EARTH DAZE

"Get the facts right,then you can distort them."
Mark Twain (to reporters of his era)

aloha again,
HAPPY EARTH DAY beautiful weather here.

it takes a lot of meds to keep me alive and sorta functional.based on the warning labels attached i should wear an air condtioned burka (keep out of direct sunlight & avoid heat stress) so the effects of weather are kinda important to me.
last saturday was PERFECT,SOUL MATE & I ventured out to mock tourists arrivng at the Esplanade (Capitola Beach) in mid afternoon & hoping to find parking. there are maybe 200 beach side slots for a beach that can hold thousands beyond the usual hard core surfers. it was cruel but fun. so the weather guessers predicted the next few days would be in the 80s,still okay for me. now we have two porch thermometers on the front porch,one in sunlight by the two birdfeeders and one in the shade.both have consistently registered 100 Degrees over the last three days, a fact denied by the fallacious Weather Channel website for Capitola but later confirmed by the local news. SIGH.
SWELTERING is bad for me, despite ice water and insulated housing i have a hard time doing much of anything other than being overheated & grumpy.so i was relatively pissed (today the summmerlike morning fog is back, i'm good.) i will spare you the list of ailments related to sudden heating then cooling,suffice to say i now have a firdge full of hot weather goodies (beer,chocolate,salads,BBQ and other no cook edibles). ...um, diuretics are working now and i mislaid my train of thot.had some concept of universality related to all this.....GET THE FACTS FIRST? Esp healthwise,be an informed medical consumer.i have a shelf full of books on meds and my various conditions/afflictions (plus WEBMD daily updates), like SM in her library/book trove.i always have a list of questions and data,if a prescribed med has TERRIBLE SIDE FX (some do) i refuse to take it & explain why.luckily my PCP is cool with this and not an assh*le (this is rare but not impossible).

in other news,
i was happy.
happy as a a puppy.
happy as Lindsay Lohan leaving Rehab again.
happy as a pig in sh*t with my new cataract surgery implant.
so of course my retina specialist DR.BUZZKILL reminds me,in his plummy Brit accent."You still have long myopic eyeballs.You could STILL GO BLIND YOU KNOW." does he think i'm a fool??? i have been to the local VISTA CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED (vistacenter.org for tricounty area) who have social workers who come to you house and prepare you for vision loss (they also have classes and gadgets).they made two of my canes WHITE CANES & taught me how to walk streets alone & with a guide plus they can BLINDPROOF my place if need be.i didn't tell Dr.Buzzkill that i sometimes navigate my home using just my Bad Eye or with both eyes closed.
i remember a bumpersticker from when i was a new parent YOU CAN'T SCARE ME,I HAVE CHILDREN! ditto, i have a SM who loves me,adult children,live in "Paradise",have good docs & my white canes.BRING IT!
anyway that's where i am today.

P.S. speaking of Lindsay (one of us crips) catch her eHarmony spoof on Funny or Die.com.

namaste
semper gumby
mega