Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Steve Freides" > wrote:
>
>>> Is this water potable? Could it be used for the pet waters or for
>>> cooking and drinking?
>>
>> Hey, Om, how are you?
>
> I'm doing ok. Learning lots of new stuff training for the new job but
> not getting enough sleep. <g>
>
>> And how's your Dad doing?
>>
>> -S-
>
> Other than getting to be a bit more senile, he is doing ok. If I can
> get him to eat better and not eat much sugar (he went on a sugar kick
> the past two weeks which always affects him mentally to the negative)
> he does better in the memory and mood dept.
>
> I just wish I could get this home business off the ground faster so I
> could stay home! He does better if I am here more to take care of
> him.
>
> And how are you Steve? I've not posted on m.f.w. for months. Just
> have not had time... and my AC joints hurt too much any more for me
> to do much real weight lifting. I'm using mainly just body weight
> exercises and resistance bands. I really do need surgery to repair
> that right shoulder and possibly the left one too but it's going to
> be awhile.
>
> ART and kinesiology taping are keeping most of the pain under control.
>
> How are you doing?
Group, excuse us while we catch up.
I'm doing pretty well. Speaking of A/C joints, my shoulders kept me in
rehab mode for about 18 months but it was worth it, and I'm actually
back to doing quite a bit of overhead work, including pressing. Also
regularly doing weighted pullups now, even gooseneck pullups (see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDVK4HwmdM0 for me doing a couple - you
make a fist and place only your wrists over the bar, and then you do
pullups.) All this with a diagnosis, confirmed with a contrast MRI, of
a torn labrum in my left shoulder.
The Party promoted me to Team Leader, which means I'll be teaching at an
RKC certification weekend at some point in the future, responsible for
deciding pass or fail on a group of candidates - pretty awesome stuff
for me. I haven't been to any DragonDoor events in the last couple of
years but I'm going to the CK-FMS this coming weekend and then to the
Denmark RKC to be an assistant instructor the weekend after that.
My parents are definitely aging. I think you know I take my 86-year-old
mother out for coffee 2 or 3 times a week - it's her only exercise. We
park about 2 blocks away, walk to coffee, sit outside and watch the
world go by for half an hour or so, then walk back to the car - takes
her about 15-20 minutes to walk 2 blocks but, as long as she's willing,
I'll keep her company.
Well, a few days ago, I talked to my father on the phone in the morning
and he told me his doorbell was ringing at 3 AM - turns out my mother
had let herself out of the apartment, out of the front door, and was now
unable to get back into the building. Pretty scary stuff, likely a day
we'll look back on as the beginning of the end for her. My sister and I
are now going to need to resubmit her application to the VA home near
here - my Dad is a WW II veteran. Sad that, because of things like this
(this wasn't the first mental type of thing we've had with her) she'll
end up in a different unit than he will - there are, in this VA home,
couples who actually live in the same room, but my folks will not be one
of them.
I gave up my college teaching job - long story made short, they don't
treat the part-time faculty welll, I didn't really need the pittance
they pay part-time faculty, so I told them to shape up their institution
or I was leaving, and you know how that turned out.
I'm plenty busy
teaching music lessons from home and the occasional personal training,
and that's why I"ve made my way here - I'm Mr. Mom, doing almost all the
grocery shopping (and laundry, etc. ) and more and more of the cooking.
Those are the highlights from here - this is a real email for me, so
please feel free to continue the conversation that way.
-S-