Monday, May 10, 2004
An adventurous day in the life....
Got up yesterday not feeling quite as crummy as I have been the past few months. Went to the cemetery with some silk roses. Had wanted to bring fresh ones, but I didn't have the energy on Saturday to go looking for a florist, and both of the places I used to go to have closed now. The weather was quite warm with thunderstorms threatening but only a light breeze. Had my usual Mother's Day "visit" with Mom and wrote a poem after. I hadn't written anything since January....my poor exhausted foggy brain has to fight harder than ever to come up with anything.
After I left the cemetery, I wanted to make my usual trek to my mom's favorite Wendy's. Trouble is, I started that gluten-free diet in November and wasn't sure what I could eat there. Stared at the menu for awhile and decided to try a bowl of chili and a baked potato. The chili was surprisingly good! I think I have at last found a reliable fast food option.
I had wanted to go spend sometime at the local casinos like I usually do on Mother's Day, but I go soooo sick last year there due to the cigarette smoke that it just didn't seem like a good idea. I don't really have the energy to drive that far right now anyway. I did want to get away from town for awhile, though, so I took my camera with half a roll of film still left in it and drove toward the mountains. There is this awesome view from the easternmost edge of the mountains that I had always wanted to photograph, so I got off the nearest exit from that spot and went down a dirt road. I parked in a sealed-off driveway and walked a bit to where the view was best, being careful to stay on the road and not go too far in case I got a sudden attack of fatigue or vertigo. As I headed back, a huge bird flew over the road in front of me and landed in a nearby tree. At first I thought it was a hawk, but as I got closer, I saw that it had a tiny head and a long curved beak.....not hawk-like at all. Weird.
Then I drove to a spot that is supposed to have a good vantage point of a resident buffalo herd, but I didn't see any buffalo. I did take some pix of the view, though, when the rain died down. As I was heading back to my car, a van pulled up and several Asian men in orange robes got out. I smiled when I saw that they all had digital cameras. As I pulled back on the road, one of the men was using a camcorder to film the others in front of the beautiful mountain vew.
I was getting fatigued by then, but not too bad, so I decided to take a drive up a mountain that has great views of the city. I realized I hadn't been there in probably eight years. When I got to the first decent turnoff, I parked and took out the camera. I was standing on some rocks when suddenly the derned vertigo hit me and the sledgehammer of fatigue gave me a good wallop, so I quickly finished up the roll and headed back down the mountain. I was disappointed that I was missing all the scenery further up, but I knew better than to push the issue since I was a good 45 miles from home with no one else to drive. I really want to go back, and soon while everything's still green and the flowers are beginnning to blossom. Maybe I can talk Dan into going with me so I can have more energy for exploring. Steering on the hairpin turns hurts my hands as it is.
Just typing about my adventures is wearing me out. Of course, it could be that phenergan tablet I took to counteract the nausea from today's dizzy spell.....
Pain level: 5
Fatigue level: 9
After I left the cemetery, I wanted to make my usual trek to my mom's favorite Wendy's. Trouble is, I started that gluten-free diet in November and wasn't sure what I could eat there. Stared at the menu for awhile and decided to try a bowl of chili and a baked potato. The chili was surprisingly good! I think I have at last found a reliable fast food option.
I had wanted to go spend sometime at the local casinos like I usually do on Mother's Day, but I go soooo sick last year there due to the cigarette smoke that it just didn't seem like a good idea. I don't really have the energy to drive that far right now anyway. I did want to get away from town for awhile, though, so I took my camera with half a roll of film still left in it and drove toward the mountains. There is this awesome view from the easternmost edge of the mountains that I had always wanted to photograph, so I got off the nearest exit from that spot and went down a dirt road. I parked in a sealed-off driveway and walked a bit to where the view was best, being careful to stay on the road and not go too far in case I got a sudden attack of fatigue or vertigo. As I headed back, a huge bird flew over the road in front of me and landed in a nearby tree. At first I thought it was a hawk, but as I got closer, I saw that it had a tiny head and a long curved beak.....not hawk-like at all. Weird.
Then I drove to a spot that is supposed to have a good vantage point of a resident buffalo herd, but I didn't see any buffalo. I did take some pix of the view, though, when the rain died down. As I was heading back to my car, a van pulled up and several Asian men in orange robes got out. I smiled when I saw that they all had digital cameras. As I pulled back on the road, one of the men was using a camcorder to film the others in front of the beautiful mountain vew.
I was getting fatigued by then, but not too bad, so I decided to take a drive up a mountain that has great views of the city. I realized I hadn't been there in probably eight years. When I got to the first decent turnoff, I parked and took out the camera. I was standing on some rocks when suddenly the derned vertigo hit me and the sledgehammer of fatigue gave me a good wallop, so I quickly finished up the roll and headed back down the mountain. I was disappointed that I was missing all the scenery further up, but I knew better than to push the issue since I was a good 45 miles from home with no one else to drive. I really want to go back, and soon while everything's still green and the flowers are beginnning to blossom. Maybe I can talk Dan into going with me so I can have more energy for exploring. Steering on the hairpin turns hurts my hands as it is.
Just typing about my adventures is wearing me out. Of course, it could be that phenergan tablet I took to counteract the nausea from today's dizzy spell.....
Pain level: 5
Fatigue level: 9
Comments:
Post a Comment
