of the night in extreme pain possibly as a result of moving wrong in my sleep the hip feels pretty decent today. The pain is somewhat tolerable. The first 3/4 of a block of the walk I used the cane very lightly, only really leaning on it a couple of time when my balance became a little off. Amazing how much the hip j...

Ok, now this just ain't right! Not only do I have to sit around doing nothing thanks to the injuries I incurred in the car wreck, and the lack of income that goes with not having worked in nearly 5 months for the same reason, but now my damned TV is going out on me. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Ok, not exactly a catastrophe, or even a major emergency. But Damn! It's not like I exactly have a lot to do other than sit here and watch the boob tube right now. The fates are sooooo cruel. If I ever...

This afternoon I took my daily hobble. I'd like to call it my daily walk, but realistically it's more of a hobble aided with my cane. I hobbled down to the end of the road, about a block, and back home again. There I was in a pair of khaki shorts which just does cover the ugly surgical scar on the side of my right thigh, (don't cover the scars just above my knee from traction though), a yellow tank top, sandles, and a khaki colored panama hat. No fashion show winner here. I hobbled down at...

This article is just me venting my frustrations. If you're looking for something interesting to read you may want to move on to something else. This ain't it. I've been struggling to keep a positive attitude since my car wreck. Today it just isn't possible. The frustration of sitting around with nothing productive to do, the physical, legal, and financial consequences of my wreck weigh heavy on me today. I took a walk with my constant companions cane and pain. I walked down to the end o...

Every day I go through the local job ads hoping I can find something that is a) reasonable close enough for me to get to something that I can physically do. This morning I went through 2199 job ads. Nada. Zilch. Zero. Between my lack of transportation for a job distant from me and the physical requirements of the jobs that are close enough, there is nothing. I really wonder what the hell I'm going to do. Things are just not looking too hopeful. No money, no car, busted hip, no job. ...

Sitting out on the lanai the scent of the green living things wafts through the air. This brings to my mind the many hours I have happily spent in the woods. Nothing even comes close to the feeling of spending time out in the forest surrounded by the many living things which call this place home. The air heavy with the smells of trees, grasses, mosses, and decaying leaves. The sounds of the many creatures going about the business of their lives beats the noise from any television or radio. ...

To all of those out there with the toughest job in the world, Happy Mother's Day.

Watching the movie Road House, there are two lines I particularly like. In one scene, Patrick Swayzey's charactor is in the emergency room being treated for a knife wound and refuses a local anesthetic saying "Pain don't hurt". In another scene he is on the phone with Same Elliott's charactor and in response to a question about having some trouble says "Nothing I ain't used to, but it's amazing what you can get used to." When living with intense pain for a long period of time, it re...

This is an article about absolutely nothing. Kinda like a Seinfeld episode. I'm happy that I am now able to get into and out of the bathtub without having to do the circus act with the rolling desk chair. I am also happy that I am now able to stand up and take a shower instead of sitting on that stupid plastic chair. My busted/rebuilt hip and pelvis are slowly showing signs of healing. A woman I have known for some time now asked me today about my injuries, which she's known about since...

Once in a while despite the troubles of the world or one's own less than ideal circumstance we need to just take a little time and enjoy something just for ourselves. It really doesn't matter what that little something may be. It could be a song on the radio that means just a little something extra, a bird singing outside our window, the company of an old friend, or a chocolate cream Oreo cookie. Now, I'm not real big on sweets, but these wonderful little cookies consisting of round hard ...