I feel I have more than writer's block. It feels more like a strangulation. I even Googled to see if there is such a thing as writer's strangulation. No, there doesn't appear to be any such thing and just reading the descriptions of strangulation had me giving up on that idea very quickly.
However, I do fit the number one reason listed for writer's block - lack of inspiration. I've only ever blogged about my day to day life which has never been very exciting although I've always been contented with it. Excitement is over rated in my book. I avoid having my heart race these days. Trouble is, I now feel there are limits on what's acceptable for me to post about as my tales of daily life may infringe on the privacy of others in my retirement village. And so far, I've failed to find any other inspiration.
My family, perhaps? They are all happy and busy. My oldest son and his wife are restoring the old kauri villa where I lived before moving to the village. Danny is back coaching the local rugby union team and my daughter and I support him and the team by attending most of their games.
Said daughter will be back at work full time again soon after suffering a bad break to her leg. I was busy for a while playing chauffeur to and from hospital appointments. New Zealand has very good accident compensation (ACC) but it took a while to kick in. The scheme covers everyone in NZ who is injured in an accident by paying for a wide range of treatment and medical costs from GP visits to specialist fees, x-rays, hospital emergency services. Once all the services she needed were organised, she was provided with a car and driver to take her to appointments and to and from work. A physiotherapist still visits her at home and her limp is improving each time I see her.
My second son, Bernie has also been in the wars. He has a herniated disc in his back ad has been in a lot of pain. I find it hard to cope emotionally when one of my kids is suffering in any way and are a long way from home. I do not do well with helplessness.
In this case I was very concerned as Bernie has an extremely high tolerance to pain and I worried that if he said he was in pain, the injury must have been quite serious. He's slowly improving but has been finding sitting around for so long to be difficult to deal with.
Did I just say all my family are happy and well. Thankfully, the happy part is true and they don't have health problems as such. Most of their difficulties are structural. My youngest daughter is currently enjoying a week or so of sunshine in Queensland and will return in time for knee surgery in a few days. It's the same operation Bernie had a few years ago.
Add to that mix of woes, I recently had a rotator cuff tear which slowed me down a lot but thankfully I discovered I could still do line dancing with my arm hanging by my side. A good osteopath is a blessing! As is a line dancing group of a similar age who understand each other's limitations.
And here's my youngest blessing, little Emilia all dressed up for a feast day in Brasil. I tell myself it's not long till Christmas when I will see her again.
A sweet photo there Pauline.
ReplyDeleteSeems like your children are in the wars, so to speak. Always feel for our children when they are not so well with injuries and so on - but all will end well for sure.
Glad you are ok and the 'cuff' is alright to a degree and it's good you still can do your dancing. Husbands' cousin does line dancing and enjoys it immensely.
Hi Margaret, I didn't expect to become a line dancing enthusiast, started for the exercise only but now thoroughly enjoy it.
DeleteSorry about the family woes, including your own shoulder. I can also understand your hesitation about infringing on the privacy of friends who are a large part of your everyday life. I'd love to see a bit more of your present surroundings though? I find that there are often lots of details one can focus on without necessarily involving people. (When I do have people in my photos, they're usually complete strangers, and very unlikely to ever accidentally come across my blog...)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Monica. I will use you as inspiration to catch a few more photos around the village.
DeleteIt never rains but pours, as they say. You call it "structural difficulties". Nothing to be unhappy about; it'll pass.
ReplyDeleteHi Duta, You are right. All our physical difficulties will pass. We are lucky.
DeleteHey! Just dropping by to say hello. If you can line dance with your arm by your side, you should pat yourself on the back! (Okay, figuratively if it hurts too much! LOL!) Keep dancing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping in, Kay. I simply cannot figure out how to do the same thing on your blog. Will try again later today. (I'm off to line dancing now!}
ReplyDeleteSorry but I don't have many positive things to say about acc, my son has had so many issues with them.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy, I think ACC is a wonderful scheme but unfortunately in recent years, like a lot of other things in this country, it hasn't always worked well. It depends so much on who the case manager is and it shouldn't be like that. Hope you are staying warm!
ReplyDeleteYes as life slows down it is harder to find intersting topics for blogging. I tend to treat blogging as diary writing and see it as a record of the year's activities.
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