Here is my god-awful daily routine:

0600 alarm goes off. Stare with dread and sleep heavy arms at crutches.

0700 Out the door and hobble downstairs for a 100 mile drive (no morning tea anymore because I can't carry it down the stairs).

0835ish Tell everyone, once again, no I do not need help onto the bus, thank you.

0840ish. Hobble miserably what is ( Read more... )

Tonight Katie made shrimp Caesar salad for us to take to eat on the beach. I feel like I am a vampire beach-goer, I've been several more times at night than I have in the day.

We sat and laid. Watched clouds and stars. Katie got out her star app to find out what a particularly bright star was. While she was doing that my eye was drawn to a star ( Read more... )

Tonight we went for another night time walk on the beach. Left our shoes in the car. The moon is full so we could see so much of the water.

We walked right into the surf and stood for an bit, just looking and breathing. We sat a moment, then got up and walked for a bit. Eventually I decided that I didn't really want to walk, so Katie turned us ( Read more... )

Tonight Katie and I took a long walk on the beach. The crescent moon was very, very
Orange and it reflected prettily on the water. When we stopped to look at the moon, I saw a shooting star. I wished to be happy (really, what else is ever worth wishing for?$

We saw:
A baby sting ray
Threeish crabs
Funny little bugs ! We think they were hermit crabs.

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Katie always thought that the general populace of Colorado was unfriendly. I am learning it is a matter of perspective. I spent most of my life in Colorado so of course it seemed amiable enough. I spent a short time in a very rich town in California and also just outside of Washington DC. Compared to those, Colorado seemed quite hospitable and ( Read more... )