[Sundaycommunity] I'm back home!!!

[Tina Neves]

Fantastic, Patricia!!!
I pray that you continue to recover at home and ...enjoy home...what a
blessing!
Healing blessings
Tina

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:42 PM John MacMillan via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Wonderful! Thanks for letting us know.
>
> John
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 11:41 AM Patricia Smiley via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> Yes, it's true.  I was discharged yesterday from St. Joe's Hamilton.
>> Rachel and Leo (my daughter and her partner) picked me up at lunchtime.  We
>> stopped on the way to pick up some great falafel sandwiches and I really
>> enjoyed the ride home.  Let's face it, I still don't know Hamilton.  We sat
>> outside in my backyard to eat our lunch rogether.  I did have a hard time
>> getting inside the house.  Once in, I was fine.  I am not planning to go
>> very far for a while and Leo will put in a small ramp so that I can manage
>> one very steep stair to the side door.
>>
>> In addition to being profoundly hungry (for truly nourishing food) I am
>> also quite profoundly exhausted.  I had 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep and
>> after waking  up to deal with the results of a very full bladder, I went
>> back to sleep thinking how comfortable my lovely bed is.  I got up this
>> morning, again with a full bladder and feeling very hungry.  As I am
>> expecting a couple of visitors at lunchtime today I am not going back to
>> bed until they have left.
>>
>> It was a horribly humid stinky day yesterday.  At first we just opened up
>> some windows, but after a while the air conditioning was really  needed.
>> At one point, I had the ceiling fans going with the air conditioner.  (Set
>> to a reasonable 24.)  I am very far from being settled into the house, I
>> know.  A washer and dryer is arriving tomorrow and Leo will be here to
>> install it.  Also, I ordered a table from (sorry) Amazon.  IKEA is back but
>> this was the best price for a small wooden table.
>>
>> Once upon a time, this house had a lovely garden, both at the front and
>> back.  Right at the moment, it needs a lot of tending.  This is the kind of
>> challenge I would love to tackle, if I could.  Unfortunately, even without
>> the setback of the fracture, I wouldn't be able to do a lot of it myself -
>> especially the weeding.  But if not this summer, then next summer, I could
>> do some of the trimming that these bushes need.  The previous owners left
>> not one but two good pato tables and I bought two chairs from Canadian Tire
>> that are appropriate for my current needs.  (I'm sure that thrift shops and
>> garage sales, when I can get to them, will provide more seating for
>> others.  Rocking chairs are a no-no for amputees but I have kept my
>> beautiful bentwood rocker partly because it is just so beautiful and does
>> provide a comfortable seat for others.)  The garden does have almost all
>> the perennnials I love - just missing lilac bushes.  In the spring the
>> scent of lilac bushes is glorious.
>>
>> (I was making my way from Queen's Park to College and Yonge a few years,
>> using the side streets to get away from the noise of the busy streets.  It
>> was a lovely spring day but right downtown in concrete wilderness, I was
>> struck by a lovely sweet smell.  I realized I was walking by a narrow strip
>> of freshly planted, still small lilac bushes.  And yes I did stop to smell
>> them.)
>>
>> So, I am looking forward to seeing everybody on my screen the Sunday
>> after next.  I will have had the chance by then to catch up on my sleep and
>> my laptop will be back in its place on my computer table in the living
>> room.  Until then, my phone number remains the same and if I don't answer,
>> it's because I'm asleep.
>>
>> Much love and peace to all, Pat
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Patricia Smiley*
>>
>> *email:  smileypatricia76 at gmail.com <smileypatricia76 at gmail.com>*
>>
>> *mobile:  647-517-1599*
>>
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