@jesfactsmon @rwinney And of course, to all other pain warriors, that are up to reading this long thing!!! Hi, guys! Love to you!!!! Kisses, even! You have no idea how hard it is for me not to hug people. This Covid Shit wreaks havoc on my huggometer. I am a hugger by nature, and this social distancing is making me nuts. Virtual hugs??? OY. But the best we can do. Ms. Rachel, You get yourself to that cabin by hook, or by crook. I understand drugging yourself up to get there. I am the Queen of being drugged up. I think once you get there, you will be happy to be there. God willing, the pain will be at a tolerable level. Covid better not screw up your Mayo trip. Two weeks of Quarantine while there, is just not worth it. At least you have till December with your airplane. In a way, I do feel the safer you would be the more into the future your journey is! But I know how bad you want to go in the fall. Time will tell. I am scared to death about kids and teachers going back to school/jail. It won't be a nurturing place without physical connection. So ill conceived. WAIT HANK! I am getting to you!!!! I think it is wonderful to go see family, but I do understand that being away from Linda too long may just be too much. Sitting in a hotel room in quarantine really is right out of the Twilight Zone. I did like Rod Searling. He was creepy and handsome. My kinda guy. I tell my husband we are lucky to be old, going through Covid. Can you imagine these kids, with utter raging hormones, staying apart from eachother? Guides for kissing with a mask on? This is tragic. Yeah, glad we are older, and are not quite as active as the young people. (Except for Jim. That guys does not stop!!!!) Also, again, thanks, both of you, all of you, actually, for your well wishes. I just turned the electricity down on the toes of both my feet. Horrible pain. Took a hit of vape, and not in touch with the pain as much. I hate the days when I am off Kratom, but it can be addictive, so I cannot take it daily. So this hit of vape is pretty good. I am surprised that the electricity in the machine does not frizz my hair. I have very curly, red hair, and anything is possible. Maybe I could look like Elsa Lancaster, from The Bride of Frankenstein! Anyway, love to all of you. I could go for a big hug. Would probably make me cry. Love, Lori
I hear you Lori, this whole new world is depressing. I try not to refer to it as "the pandemic" but rather "the lockdown", the reason being that I believe the lockdowns are overdone. I think when all is said and done we're all going to be exposed to it like it or not, lockdowns or no lockdows. But that's just me. Sorry to hear you are having another bad pain day. The DRG is going to take whatever sweet time it's going to take, but I just feel it's going to work for you. As for being in the "older" category, not much we can do about it so might as well look at the positives. Early "senior" shopping at stores, senior discounts sometimes, absentee ballots if you're over 60, etc. I guess enjoy what's to enjoy about being somebody who has lived through a period of history nobody under 30 knows anything about. I spoke to two girls, both about twenty recently. I asked both of them whether they had ever heard of....I reeled off a bunch of names, like Bette Davis, Paul Newman, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, etc.. Neither of them (one from Ct. one from TN) had heard of ANY of them. Don't know why I was so surprised, kids these days do NOT watch old movies. I'm not sure they even watch new movies. Mostly they are texting and Insta-gramming,or Tindering, or whatever. I don't even know what they are doing. Nor do I want to know actually. OK, I am officially a curmudgeon. Any, best to you Lori, Hank