20190124 – Thursday – Such heat!

20190124 – Thursday – Such heat!

I woke up slowly to the sound of the air conditioner droning away.

I mentally thanked David C for installing it for me when I moved into my little flat many years ago now, 2008ish I think it was.

On the south side of my unit is a 5 car garage, and so I get plenty of insulation from the elements in that direction, but on the northern side, a wide verandah is my protection from the heat.

The elements however, strike me from the West and when winds blow, or when there is excessive heat, the force of the elements comes from that direction.

When the heat was so bad at the beginning of the week, I made my first grocery order to Woolworths over the internet, to my friend Darren’s delight.

He has been trying to get me to use this service for ages, but up until now, I have resisted him.

Well, it all turned up on my doorstep on Tuesday, and it was wonderful. 

My order cost me $104 and included all my favourite foods.

It will last me for 3 or 4 days, and I have just eliminated one of my most hated tasks, my grocery shopping.

I had washed my trailer sheets yesterday, and so today I folded them and placed them in my trailer ready for my next expedition into the “wilds of South Australia.” 

I still have to sweep the canvas of my trailer to get rid of the ingrained sand from my spell in Wail State Forest when I was bogged overnight, the ONLY person in the whole of that forest, I am sure!

But that will be the last job to be done before I take off again, at that nameless time in the future. 

And now, off to Inc Cafe where it is cool and I can work away in peace.

Right now on TV I am watching two men in wheelchairs, with NO LEGS, playing tennis.

How strong, how brave are some people who have suffered such a loss.

The “spirit” in some men is simply amazing.

I know that if those two men had my legs, which don’t work too well for me, they would exercise them and exercise them until they DID work.

Why can’t I be like that?

I am sure it is because I am more interested in reading and study and working away on my iPad, than I am in striving to walk better.

I have got used to using my walker to walk with, and while I have my little car to put my walker in and then can go wherever I please, then I won’t work hard at exercising my legs.

It all seems to be about what is important to YOU/ME that makes the difference.

However, I think I need to research on types of walking frames. 

My current “machine” was given to me by my cousins Kathy and Richard B, and it is rather battered now and is difficult to put in my boot.

But there is no hurry, but I need something that works better, but it will take some time and some thought.

I listened to another one of Jim D’s talks on Visions of the Kingdom last night and I took screenshots of his power points.

I find I am so very happy lately. 

I am aware that if I am not losing weight, then I am not gaining it either.

A no-carb diet suits me so well, and some of that well-ness feeling comes from being aware that I am eating what is very best for me, and that all I have to do is simply keep on “doing what I am doing” to continue my physical and mental improvement.