Getting Through It in Everyday Ramblings

We came upon this beautiful tree last weekend walking a multiuse path through an upscale neighborhood south of here that Mrs. Sherlock had explored on one of her recent group bike rides. It follows a creek and apparently at some point the plan is to connect this trail to the park on the river we have been staging from recently. That would be cool.

Mrs. Sherlock is off again on a trip to Quebec. She’ll be gone 2 weeks and 6 days of that will be bike riding. She had a lovely 71st birthday here before she left, lots of meals with friends and acquaintances. Our yoga class spontaneously sang happy birthday to her when she arrived. I had four birthdays in a two-week period in my class.

I was tired last weekend, fighting off what I think Motorcycle Man had. Our receptionist had it too. Super tired, achy, a little throaty with a stomachache. Mrs. Sherlock noticed I was quieter than usual.

This has been an intense week, lots of overtime, so long days and a dental appointment on Tuesday and I had my hearing checked this morning. And teaching.

Our head Admin person told me point blank to go home on Tuesday because I was exhibiting the same symptoms as folks who were out sick. Okay, I can do that. Turned right around, after I moved what little work related stuff I had in the office to the new shared cubicle, and came home and worked from here.

At the dentist it turned out that even though I had not noticed it, a small filling I got a couple of years ago had come out and one of my implant crowns was loose. I didn’t even know implant crowns could come loose. They called in a dentist who was still working and he came over and sealed it back up.

I am more worried about the problem tooth with the missing filling. I cannot afford another implant at this point. It triggered this fret fest about my financial viability in the future. I know I will figure out a way to deal with whatever happens but it was an extra unexpected thing to interact with. I go back next week to have the filling redone.

At least the hearing test went well. I have not lost any additional hearing. And she synched my hearing aids to the current profile and fixed an issue I was having with the app on my phone. I can control a lot more factors now on my own. I bought a three year warranty deal when I got them so even though Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids I get all this for free for the next two years.

I have updated my plan about my future at the organization I currently work for having to do with pension start dates and the like. It means that if, and for anyone reading this, it is still an if… I stick with this timetable I will actually be leaving a few days earlier than I thought.

There is this sense of unease and dread in my workdays lately that I am sure is atmospheric and environmental as well as individually driven.

Preoccupied, I am therefore making occasional small mistakes that mark me as a target for criticism.

There will need to be some self-esteem boosting practices in play as I work my way through the rest of the calendar year.

Tomorrow is Friday though. I hope to get my enhanced 65 plus flu shot tomorrow to get that off my list.

I am about three quarters of the way though the new Louise Penny book. I am reading it on my Kindle App instead of listening to it because the current reader, while a gifted actor, doesn’t bring the characters to life the way the previous one used to. I’d rather use my imagination.

The Laxatone seems to be helping with Diego’s digestive issues so that is a relief.

The weather is turning. We have a frost alert for the weekend.

To everything there is a season…and right now in this time of transition it is all a question of getting through to the other side.