Sunday, December 10, 2023

It's been so long but I have a freebie for you

I made my little weekend trip last month to see my friends. Lots of driving (about 8.5 hours by me) and riding in a pickup (driven by Kelly - about 12 hours). First I drove to Amelia (near Richmond, VA) to meet up with Kelly. Spent the night, then next morning I hopped into her pick-up truck with her and her Jack Russell and we headed out to the far western tip of Virginia, Grayson County, where Virginia touches on Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Her family has a cabin there and her mother, my friend, Sandy, had driven up from Georgia to Winterize the place. Short visit as Sandy had to head back to Georgia next morning. Kelly and I headed back to her home in Amelia looking forward to hot showers and more visiting before I left next day to return home. No hot showers for us. In fact, no heat and temps were in 30s! The heater had crashed. So we bundled up in quilts, popped some popcorn and chatted for hours, not looking forward to cold beds. Next day when I arrived home I was stiff from all the travel. Dumped everything in the living room, got my hot shower and crashed. Unfortunately, when I woke up I could barely move, couldn't totally straighten up, had severe lower back pain. That was November 15. I had the female version of A Boy's Dreams ready for you but could barely get out of bed. One week muscle relaxers with no improvement. Six days of prednisone let me pretty much straighten up. Hard getting around. Could only sit for about 15-20 minutes at a time. X-rays showed "no significant abnormalities" just "degenerative discs, arthritis, and scoliosis." Just those things aren't significant when you are 72. Gor anti-inflamatory pills which I'm supposed to take twice a day. Discovered I can't take them at night because it makes me jittery and unable to sleep. I do feel better, can straighten up, walk a short while, sit for about 30 minutes now before I have to go lie on my back/ Progress there. House a wreck, no holiday decorating or baking done. Oh well.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6j85or9nons12cw73ml39/ws_AGirlsDreams_ppr.zip?rlkey=4eb3robfgfkdvv23jki01shwu&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nd6winfti6svbtj3dnj7r/ws_AGirlsDreams_el.zip?rlkey=0yy0jacoi0khdrsn0du1y5s0v&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/86vete1i6iimqjxbp8eqo/ws_AGirlsDreams_el_2.zip?rlkey=7y4a48s82n6x30mbved8o4pyo&dl=0 Hope you like it. I hope to get a Christmas kit together for you but no promises. Stay safe and if I don't get another chance to do so, I wish you Happy Holidays!

3 comments:

KM said...

Sorry to hear that all your travel put you out of commission. Hope you are improving each day. But it does sound as though you had a nice time. And your family will not care about the decorations, they will just want to spend some of it with you!

Thank you for the A Girl's Dream kit. Can't wait to use with pictures of my granddaughter.

Kristy

tiscrea © - The Netherlands said...

Thank you and Happy Holidays to you ! :-))

Gala said...

Fabulous ! Thank you very much for the wonderful set!