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Olympics…

07 Friday Feb 2014

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bad reaction to drugs, big girl pants, George, happy and healthy, hysterectomy/hernia surgery, last Olympics, life is good, Olympics

spent a good portion of the day watching some of the overnight moguls, slopestyle and the opening ceremonies live…

lighting the torch...

lighting the torch…

it was lovely… the TV had been on all night but I did sleep through most of it… which was fine because I had PRV’d everything…

as I was watching the opening ceremonies the sun was streaming through the window… I do love the sun, lol…

sun on the garage...

sun on the garage…

napped for a while, and then watched more TV and worked on a project…

reminded me of the last time I was watching the Olympics… it was the summer Olympics in 2012, and I was watching from the main floor bedroom… we had brought in a bed from my daughter’s house and had purchased a new TV… I had just had my hysterectomy/hernia surgery… got out of the hospital earlier than planned and my nephew came and stayed with me for the first few days…

this was the first time in my adult life that George wasn’t there to look after me… big girl pants can be a drag…

I have bad reactions to drugs of any kind and within 12 hours of my surgery had stopped taking meds as the side effects were worse than the pain… but it did mean that I was hurting and had trouble getting up and out of bed for a while… my nephew was amazing and took great care of me… then my friend arrived and spent a wonderful week with me… she found treats to encourage me to eat as I really had no desire for food… eventually I was able to walk to the back of the garden and sit by the pond…

my friend headed off and I was on my own… and then the Olympics started… I was able to get in and out of bed, but needed lots of rest… so, I would watch for a while and sleep for a while and then watch for a while and so on… it was a perfect distraction…

I am very happy that I had today and have the next few days to watch all I can and then I will PVR all the overnight shows and watch them in the evenings…

and I am very happy that I am healthy and able to work…

life is good…

18 months…

05 Thursday Sep 2013

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18 months, beloved left me, big girl pants, George-size hole, hot tub, life is good, married, satellites, widow

I was married for 41 years and 7 months (15,193 days)…

anniversary in Courtenay...

41st anniversary in Courtenay…

I have been a widow, for 18 months (548 days)…

sometimes it feels like they are equally long…

the last few weeks have been difficult and it wasn’t until midway through last week that I realized it was coming up to a year and a half since my beloved left me behind…

last night I made a dish that I first made just after we were married… it had fish, rice, mushroom soup and whatever vegetable was around and I made it fairly often as my repertoire of recipes wasn’t very big…

he ate that meal on and off for 30 years before finally telling me it wasn’t his favourite… made me laugh as I was eating it last night…

as I sat in the hot tub later and looked up at the stars I saw a satellite along with 4 planes and remembered how he would always spot them before me and then have to point them out carefully so that I would see them…

my life is good, and I am getting used to the big girl pants, but some days I just really miss him…

I remember someone years ago talking about a Godde-sized hole inside them… I have a George-size hole… I imagine it will grow smaller, but don’t expect that it will ever be completely gone…

A Revelation…

22 Tuesday Jan 2013

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life is good, missing George, season of firsts

had a lovely day… lunch with a friend, napped and went swimming with two other friends…

before I left for swimming, George’s smiling face came up on my electronic picture frame – I had taken the picture just a few days before he died… I have been missing him quite a bit these last few days…  this has been a season of firsts, first Christmas, New Year, vacation, all without him…

at swimming it occurred to me that I am no longer having any problems with my insides as I don’t feel the mesh and I can twist without feeling any sensations during or after the exercise…

in Mexico I occasionally got tired, but I was able to do everything I wanted without suffering any side effects…

amazingly, the dolphins were able to push me up...

I can do anything!

life is very good…

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