I have been doing fairly well physically although I am a bit bummed that I gained back part of the 12 pounds I lost last year when I was quite sick.   Terrilee forwarded me updates about what is going on health-wide with various Pacific Northwest friends… Oh my word, I had NO idea they were having such problems   It sure puts my own minor health issues in perspective!  Hearing such news about friends reminds me how fortunate I have been to be as healthy as I am…and also reminds me that I am getting older too.

And speaking of older, a couple of weeks ago the weirdest thing happened… I fell out of bed.  I have been sleeping in this same single bed for almost 25 years now and I have never had such a thing happen to me before.    About 2a.m. I was sound asleep and woke up when my hands and knees hit the cold (and very hard) cement floor.  Wow, that hurt!!  I just stayed there on my hands and knees for several minutes until the pain subsided a bit so I could climb back up onto the mattress.   Now almost 2 full weeks later I am still taking ibuprofen and limping around in the mornings and after sitting in one position for too long.  And so it goes….