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geowenchOctober and November have been mostly about watching the fall of the American Empire. Even though Biden won the election, I'm not 100% certain he will actually be sworn in ... 45 is now trying to get states that went to Biden to cast their electoral votes for him. And even if Biden is peacefully sworn in ... 71 million people voted for 45, which just makes me sick, and the repubs will still control the senate, not to mention the Supreme Court. so yeah ... it's all terrible. And that's not even getting into COVID, which is completely out of control.
So let's see, back in October, I was doing really well with my walking and rehab, up to 3 miles ... and then we had an early ice storm that closed the state down for two days. On Oct 27 I walked out on my porch, didn't see the ice, and down I went, royally wrenching my already effed up R knee. It was breath-takingly painful. I immediately iced it down and did all the right things, and it is slowly improving, but I've had a painful November because of it. It's worst at night, usually around 2-4 AM I wake up and it is really painful and I can't get back to sleep. I thought about going back to PT, but with corona so out of control, I don't actually feel safe going back to the rehab place that I stopped going to back in early summer because I was uncomfortable with their level of CDC recommendation compliance. So I'm doing my best to rehab it myself, and it has really improved tremendously. Last weekend I managed about a 1.5 miles. I'm sure I can do that again tomorrow, though I probably won't try to push it to 2 miles. Maybe 1.75 miles.
This week work started us working split schedules again until the beginning of January - and probably longer, given the way everyone expects COVID to go this winter. So every other day I go into the office and every other day I work from home. I actually like this - there are fewer people in the office when I have to go in and while working from home full time gets lonely and boring, I like doing it every other day.
Socially I am more isolated than ever, of course. I've seen no one since February, I think. Thanksgiving is this coming week, and it will be just me and E. Usually we get together with this couple who lives in Tulsa, but when I texted her to say what a bummer we can't do Thanksgiving this year, she was all, oh we've moved to Nevada. So now we really are friendless. Sigh.
I am especially blue right now because yesterday coming home from work I found a beautiful barn owl dead in the middle of the road. Of course I brought it home and will prepare the skull and bury the rest of it, but it really made we sad. Some nights we hear owls hooting and I find it so beautiful and peaceful and calming and to find one of them dead (again!) just really bums me out.
But 'tis the season to be grateful and I am genuinely grateful for so many things. We are healthy(ish) and have not contracted COVID, we are both employed and have a comfy home and all we need. This is a crazy ass time to be alive, and I am know that I am a fortunate woman.
So let's see, back in October, I was doing really well with my walking and rehab, up to 3 miles ... and then we had an early ice storm that closed the state down for two days. On Oct 27 I walked out on my porch, didn't see the ice, and down I went, royally wrenching my already effed up R knee. It was breath-takingly painful. I immediately iced it down and did all the right things, and it is slowly improving, but I've had a painful November because of it. It's worst at night, usually around 2-4 AM I wake up and it is really painful and I can't get back to sleep. I thought about going back to PT, but with corona so out of control, I don't actually feel safe going back to the rehab place that I stopped going to back in early summer because I was uncomfortable with their level of CDC recommendation compliance. So I'm doing my best to rehab it myself, and it has really improved tremendously. Last weekend I managed about a 1.5 miles. I'm sure I can do that again tomorrow, though I probably won't try to push it to 2 miles. Maybe 1.75 miles.
This week work started us working split schedules again until the beginning of January - and probably longer, given the way everyone expects COVID to go this winter. So every other day I go into the office and every other day I work from home. I actually like this - there are fewer people in the office when I have to go in and while working from home full time gets lonely and boring, I like doing it every other day.
Socially I am more isolated than ever, of course. I've seen no one since February, I think. Thanksgiving is this coming week, and it will be just me and E. Usually we get together with this couple who lives in Tulsa, but when I texted her to say what a bummer we can't do Thanksgiving this year, she was all, oh we've moved to Nevada. So now we really are friendless. Sigh.
I am especially blue right now because yesterday coming home from work I found a beautiful barn owl dead in the middle of the road. Of course I brought it home and will prepare the skull and bury the rest of it, but it really made we sad. Some nights we hear owls hooting and I find it so beautiful and peaceful and calming and to find one of them dead (again!) just really bums me out.
But 'tis the season to be grateful and I am genuinely grateful for so many things. We are healthy(ish) and have not contracted COVID, we are both employed and have a comfy home and all we need. This is a crazy ass time to be alive, and I am know that I am a fortunate woman.
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Date: 2020-11-23 10:43 pm (UTC)I too would be very sad at the death of a barn owl. We have had a similar bird visting our garden at night (a tawny frogmouth) and it's wonderful to see it perching and watching for prey, then silently swooping. Such beauty and elegance.
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Date: 2020-11-24 11:03 pm (UTC)I hope your knee recovers soon. I'm glad you're able to work with it and it seems to be improving.
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