Retired now! So when does my life slow down?

But it's all good! Looking forward to lots of baking and singing this weekend. I ordered butter chicken from the local takeout and was it ever good! That will be one of our meals. I have to have it again.

It's so hard, every day, telling my patients I won't be there for them anymore and they should take this opportunity to get established with a new GP. They need a younger doctor with a younger brain and younger body that doesn't get so tired by the end of the day. Or by the middle of the day even. Lots of hugs and good bye chocolates are ( Read more... )

I walked at Burnaby Lake, what a beautiful morning! Smelled like fall. My knee wasn't hurting, so what the heck, I jogged (a little)! It's been a while. And my knee still didn't hurt!

I recently read "Being Mortal" by surgeon Atul Gawande. It sure held my attention. So many of us are getting to 80 years and beyond, so few of us are giving ourselves real choice about how those vulnerable years are spent. In 16 years I will (God willing) be 85. Will that be a life worth living? Do I want to stay alive if I can't really live ( Read more... )

Hey! We saw a great production tonight at the Cultch! Don't miss it! "Stationary", the musical, born and produced in Vancouver. Tells the life of the twentysomethings of Vancouver, and it's anything but stationary! Claire steals the show but there's no lack of other talent. Only two more nights and matinees, ends May 2 ( Read more... )

Today started early, with a call from the police. Front door of the office smashed in, likely in search of cash. Not much there, but a mess left behind. Cleaned up just in time for church. Now the door is secured with a plywood panel in place of the glass. Tomorrow, arrange for the glass to be replaced. Again ( Read more... )

tip of the week: just because you've been partnered with someone for 50 years doesn't mean you actually completely know who they are. He enjoyed Wide Awake Hearts, the play last night, which was kind of a difficult play but I thought very well done (produced/directed by my nephew and with his wife one of the four actors, they all did remarkably ( Read more... )

Recommendation when adding 4 cups of tightly packed brown sugar to a pound and a half of softened (to the point of being liquid) butter: Do not drop it from a height. This causes a circular wave to form in the butter and drops can go a considerable distance ( Read more... )

Don't choose the drive-thru when you have laryngitis

I jogged! not much (10 minutes in one minute intervals with one minute of walking in between) but My Knee Was Just Fine ( Read more... )