[Sundaycommunity] I'm back home!!!

[Dave Snelgrove]

Home from the adventure you never wanted to have. I wish you all the best
settling in.  And creating the next part of your life.  Blessings, Rosemary

On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 11:41 a.m. 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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