Today I’m out of time so I will edit this in the morning, don’t want to miss posting as it’s already almost 12 and I’m beat! Was one of the busiest days I have had but it did not translate into a high step count.
Update: finished editing up this post with more detail and pictures.
Started as usual a walk with Jerry down to Glenwood Meats which I had to collect a urine sample for the vet, check up stuff before his teeth cleaning. I was fairly concerned about how I would do the actual collection of urine but it ended up being fairly easy as with his first pee of the morning he just had to go. I reached down with latex gloves on using the cup provided and caught some of the steam no problems. Total time about 25 mins as it started to rain and I was not wearing a jacket well suited for the rain.
I had to run into town and stop at the vet to drop the urine off, was fairly quick but I had to wait someone to record the time I took it at. After that I ripped over to try pickup a part for my buddy @BrettBlue from Princess Auto but they couldn’t find the part in the system. I called Brett and messaged but he didn’t get back to me until I was on my way to work. I guess when he called someone in the back room answered the phone and was immediately able to find the part. Brett’s name was on it just sitting on the shelf and the gentleman he spoke with said he had no idea why the ladies at the front couldn’t figure it out 🤦♂️.
Work was ok I did mostly the planning of bread but we ran right to the end of shift, my knee started to kill me half way through so I was trying not to move around to much. I think it’s just that old injury acting up again from pushing myself this week. Fairly smooth day and I’m not particularly sure why the day ran so long as it wasn’t the busiest for orders being Halloween and all. I just relaxed on my break replying to comments on my posts, been a little behind on that this week and I think I caught up on most of them.
After work I went back to princess auto after work and spent almost an hour waiting for them to finally find the part for my buddy @brettblue. I guess the problem was a simple “space” in his name as their computer system does not recognize it as a character so searching for it in the system was not working. I had 3 people on the hunt and had to get the store to call my buddy whom spoke with a gentleman in the morning claiming to have it in his hands. Was a little bit annoying having them tell me over and over they couldn’t find it but once they spoke to Brett they were able to find it immediately. It was a special order and all, talk about a breakdown in their ordering system but after all the fuss they gave it to me for free to make up for the confusion so that was good.
My knee kept me from traveling to far on our evening dog walk. We were out for about 45 mins but I missed all the Halloween fun so not only am I in pain but I am disappointed I didn’t get to vlog how busy my neighbourhood gets. By the time I made it back to the house it was already 11:30, 30 minutes is not long enough for editing photos and the level of detail I try put into these posts thus this was updated in the morning. We walked all around the neighbourhood and I only saw one miserable looking pumpkin with the candle still lit, everyone had already shut down all of their displays. I was really hoping to do a nice vlog using my GoPro head-strap recording all the different displays and kids in their costumes but it was like a ghost town with everyone having already gone to watch the fireworks. I could hear the fireworks still going on our walk but couldn’t see them so wasn’t even able to record that 🤦♂️, what a day!
Now I am laying down trying to put this together just enough so I can finish it in the morning(done). My body is screaming just rest tonight it’s been a long day, I need to remember to listen to my body when it’s not able to keep up with my drive to achieve.
Waking up this morning my right knee is still very unhappy, feels like what I imagine arthritis to be like. Weak and sore almost spongelike something as simple as pacing around the house becomes a problem finding myself leaning on the counter waiting for my coffee to brew. I decided to drop my SkipTheDishes shifts for this weekend as I need to have a couple days not doing anything so it may hopefully feel better for next week. It’s been quite awhile since it has acted up like this, going back several months to before my vacation. I know the cold season is the worst for it just like arthritis but this is the first time since that vacation it has slowed me down, I wonder if maybe I turned wrong on it at work or bumped it not paying attention. I had to sleep with my knee raised as nearly every other position puts pressure on the wrong spot and I was having a hard time falling asleep. I don’t really believe in taking pills for the pain but I may have to start. I do use Voltren a topical pain reliever but still any pressure on the kneecap was waking me up.
It’s a reminder of my mortality, I am ageing though still young my body already doesn’t heal like it once used to. I can remember my younger years and I was not very kind to my body, man do I regret that in times like these!
Thats it @d00k13 OUT
