I'm finally off work for the weekend. ahhhhhh.... that feels good !
I don't have any plans. Gotta love that too. My Mom was supposed to go to the beach tomorrow with my brother's family, but she hurt her neck last week and is on prednisone and muscle relaxers and hasn't slept very well for over a week, so she has opted out. She wasn't sure how the long car ride would be and then, not feeling up to par in a house full of wonderful family. Sometimes we need a little more peace for our suffering.... ya know ? Normally I would automatically plan to do our normal Sunday thing and I still might, but since yesterday, I have been having some light symptoms that make me wonder if I am trying to come down with something, so I'll have to see how that plays out... or not, before I can make that decision. It could just be allergies or something too.
So, I'll just be making it up as I go along.
Here's another little fun piece of collage art I made.
.... and here it is a little further away.
What do you mean Big Whup !??? LOL... no, no, it's just a little whup.
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It's been cloudy all day and a little sprinkly now and then, so since I'm solar powered, I am now contemplating a nap ! I'm old, isn't that what I'm supposed to do?? I thought so. I don't take naps often, but I have to admit that it really feels good to let myself drift off when I am in my favorite chair with my feet up on a wide ottoman and a little blankie pulled across my legs. Such a luxury. I do try to tell Alexa to set a timer for me, just to make sure it isn't 2 hours later before I come too.
THEN... I will probably get over to my art table and see what kind of mess I can make over there.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Love ya !
Jacey
I hope your light symptoms lead to nothing and your Mum soon feels better.
We also missed a couple of outings when my Mum was staying with us, due to her neck being too painful. Her's is due to arhritis though. She wears a neck collar when it's really bad and probably doesn't do so often enough when she's at home.
Interestingly necks are something that spoken about much in "aging" videos are they? I wonder if there's something we could be doing now that to prevent later problems. Not that I'd do what was recommended. I'm useless at any form of targeted exercise as my knees will attest. (Not sure whether to put a laughing or crying emoji here(). 😂
Thanks !
They took xrays and told Mom she had some arthritis in her neck and shoulder. When she told it, she kind of threw in that a doctor may have told her there was some arthritis there before, but since she had not really had trouble with it except one time when she fell, she had pretty much forgotten about it. I don't know if this will be the start of more neck issues or not for her, but we'll only know with time.
My Mom and I laughed years ago about how as you go along your life, you are aware that one day you will perish and you hear about accidents and diseases and the such, but nobody seems to address that other part where you slowly fall apart, one piece at a time.
Since at 90, my Mom has been one of the lucky ones that has always been spry and energetic her whole life, in the last couple of year, things have started to change. She is still getting around decent and taking care of herself, but unfortunately, there are just certain things she should not be attempting to do herself now. I think it is a little hard for her to accept and I get it.
Yeah. My Mum's 93 and she's still able to fly from Malta to the UK by herself which is pretty amazing. She was going on cruises up to her mid 80s but the the arthritis got too bad for that. We had hoped to go to take her to Scotland whilst she was visiting, to vist John's Mum, which she really enjoys, but we decided the hours in the car would be too much for her. Las year when she visited we were able to fly and stay longer which made all the difference.
I definitely agree with the slowly falling apart bit. I've found aging to be much harder than I thought it would be but maybe we all feel that way. It constantly surprises me when I discover yet another thing I can't do anymore or have to be careful of.
I understand, I am there too. I've always felt good about the way I have handled things, in the nature of being adaptive and figuring out other ways to do things I want done and the such. Still, for some things, there isn't an easy "other way". I've been fairly good at accepting the changes, but that doesn't mean I don't wish it wasn't like that at times.
Hope you both heal up real soon!