The day today

[Bee]

[irony] So, my day has been full of fun...[/irony]

Three trips to the hardware store:

1. To get a Stanley knife.
2. To get a new nozzle for my silicone gun, when I cut too much off the end of the old one with my new Stanley knife.
3. To get a new tube of silicone when I realised that the old one had expired and no amount of pushing the end of the silicone gun was ever going to work.

However, the end result is Bath Sealant: 0 Bee: 1

PS: I've only buggering bought translucent silicone and not white. /sigh. So tomorrow, I will have to make a fourth trip to the hardware store to get white silicone.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

This morning for me? A long walk, about 3 miles, which is my daily exercise. To be followed by helping wifey do the laundry since she is still at best semi-mobile. But tomorrow we see the surgeon. If he allows it, she gets to put her weight on her foot and actually walk for short distances.

 

[Jon]

Doc, how long does your walk take? Do you listen to music or anything when you walk?

Today, I got up at 11am and took my dad to the hospital so we could see my mum. On the way home, I had a McDonalds in the car while my dad waited impatiently. Costa for coffee and to do some Supermemo repetitions. Emails etc. Home for nap.

Now I am going through some intermittent fasting videos. I'm thinking of starting it up again.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

That 3.05 mile walk is 45 minutes for the first leg, then I stop at a local public playground (most of the time) to visit their rest room and water fountain, the latter to refill my carry-along water jug. Then another 20 minutes or so for the last leg. Anywhere from 1:05 to 1:10 (hours/minutes) for a normal walk unless I stop to chat with neighbors along the way. Today, I stopped to interact with a golden Labrador puppy who was out enjoying the day. I became his best friend forever because I scratched behind his ears and rubbed his back for him. Some dogs are SO easy.

No music. Sometimes I think about my writing and run a few new scenes or modifications to extant scenes through my head to see if they make sense. I'm always tweaking and probably will never stop until I publish.

Hope your mum was OK when you visited.

 

[Jon]

That is a good daily walk there Doc. Health and fitness is so important as you get older. Also, flexibility exercises are good, in my view.

I often listen to audiobooks if I go for a walk. I feel a bit silly with a big pair of over-the-ear cans on my head when walking in the country. But it does the job.

 

[Bee]

So today started with a fourth visit to the DIY store (at 07:45). This time, I bought white sealant and have now completed my endeavours in the bathroom.

 

[Jon]

See, you needed a man all along.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Today (10/23/18) I had to visit my orthopedic guy. I've been hobbling around for a while after taking a bad step off a curb during one of my daily walks. The good news is that X-rays say nothing is broken. The bad news is that it hurt enough for me to go to the orthopedic specialist to GET those X-ray pics. My forum time has been diminished a bit due being hobbled and unwilling to climb the stairs too often. It's a good thing that my dear Linda is getting over the worst of her foot surgery and so can climb the stairs without my help.

 

[Jon]

Doc, I think all of us have had life events recently that have cut forum time down. Sometimes things happen in chunks. I had a big chunk recently, although it has eased right now. This might change if a certain large company goes nasty on me, but for now I have some respite. In any case, I hope the x-rays come back with positive news.

Do you find you get more injuries as you get older? I am finding that. At the moment, I've got some pain down the back of my leg. Not sure what muscle that is, but as I walk on the treadmill, it makes me hobble!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Could be the calf muscle but could also be the Achilles tendon.

The X-rays were good - nothing broken. Just a deltoid strain, and the orthopedist says that is was one of the bigger tendons so is harder to tear. Diagnosis - mild sprain, treatment is limited round of steriods.

 

[Jon]

That's good news then. Takes longer for things to heal when you get older. I used to do Wing Chun kung fu up until recently. I could only go once a week because the bruises would take nearly a week to heal, unlike the youngsters.