Bam Smash

 

I was driving away from Vagabonds rehearsal when the car in front of me slowed to a stop. I stopped too (of course). The Durango behind me didn't. It ended up in my trunk. I got rammed into the car in front of me. No damage to us two, but the Durango and my trunk were interlocked.

And because I had no bruising, cuts, or blatant injuries, the cops left me there! It was raining. I was cold. Thankfully Buddy came for me. Jack was in the ER, but they sprung him just as AAA towing came up. We met up at Holman, and Buddy took all my stuff home while Jack took me to the ER to get checked out.

No concussion, but my head hurts horribly, as does my left eye when I turn my head to the left, and my right shoulder and right side of my neck are wrenched up nice and tight.

We really can't afford a new car right now, but it looks like there goes my IRA.

Stones!

Jack began suffering from a kidney stone last Sunday, and all week long he's been in and out of agony. We went to the ER, and it showed a 3mm. stone. Small, but not so small it doesn't hurt. Luckily, he has a stash of Percocets.

But weirdly enough, I also had a stone start bouncing around in my left kidney! Bugger all. I don't get the intense pain that he does, but it is annoying. And I don't have Percorcets.

Brother Ed is here for his Cape May Raptor week, and his friend Martin will be joining us. We all went over to see Eliana, and she squealed with delight to see us. I got some picture of Ed holding her, and we sent them to Gerry. She didn't quite believe it.

Ed didn't look well. He moves slowly, and his left hand trembles uncontrollable. He admitted that he suffered a stroke a few years ago, and the tremble is Parkinson's syndrome, not disease. He says it is what it is, and won't get worse. I'm just really concerned about him.

A little more progress on the novel. I have to get moving on it.

Happy

I'm happy.

It's odd, but I do feel happy, and people are telling me how wonderful I look!

I think it's because I'm off Celebrex and Tylenol. I don't know. But I've been active for the past two weeks!

October Country

I don't know how over a month has gone by without a blog post.

Let's see...

Weight is going down about a pound a week, so I'm now at 219.8. At this rate, I'll be down to 210 at Christmas. I would love for it to go faster, but at least it's going.

I try to swim 3 times a week for over an hour, and then do some aerobic work for 15-20 minutes in the pool.

I'm also using a program called Noom, which keeps me focused. Of course, I'm also paying for that privilege, so I have to learn those behaviors before my app runs out.

In August, my gastro doc told me I had to stop taking all my arthritis medication. Yowch. But many people recommended taking CBD oil, which is cannabidiol. It's expensive as heck, but within a few days almost all my arthritis pain was gone except for my knees and my sacroilliac joints. So now I'm finishing up the knee injections again, and I'm going to get injections in my butt (!) for the SI joints to see if that helps.

Marilyn Bennett, one of my AOL writing partners, is here for an accidentally extended visit. She was here for three days, which I took off to go galavanting. However, 10 minutes after she got on the road last week, her transmission crashed, so she's here until Firestone can get her up and running again.

And Eliana is getting absolutely adorable!