In the 34 weeks we have
been here this has been by far the most uneventful and for me the
most unproductive. Last Tuesday when I foolishly picked something up
the wrong way I figured a day or two and I'd be back on my daily 4
mile walk, that's 36 times around the boardwalk....I was wrong. While
my tolerance for standing, although hunched over and walking,
although slowly, was a bit longer and further each day the majority
of my week was spent on the couch.
Thinking back to what I
did accomplish (always feel I have to do something each day) were the
tasks that always get put aside and now is the perfect opportunity to
tackle them and it's something I can do from the comfort of the
couch. What would that be....a clean up of all the stuff on my
computer. A list of 'favourites' that no longer interest me, blogs
that have fallen by the wayside and recipe sites that I realize only
ever leave me feeling more confused that inspired, disappear. Sorting
through email contacts had me writing a few letters to people I have
lost touch with, while erasering others. Games I no longer play are
eliminated right off the hard drive along with programs I will never
use.
Movies and
TV shows stored on external hard drives are either given a “thumbs
up” or get expunged. The most time consuming and hardest job was to
go through the hundreds of pictures I seem to have accumulated since
Mike and I have become caretakers . A bag containing half a dozen
memory sticks with photos going back to our previous position in
Rivers Inlet, along with all this years pictures on my computer had
me going down memory lane for several hours for several days. After
viewing hundreds of images showing trees, mountains, water, deers,
cats, squirrels, birds, rain, snow and yes even the odd days of sun
it got easier to push that delete
key. The first round was easy – delete delete delete, the second
round is a little tougher and the third time has me looking at each
picture more than just a few seconds trying to decide if it is worthy
of taking up space. My organization fever has left me with one
memory stick and 100GB of free space. For a week of doing nothing I
feel quite good of all that I did accomplish.
Since
I didn't get a single photo all week, I'll have to leave you with
some of my favourites that I came across this week.
Till next week,
Heather & Mike
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