random thoughts – Day 2,088 (Thursday) – health and progress

The physical therapy is nearly done with good progress and one week left to go. Today, a patient arrived in a Santa onesie. During one of his exercises, he said it was a good thing no children were present to see the therapist torturing Santa and then he added her to the naughty list. My therapist and I chuckled over at our station.

Black tinsel tree.

Another healthcare related appointment that was scheduled a year ago was coming up next Wednesday. In Lowell. At 6:45. In the morning. This was great for the many years when I lived five minutes away from the appointment site. I would go before work and be at my desk right on time like it was any other work day. Driving to Lowell from Gardner for a 6:45 a.m. appointment is an entirely different story. I would have done it if there was nothing available at a later time, but I got lucky when I called to ask. There was an opening tomorrow in their Chelmsford location at 9:30 a.m.

Christmas Eve will be at my house this year, which was decided this morning in a conversation with Mom. It is the perfect inspiration get my arse in gear and finish decorating for Christmas and working on the guest room. A string of battery-operated lights was bought for the black tinsel tree and it was decorated with silver and crystal ornaments and a garland of tiny plastic icicles. 

Hoodie with
special  powers?

Also bought today was a plain black super soft hoodie, and a Christmas hoodie printed with rows of candy canes, snowflakes, trees, paw prints alternating with hearts, and Black kitties in Santa hats. I have never been one to buy Christmas attire, but for $5 I couldn’t resist the cozy hoodie and changed into it as soon as I got home. It may have helped with the decorating, but it’s hard to tell. Over the next few weeks, further tests will be conducted on the motivational properties of the Christmas hoodie.

The guest room activity required emptying a deep bookcase to move it to the other side of the room where it won’t interfere with the trundle daybed should it ever need to be used. A smaller bookcase was placed in the spot where the other one had been and both were filled with books, which cleared some of the clutter from the room. Two shelves were stacked under the window between the bookcases for no particular reason other than clearing them from the so-called craft room. More progress!