Not much traveling going on here. Most of us are cozied up and watching the weather reports from inside. There is an inch of the white stuff out there presently and that pretty much does it these days for me. I am totally used to living without it, beautiful though it is.
Henriette was supposed to come today but she canceled out. She may have got way more than us up there north of Seattle. But despite the physical not getting around wifi and phone connection keep us plugged in. I had energy work with Janet last evening from LA. And I have a spiritual direction FaceTime with Jessika in Minnesota this morning. Distance doesn’t matter these days.
I did a really responsible thing yesterday, so proud of myself. I checked in with the local Vashon Health Clinic to get a primary care doctor. When you live on an island you need someone local to take care of certain complaints. And my old primary care doc retired and I never bothered to get another since I seemed to be getting plenty of poking and prodding at the Cancer Institute. But I realized that I needed someone to watch over me in a broad way now that I seem to be living longer. For instance I need someone to worry about my shot record and my cholesterol which doesn’t happen at Cancer Care.
And I still have this hurt on my right foot that I developed on the Camino years ago. I kept thinking it would heal up or that I really wasn’t going to last that much longer anyway so why bother. And it has been over five years with that kind of makeshift thinking, time to do something about it. So I need a primary doc to give me a referral.
It is interesting that a some point it started to dawn on me that I was
outside of the normal trajectory for someone with my particular cancer and that I needed to be careful in that position. We can’t over concentrate on the cancer to have something else blindside me in the meantime. I think that I explained that OK.
OK, I might work on my taxes since I am so housebound. That would be a good thing and so responsible. I guess a little cold weather is bringing out the German side in me. Hehe.
anyway loves, Felipé.
Well done and well said all around. Been thinking the same thing of late.
Nancy ~ Hi. You guys keeping warm? Felipé.x
Snow keeping me in too. Also have a German side. I will do my taxes too! We will feel better for it! Freeing up freedom for a day that will have outdoor opportunity.
I hope at the clinic you got Dr. Jeff. He would appreciate God’s work in your body and soul. He is a friend.
Michelle ~ Well, I saw a nurse practitioner. I don’t know Dr Jeff. I am totally new there, everything is different from the old days. Hey, I got done with the Russian pilgrim book. Do you want that back or should I keep it on my shelf? Stay warm, Felipé.x
Dear boss,
Tuesday evening here, a very warm and humid summer afternoon in this side of the world… we had some rain earlier today, around midday, and now, the sun is shinning and the typical humidity of Buenos Aires is full mode… I am sitting in my tiny patio sweating away, just finished work, my “mate” just prepared is helping me to relax and I am catching up on the blog… yes, we are connected…
Yesterday, I had an amazing episode that I needed to talk to you about… I was working from home, crazy busy, my status on the instant messenger system said “Too much on my plate, I appreciate only urgent matters”. Around 2 PM my time, I got a system call from Stephanie, one of my work colleagues from France, not current, we worked together like 9 years ago, for a number of years. I spent 2 days in her house before starting the Camino in 2014, lovely days getting to know her for the first time after 4 years working together and meeting her children and husband… Well, let’s go back to the point: my system call rang. It was Stephanie… I was excited of happiness as we hadn’t spoken in a while, but also worried… I am sure she saw my status… and yet she called me…
… …. … after the “Helloooooo”, she said: “My phone just rang you, it was totally involuntary… actually, I am not even at work… I packing to go to Lourdes to do some work with some local doctors…”
So, how crazy is that? You called me without intending to call me also from Lourdes…
Aimer beaucoup Loves,
Cris
Cris ~ Wait, I called you from Lourdes? You are the one with the memory, I don’t remember. But that is wild, maybe Lourdes is calling you? I could believe that! Felipé.x
You called me from Lourdes without wanting… I think it was that you had your iPad with you and fell asleep and the next thing was that we were connected and on FaceTime… check the post from Lourdes time!
Cris ~ OK, this is starting to sound familiar. I’m very talented that way, doing a lot of work on my IPad in my sleep. Mostly erasing precious blog material. Anyway, Lourdes is calling you, that’s the important part. Felipé.x
You keep the book.
I have been ordering seeds and did not do my taxes yet! I start seeds for 800-1000 varieties of veg, herb and flower starts. Is that crazy? But makes me happy for sure.
I am reading On the Road with Saint Augustine by James K A Smith (library). I am tagging pages to share with you. It is not a biography of Augustine (who I love to read, even from the 300’s his voice is so contemporary) but kind of like On the Road with Kerouac , but with Augustine instead.
Back to ordering, m
Michelle ~ OK, thank you. That book left a big impression on me. I know, your operation is mind blowing. Hope to come and help out occasionally. Alperfect, Felipé.x