[Magdalen] the ironies of heading south

[Marion Thompson]

Thanks, Grace.  The 7th of Jan.  I broadcast it on FB on Jan 8th and on 
afterwards.  I checked back, but I see I didn't send it to the Pub, 
where  I think I am often lost in the shuffle anyway, other than at a 
trivial level, despite my dreary succession of fairly serious personal woes.

Yes, concussion.  Two CT scans 24 hrs apart after a night in hospital, 
and on the second morning after a night at home an MRI. Absolutely no 
bruises, other than the brain, and no breaks.  My daughter has done 
yeoman service, spending two nights here and then yesterday gettng me to 
and from the legal thing.  She and her boyfriend filled my basement with 
firewood to last a long time, so I don't have that taxing chore to deal 
with.  Putting the wood in the stove is quite do-able, as are most 
normal tasks.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 1/17/2015 12:18 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> Oh, Marion...how awful!  I assume the doctors have checked for a concussion? That's what it sounds like. How long ago did this happen?
>
> On January 17, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not quite.  It was a woman of mature years, not elderly by my standard,
> who turned the corner too tightly out of the parking aisle I was
> crossing to.  Doing my best to get out of her way, I remember seeing the
> front fender of her modestly-sized car pass me.  Phew.  I believe I
> wasn't knocked over by the side of her car, but rather, ' they say', by
> her side mirror.  These things happen in a flash, a split second.  Lots
> of people clustered round.    I remember what I assume was her anxious
> face amongst the others looking down as I sat on the roadway and felt
> very very sorry for her and what she must be feeling.  I'll go get the
> police report on Monday so I  have a record of who's who and what was
> what.  Being private property, it doesn't fall under the Highways Act,
> so it would be up to me to say to the police if I want to make any charge.
>
> Recovery is going slowly, for my taste!  No taste or smell.  Hell for
> one who loves to eat!  Savouring textures only doesn't do it for me.
> I'm cooking some maple-flavoured bacon right now to see if any of that
> delicious aroma or taste can cross the line yet.  (Nada! Nothing.
> Damn.) A certain amount of background noise in my head, not an
> annoyance.  Some predictable giddiness if I bend over and back up again,
> yes, I'm being careful.  And, though much less frequent the occasional
> stab of pain,  in my ear or sinuses.  A general sort of wooliness.
> Overall, I'm functioning just fine, with the obvious caveats.
> Whatever. I've survived worse -- and will again.  Time time time -- I
> wish I knew how much!  I'm sure folks  will cut me a lot of slack for my
> sermon tomorrow, but I'm confident it will be just fine.  For me it's a
> non-negotiable commitment (and personal pleasure) and my task for today
> is to finish it off.  Yes, resting, too, which for me is lounging about
> and TV and computer and reading -- none of which bothers me.  YAY!
>
> Meanwhile, my daughter drove to me to Cobourg  (about an hour from my
> home and where the application was filed by Jim)  for the Case
> Conference with a judge over this darn divorce thing.   (A
> without-prejudice meeting  of the parties and their lawyers at which a
> judge, who has reviewed the information, gives his view of things in an
> effort to avoid it going to court to be settled in a crap shoot with a
> (differrent) judge who could well uphold that bloody Agreement signed so
> long ago.  Timing is everything in life, isn't it?  :-D  That all went
> in a very civilised manner, as you would expect from us.  Even the judge
> commented on our reported and obvious civility. -- I guess they see all
> kinds of horrors where the parties are like scorpions in a bucket.  We
> think we are 'moving forward' and, beyond  some less palatable parts
> being tweaked upward, if we can, I like to think we will come to some
> reasonable resolution.  Didn't some judge/mediator/arbitrator once
> comment that  a good solution is one in which neither side is completely
> happy?
>
> So there we are.  My report from  the fast lane in my endlessly-exciting
> life!!!!
>
> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>
> On 1/17/2015 9:17 AM, ME Michaud wrote:
>> Geez, Marion, didn't some guy just back into you in a parking lot? (and
>> how is your recovery going?)
>>
>> I have an absolute horror of backing over a child. And I would never
>> drive a car as big as this one (I have good visuals in the Matrix but
>> in a mini-van or big sedan?No way ! Not a chance.) I want that camera !
>> -M
>>
>> On Saturday, January 17, 2015, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Mostly I back out of my drive, which is a quirky thing of unusual angles,
>>> onto a hill running
>>>