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Blue Hill Mountain from Charlotte and John’s while delivering organic Blueberries she ordered…I couldn’t paint the next day due to working, and they were just a couple of miles away from work, so special delivery of Gramp’s  Farm  MOFGA Certified organic Blueberries

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Hey, everyone…

In case you’ve wondered…..
just a note as to why I’m not blogging much lately.


I pride myself in being able to conquer life and it’s ups and downs
and keep on trucking but this time,
I just couldn’t get beyond being tired and in unbelievable pain. 
I would think I have the strength to stay up and blog,
but just couldn’t…
I’m working private duty/job sharing with a CNA…my ex #2…
(there is heavy lifting at twice a day…I can’t do that alone).
It wasn’t to last this long but extenuating circumstances…
the person I was temporarily replacing in an emergency situation
after she fell and had surgery on her shoulder….
was arrested by drug enforcement authorities….

August 18 I posted this on Facebook.
This is the quickest way for me to update everyone.
1. I locked myself out of my computer August 12  for a few days last week.
 2. I’m working…day six of a 21 day stretch !  … the stretch ends September 2nd.
 3. Had  injections in my knees Wed the 8th and still am recovering…
the results are wonderful for 6 months when the pain and reaction to the injections resolves….
just getting to be a wuss in old age … I now understand my the old tyme snake oil
salesmen were popular
 4. Monday, August 20, major dental work … follow up to the fall that gave me the black eye, stitches in my forehead and destroyed some teeth. So, it will be at least til the end of the week…or sooner.
5. I need my energy for working the split shifts…I often nap between the 3 hour shifts…

so that is why I have been “lost in the world of over committed people”
and “invisible except for photos for a while !
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Silver lining:
 The opportunity for awesome photos at work is endless.

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Update to the message above:
1.  It took the computer place about 10 minutes to undo what I had done…
    so that is a relief
2.  This 21 day stretch ends Sept. 2, then I work Sept 4 6 7
THEN   
     Sept 12 thru Oct 10
     Nov 6  7  8
G.  … ex #2 is helping me, so we are splitting the pay…$15 ! 
I don’t think that is minimum wage….
and it is split shifts…8 am to 11am, 4p to 7 pm  … no good deed goes unpunished. 
It’s more of a humanitarian effort, not a job.  It isn’t hard work,
but it has been thru pain, suffering and putting on a smiling face. 
It eliminates most of the schedule that I loved for art, music, special events.
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But, it will pay for the dental work which is a blessing.
3.  The knees finally don’t hurt as of today August 24.
4.  The dentist lived up to his reputation of good fast dentistry…
     and I have no fear of going to that office at all.
     I’d have the lower teeth done immediately if I had the money.
5.   Will post some photos of the awesome views from the screened in porch…
     and the sights along the way to work…about 6-10 miles I’d say. 

I am trying to have some special moments, like stopping for a special meal
at a new food truck (Jamaican chicken…sooooo yummy), hear friends playing
jazz at a local restaurant, going to the buoy auction and seeing my buoy sold
for $400. 

The best thing about the dentist appointment Monday August 20
was I get to smile again and don’t look like a jack o lantern…
the second best thing is  supper for two nights
by the doctors orders for soft food:
a bowl of two scoops of Scoops homemade ice cream…
coconut/black raspberry la
st night and coconut/red raspberry …
a scoop of each, YUMMO !
Can’t beat 3 days of “soft food” with ice cream at the top of the list !
(the 3 rd night I had a soft noodle casserole).

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It was difficult to find a place to get a photo of these unusual clouds. What a gorgeous sight for the ride home.

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Jazz trio at Finn’s Irish Pub. Excellent music therapy for me !

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Thanks for reading all of this…if you got this far…a friend in deed !

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Will make a better effort to blog as I feel better…
and read what others write and comment, too:
as my spirits improve
and my depression lifts,
as I feel more confident about talking and laughing with others.
I’ll admit, vain I am.  Self conscious I was.  What a difference
half an hour .. tops…in the dentist’s chair makes ☺
Off to conquer the world as much as someone my age can !


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