Dawn's early light...

[fajrdrako]

I was up early today. Not by choice. The phone rang at 5:33. I heard part of the message - a woman's official sort of voice, and a phone number. I thought it must be a call about my father, who is ill in a hospital in British Columbia. So I found my crutches and my aircast and hobbled into the living room, only to learn that someone wants someone else to work the afternoon shift on Friday. A wrong number.

Then I couldn't get back to sleep.

I read a few comics - why do I always find The Eternals so boring? The art in this incarnation is beautiful, but the characters still fail to interest me. I had hopes, since Daniel Acuña does lovely art and I like the writing of Daniel Knauf. And yes, the writing style was terrific and the art was beautiful, but I still wasn't interested.

Totally loved Echo #3, though. What a wonderful comic that is.

Comments

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

My thoughts are with you. I hadn't known your father was ill. If this is the reason I haven't been able to get you on the phone today... well, my thoughts are with you.

I was awakened early, too. By shoulder pain. I got myself up to walk around a little, trying to dissipate the edge of it, and ended up getting my phone and calling you. That would have been about 10:30 AM. Stop laughing. For a night-shift-type person, that IS SO "early"!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I hadn't known your father was ill.

I haven't talked about it.

No, that has nothing to do with why I haven't been getting the phone. When you've called I've been either out, exercising, or asleep. Or down in the basement doing laundry. I used the stationary bicyle today - yay me!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

I figured it was just bad timing. Four times. And I was right.

Laundry? Whoo!

Stationary bike? Whoo!!! Like unto a gazelle you are [g].

I was just in a lot of pain and trying to reach for some human contact, that day. It was a pretty bad day, yup.

Guess it's about time to close off and head for home again. Gonna be home this evening? [snicker] Keep up the regimen! You're awesome.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to be awesome, is a sort faltering kind of way. Working on it.

Physio tomorrow, and then a week without it. I'm going to miss it. Really.

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

I used the stationary bicyle today ...

Wonderful! That puts you well on your way towards your goal(s). I always suspected that you have a *lot* more determination than I've seen; this proves it.

While I am seldom in too much pain, I *do* appreciate human contact sometimes, especially when other people I like to talk to are out-of-town or otherwise not available on my time schedule. [When I was working last year, I spent 65 hours a week away from home, and often didn't get home till 2 am the day after.] This job should be a bit better for that.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a lot of determination when I'm motivated. These days - 20 minutes per day on the exercise bicyle. And walking, with props. And yoga. Okay, I haven't started the yoga yet, but the physiotherapist said I could.

I'm glad to hear that this job has more reasonable hours.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know you're going to miss it -- you love getting more tips from Debbie and showing her everything you can do better, each time. Is Debbie taking a vacation...?

Trying to be awesome... don't bother to try, you're just awesome naturally. Circumstances have thrust it upon you, mia kara. Just accept that.

And now I want to hear more about the cane! Woo-hoo! A different way of moving around. Well, a week from now you'll be able to show Debbie how much better you've been doing the leg exercises which you didn't like doing [g], eh?

And I just need to mention again how amazing it is that my shoulder is not in pain such that it brings tears to my eyes. I have no idea what I did right, today, but I hope I continue to do it right tomorrow. This was a blessing I did not dare to ask for. I feel some twinges now and then, but the horrid pain is gone. ...So, now that I can, I plan to meditate and lsten to what my body has to tell me... because certainly I was missing something, there. It felt it had to scream to get me to pay attention!

You and I are both awesome. Absolutely. Treat yourself to some raspberries.

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I too have been getting up early for work for the past 2 weeks (though more like 6:30 am than 5:30 am) and am usually pretty much wiped by the time I get home 12 hours later.

I'm hoping that I don't wind up with a shift starting that early in the day. Like it or not, I'm just *not* a morning person. Sigh.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I don't mind working early shifts; I can't handle late shifts, not so much because I get tired at night but because I have trouble getting things done at home in the morning. And I have trouble sleeping late.

So I hope my hours don't change; I'm very happy with what I have. Or what I had, a few months ago when I was working.