daily good deeds

I'm running round the lake.

Half way round, two people ask me, If we continue this way, will we get out? I think they mean, will they get off the path and back to a road.

Yes, I tell them, it's a circular track, just keep going that way, I point.

Two minutes later I think, If they go that way they will reach a T-junction, they could get lost. After all, I can get lost on this "circular" track.

So I wave down two passing cyclists. Ask them to keep an eye open for two walking women, give them help if they are lost. Good deed done.

Two minutes later I think, was it two women? I spoke to a woman, didn't really look at the other. I can't remember... could have been a woman or a man or a shop dummy... oh dear.

An hour later, two women say hello. Are you the two I met before? I ask. Yes -- and my directions worked -- phew! 

So: Definitely a good deed done.

They are now, visibly, definitely two women.I can only guess that they have removed jackets as the day warmed up... I hope that's it. Otherwise -- my sight(or memory) is even worse than I thought.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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Bandaid solutions hurt when they are removed.

...Dying for you to Read my blog: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com

tense but relaxed

It's just a few weeks till the next scan.

I can't say that I'm nervous -- but it is affecting me. I'm even less tolerant of things that don't go as I expect. I swear at inanimate objects. Though not as much as I'd like to because it upsets Deb.

I'm anticipating the worst though not expecting it. Twinges of headache feel like symptoms of tumour regrowth. Ditto spells of dizziness. To be realistic, neither headaches nor dizziness came with the original tumour. It's just me worrying.

I run round the lake with no headache. Nor do I get dizzy, nor fall over.

Overall... My expectations remain where I prefer them to be: c'est sera sera... What will be, will be :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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Bandaid solutions hurt when they are removed.

...Dying for you to Read my blog: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com

a good question

I'm walking across a carpark. A bloke asks, What's the white stick for?

I answer: It warns people that I'm half blind. Though for me it does nothing much at all. I'm glad that someone asked :-)

Facebook sends me two updates: one is a video of a bowl of salad which ends with nonsense claims about acidic and/or healthy foods. Second is a photo of a ferry with comments about a rough crossing. That's okay... except that it's followed by comments from friends of friends of friends -- ie total strangers -- and their seasick ferry crossings of many years ago.

A ferry is a ferry. I'm not at all interested in strangers' reminiscing.

So I spend half-an-hour attempting to close my FaceBook account... it's impossible.

Next best option: Every FB email will be marked as spam. Eventually they may be automatically hidden.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."

...Dying for you to Read my blog: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com

quite happy

Each year the Herdy's Front Yard ultra run passes close to our place.

The runners circle our lake -- many times. Once more -- I am inspired... so today I run round the lake... still too slow to enter the race -- surprise :-)

Meanwhile I'm pushing along with my app.  It's written -- as a simplified "proof of concept". Now I just have to get it developed to completion... and used.

For the first, I'm in contact with TourismWA, well, the app is for tourists. Have you ever tried to push a new idea into a public service agency?

Some days I'm cheering... at a very minor advance... other days I'm ready to toss the whole idea.

I spend a lot of time feeling very tired. But quite happy.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."

...Dying for you to Read my blog: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com