07/29/2013

This morning I called the number of the massage therapist I had been given. I could hear from her phone message that she is English but only from  the occasional word. Actually, I called her twice because after the first call I realized that I had forgotten to leave my name! I DID, however, leave my phone number both times and she did call me back. I have an appointment on Friday of this week. I will let you all know how it goes. I told her how old I was and she asked me could I manage stairs because, apparently she is at the top of "a lot" of stairs. I have no problem with stairs at this time in my life. In fact I try to take them when I can because there will undoubtedly come a time when I can’t!

I re potted a really nice plant that Jake gave me–I have no idea what it is but it looks like a green fountain–  and, so far, it seems to be happy. I was going to put the two ivy plants I bought in one new pot but I finished up putting them in a pot for each one. I have one more pot left and I may transplant the Christmas cactus "babies" that came from Fred’s huge one. which I left behind with our great neighbors in Vermont. The babies are in a little pot that that someone painted before they gave it to me. The cactus will grow better in a bigger pot so I might put it into the last pot I have. In the years I was with Fred I re potted the cactus three times into bigger pots and it grew to fill up the new space.

Physical therapy tomorrow. So far I am finding it easy to be conscientious about the exercising at home because the results are well worth it.

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier. It is not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Goals: Get groceries this week