Day Six

G got home around 7:30 pm.  Still in pain.  Will be having a Nuclear Stress Test back at the hospital this week.  G is now thinking he will die of a stroke instead of a heart attack. I am thinking a stroke and not dying might be worse.

Riley slept all day yesterday while G was gone and all night until just an hour ago.  I had a good night's sleep as well.

What am I learning?  I know you are asking the same question.  Well, I am learning that I FILL my day with MEDIA of all sorts instead of actually doing stuff.  Absent the MEDIA I have had to re-develop the skills of writing in my journal, pasting the backlog of images I cut from magazines onto pages, writing letters (on paper, with envelopes and stamps).

Even the simple work of doing a puzzle.  It wasn't fast moving.  It wasn't sending me messages with all caps.  It was slow.  Nothing happens for long periods of time.  When you have to re-connect with stuff you have stored inside yourself--for later.  Only later never arrives.

The book had me writing a letter to myself --from my 80 year old self.  Now, most people doing this program are not as up close and personal with their 80th birthday (7.5 years away) and can make grand pronouncements of how the next 20 or 30 years should be lived.  Pronouncements for 7.5 years?  Bucket List?  What is your opinion of them?

I get to read comments Monday Morning.