August 11, 2023
Been a long time since I wrote something...
We have visitors--John, Julian, and Sharon--here for a day before returning to Santa Barbara. They are on their way home from Greece, where they went with John's mother. She has a house on an island there. She remained there, and they came back on their own.
I think the three of them are at the Zoo this afternoon. We will take them out to a meal this evening, and tomorrow I will drive them out to Dulles to catch their flight back to California.
Great to see the single grandson, but he is very small, which makes me sad to think of the problems his height might create for him as he gets older. I am very reluctant to ask John any serious questions about his development.
Since my last posting, I saw a doctor here in Washington for my sciatica. She had me x-rayed and saw a few things that were problematic, but she sent me for physiotherapy. At least she saw nothing that suggested the nuclear option of back surgery.
After 6 sessions of therapy, I am back to the pre-sciatica situation. My left leg has reverted to a slight numbness--the numbness I have had for some time (I cannot remember how long). And I can walk freely, although the therapist suggested I work up slowly to my original 4 miles a day. I have a set of exercises that I have been doing conscientiously each morning.
The therapist's last instructions were that if the problem returned in the next few weeks, I should come back to him. If the problem recurred in a couple of month's time, I should go back to the doctor.
Joan is busy with her various assignments--quite apart from her running and swimming. I have some problems with filling my time. I don't seem to be able to get a book from the Library that I do not get fed up with and return early.
Maybe I should go back to some classics...I must look around here in 1501 and see what Joan has available. Jane Eyre, maybe? Or maybe some more modern author whose books I read twenty years ago. David Lodge, for example.
I am going to go back in the blog and see if there is a book that I praised highly.