Dealing with Challenges of Life

Part of the view from the viewing deck at Sky Ranch in Sedona Arizona

It has been such an interesting thing moving to Colorado so I could get out in the country to hike and get ready for my new body.  Make it happen.  But there seems to have been one thing after another that has kept me from as much exercise as I anticipated.  From having such a sever blood loss that my arms and legs didn't work because there wasn't enough blood to work them.  Interesting thing about that.  The Doctor gave me no indication that this would happen and gave me no advise.  Now with hind sight I am wondering how come he didn't address this.  Could it be because I didn't have insurance?  Hum!  It does make one wonder.  I had to figure it out, figure out how to heal it and do it myself.  Thanks Doc.

Well, the long and short of it is I was in recovery for a long time and then I had to go to work because the hospital and doctor bills wiped out my savings.  This brought about a new adventure.  I worked on the top floor and walked up 4 flights to get there.  I went up and down anywhere from 3 to 9 times a day, that's 24 to 72 flights half up and half down.  My mind had to learn a whole new system and get back into working after many years out of work.  I was exhausted at the end of the day, both mentally and physically.  Then I had to move.  I ended up in an interesting living arrangement, I am a long way form walking paths and the shortness of income kept me from driving around to find paths or trials.  If I was a negative thinker I would think the world was conspiring against me, but alas it is just life.

The weather has changed and spring is coming in with a bang, heat and all.  So I am about to learn how to hike in the dry heat.  I feel a lot better and am inwardly inspiring myself.  Now all I have to do is get beyond my mind and get my legs moving. 

Things have changed a lot as I have gotten older.  I don't have any disease and am pretty healthy.  No colds this winter.  But some aches and pains that I keep pushing through.  It is amazing to me that my mind is in one place and my body is in another.  I am trying to get them to get together again.  Maybe it is because I carry more weight then I should.  But whatever it is I have decided to keep pushing on and believing that if I just don't quit it will all work out and I will accomplish my goals.

If you want to visit a great place take this little town in Arizona called Sedona.

This is where I stay when I am there "Sky Ranch"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top picture is part of the view from the motel.  It was a bit foggy so the picture wasn't as bright as I would have preferred.  Here are a few more pics:

I haven't been writing as I did in the past as this move did not bring what I had anticipated.  I have found myself limited by health first and then time.  The place where I now live has further limited me.  I tried with all I had to get a rental in town so I could be out on my bike and walking daily but it didn't work and I am stuck out of town just off a main highway and the walking is severely limited here (there is no place to put my bike so it isn't here it is being stored).  My jobs are temporary and my income goes up and down, sometimes by 1/3, again limiting me.  So here I am today finally talking about this knowing full well all you successful people will be saying to yourselves things like "just go do it", 'She's just quitting" etc etc. But when you are in the middle of the country with only major highways around that bring more health problems then they solve with all that exhaust and your income in so low that you can only afford enough gas to get back and forth to work, life creates a new set of obstacles to overcome.

I dream of a place in town, a permanent job with enough income so I can do something other than just go to work.  Until then I continue with what I am able to do.

Buen Camino
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