My Summer of Discontent
Flashback to winter: Icicles hanging from the eaves, sparkling little daggers. Snow piling up in the driveway, meaning that to drive was to risk life, limb and vehicle. So... dreaming of Summer. Mid-summer, July. Couldn't wait to get in the car and drive and drive, heading into a warm and balmy vacation.
Here we are, July. Right now. Hot, I mean hot! Extended heat wave. Wind! Nope not gentle, balmy winds. Hard driving, tree downing winds.
My double coated dogs are hot. It's too hot to hike with them -- we're all getting out of condition!
A little problem cropped up. My thyroid was lowered as a result of my latest tests. I think I have less ambition, less stamina, but it's rather hard to tell under the circumstances. About a week ago, I fell in the bathtub -- just like an awful commercial -- and offended my tailbone. It was really offended. So a little less stamina, less ambition, a lot of pillows...
And oh yeah, Diabetes (thanks, MTM)... Actually my blood sugars have been good. Why, I don't know. I start the day with my absolutely essential mocha latte, followed by summer fruit, cheese, Nut-Thins and meat -- all day long. I'm not discontented with everything!
Here we are, July. Right now. Hot, I mean hot! Extended heat wave. Wind! Nope not gentle, balmy winds. Hard driving, tree downing winds.
My double coated dogs are hot. It's too hot to hike with them -- we're all getting out of condition!
A little problem cropped up. My thyroid was lowered as a result of my latest tests. I think I have less ambition, less stamina, but it's rather hard to tell under the circumstances. About a week ago, I fell in the bathtub -- just like an awful commercial -- and offended my tailbone. It was really offended. So a little less stamina, less ambition, a lot of pillows...
And oh yeah, Diabetes (thanks, MTM)... Actually my blood sugars have been good. Why, I don't know. I start the day with my absolutely essential mocha latte, followed by summer fruit, cheese, Nut-Thins and meat -- all day long. I'm not discontented with everything!
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Comment by Peetie on July 28, 2011 at 7:12pm -
Hi Trudy: Hope you feel better soon. It's cooling down here in southern Ontario. Hope the cooling breezes get to you soon.
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Comment by Pastelpainter on July 29, 2011 at 5:04am -
Trudi, lots of nice cool showers to cool you and the dogs down. My dogs like icecubes in the summer. I put some in their water and sometimes they fish them out and happily lick and lick. Bit like kids with an ice lolly.
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Comment by Trudy on July 29, 2011 at 6:47am -
Thanks, Peetie and Pastelpainter. A few cooling breezes with thunderstorms today., hopefully a little help. Ice cubes in the dog bowls is a good idea. Water is a big problem right now, because the dogs keep shedding their hair into the bowls, and then immediately want more clean water!
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Comment by mistressbinky on July 29, 2011 at 10:20am -
This piece is moving and vivid. So vivid I felt your pain when you fell. How are you feeling? Do you have a chair for tub? I use bought a waterproof wood tub bench, It makes getting in and out so much simpler. Pull out an extra plate. I'll have my mocha latte on ice. http://www.signaturehardware.com/style505
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Comment by Trudy on July 29, 2011 at 10:54am
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Thanks so much, mistressbinky. After a week, I'm feeling much better and would love to have company with my mocha latte, hot or iced. Thinking hard about the bench...
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Comment by Judith on September 5, 2011 at 6:42pm -
Oooh, Trudy. I fell on front steps 2 years ago---managed to twist so that I just missed the tail bone, but my butt was very colorful and I ached all over. So scary. I grip that railing now like an 80-year-old might---and I no doubt will, too.....We are getting the heat right now, finally---late for us, but no less nasty........
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Comment by Trudy on September 6, 2011 at 6:02am
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Hi Judith. Hang onto that railing, falls are no fun! I've done a flip over our dog fence between the kitchen and living room a couple of times, but that's two other stories... We're getting a taste of fall right now. The dogs like a chill in the air but the petunias don't.
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