Monday, December 16, 2024

Well, here we are, I'm 70, our close friend, whom we just saw last night, has tested positive....

 For Covid19 this morning. They may not have been contagious yet last night. I guess we'll see... nonetheless, I do feel older, but I've been feeling like that for a while now. Just don't have the git up an go I had two years ago. Many things seem like such a struggle... well, as I say, "the struggle is real. "  As we celebrate my 70th we mourn the loss of others who passed (and continue to pass) during this season. Is Samhain not over? The elements are seeming to be haywire. The "gods have lost their way..." and we have what seems like chaos. Imagine the break of a game of pool. The cue ball hits... the balls scattered, but every direction is a logically determined reaction to where they were hit. Hardly random though we have no control, still each course could be plotted, every bounce predicted. So if there is a violent reaction to a stimulus... well look for the cue ball, you're bound to find a reason. It's coming to a head and you know those balloons have to pop, it's going to be messy although I can tell they're trying to mitigate the expected "collateral damage. "  Some people you can't protect from themselves, and others who can't get out of the way. The trick is to hunker down now, the sooner the better, you don't want to be near ground zero.

So, for all this cancer stuff... yeah, a small stroke and later a heart attack. Compared to some, pretty minor, but I'm still alive. That's my main job, when I retire from that, it's over.