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A while ago, a friend at work told me how he liked to work on jigsaw puzzles. I had an old puzzle that was of a topographic map of Yosemite National Park--no easy task to complete with all the contour lines and similar colors.
When he returned it, he gave me one of his puzzles to do. It was a brilliantly colored image of birds in a tropical rain forest. I started on the puzzle about 5 weeks ago, getting the border in place and some of the inner pieces put together.
Sunday evening, I decided to tackle the puzzle in earnest while I was doing a load of laundry after dinner. The next thing I know, it was 11:00 PM and I was only about 40% done. I returned to the puzzle Monday night after dinner and kept at it. When it was nearly 11:00 PM again, I only had 30-40 pieces to go, so I kept at it. I finished it shortly after midnight.
I'll have to admit that the last time I did a jigsaw puzzle was the Yosemite Puzzle when I was living in San Diego in the late 1980's. It was fun, frustrating, annoying, and a great diversion from work, the Internet, and television. Plus, you actually get to see what you accomplish each time you sit at the table.
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My spring cleaning bug has continued, at least on the inside. I really need to get outside and do some work around the yard. The weather has been a bit whacky thought--warm, cold, sunny, rainy, windy. This weekend is supposed to be in the low 80's already.
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I'll have to admit that I've been a rather withdrawn and reflective mood as of late. I'm not sure why. Perhaps it's the approaching five-year anniversary of my mom's death; or some of the challenges at work; or just trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I don't know. Puzzling, eh?
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BIOLOGY AHEAD
I continue to ride the incontinence roller coaster. Yesterday and today have been two of my better days, and I probably could have gotten away without using pads. Monday, I wasn't so lucky.
When I compare the nuisance of having to wear a pad versus dying from cancer, I'll put up with the nuisance every time. Of course, in a perfect world, I'd be dry (in prostate cancer lingo), padless, cancer-free, have a full head of hair, and be a Powerball winner.
On the really positive side, I can pretty much sleep through the night pad-free now. That's a good thing. Of course, when you stay up doing puzzles till midnight, that means I only have to make it through 5-6 hours.
Tomorrow's the optometrist appointment and I'll learn if I can resume the Cialis.
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