Back on one’s feet!
(And well rested – if a little wobbly!)
Finally, after a second consecutive three months period, one can walk without crutches. And, best of all, one is allowed to drive again – oh the freedom! A big shout out here to ACC for for support all along the way and for delivery of physio services right to the door of one’s home in a rural town.
And another big shout out is to Rotorua Hospital. Have passed it often and from the road looks like a collection of old “prefabs”. Inside though is a most impressive edifice staffed with the most wonderfully friendly and efficient folk. The coffee is good too – as is the choice of reading on the bookshelves in the coffee bar area. It was hard to tear oneself away each time. 🙂
Meanwhile it’s been the simple pleasures – and, thanks to TV programmers who’ve arranged that there’s nothing worth watching on the box, one has rediscovered the simple pleasure to be found out of doors on a dark summer’s night. Sitting around a crackling fire for instance – the sound, the smell, the warmth and the hypnotic dancing of the flames watched from the balcony above. Wonder-full in the true sense and oh-so-relaxing!
And, of course, the moon – not only full but lately surrounded by a halo. This was something one doesn’t remember seeing before – it took a while to notice and is not that easy to see in the photographs.
All for free! As a famous NZ philosopher once observed – “We don’t know how lucky we are!”.
Rubytoos 