Ok I'm going to start with the whale. It was AMAZING!! And lucky, by accident..almost missed it. Everardo's cousin Anna and her hubby Carlos showed up out of the blue on Saturday morning. She's a sister to Everardo and they showed up when we were in Penasco, too. She's a nut. They live in Salinas, just below San Francisco, and they'll drive down to Tijuana for tacos! Drive down Friday nite and go back Sat or Sun! I mean..come on! California! Yeah there's a few places closer to get tacos! And they're Mexican so...anyway I think it's funny, and I love love love that she comes to see Everardo.
Ok so we meet them up at the main road and we head for the Bufadora; she hadn't seen it in years and I'm not sure if Carlos had ever been there. So we're driving along the cliffs, still along our bay..and I'm like Stop the car!! Ha ha Everardo told me this morning that he told Carlos to unlock my door or I'd jump out the car window. Anna was really excited, too- she'd never seen a whale before. We must have watched for a half hour! Other cars pulled over all along the road, too. This was a small whale...bigger than a baby..but smaller..than a momma. I think maybe momma was out at the mouth of the bay, waiting for him to get it out of his system and then they needed to get to migrating north! What I've read says the migrate north Feb & March, so finally, after missing them going south and then driving out to different vantage points in Feb and March, and realizing I missed them, but accepting it since I'll be here next year and I can see them then.....I SAW ONE! He was amazing! Ok maybe it was a she but for this story I'll just say "he". He was swimming along the side- he spouted water and then did this big leap into the air- you know almost straight up, and then slamming down on the water! It was so cool. Then he swam some more, close to the surface so we see him, then dove deep so we strained to see and guess where he'd come up next. Jumped again, jumped again, jumped again. He must have jumped up ten times! Is it called "breaching"? It was just such a gift! I almost cried I was so happy. I yelled thank you God!! And Anna burst out laughing! I hate to end this story because I just can't describe it in a way to make the reader get the shivers and the excitement that I did watching this whale. This giant glorious animal...swimming around and having fun, and don't forget mom who I'm sure was waiting for him. We watched him jump and splash and blow water and swim, and finally he got to the end of the bay and was seen no more. I didn't care what happened the rest of the day...I saw my whale and simply basked in my own glow all afternoon.
Anna and Carlos enjoyed the Bufadora; all the shops and all the food. OMG Anna can eat and eat and eat! We ate in a resturaunt there, of course it was expensive, and then she ate corn on the cob on the stick with chili, tasted some of the breads (yes we bought and brought home the one that's creamy cheese filled), then she wanted to go back down the street to the end to try the bbq'd clams with cheese and shrimp. We were laughing about how much she can eat and I guess her sisters are all the same- oh and of course she's a tiny thing! (man I hate that!...yeah I struggle with my weight). They all talked and talked and talked and I followed most of it, and joined in also in Spanish. Felt pretty good. Then we all came back to our place and on the way Anna asked me if it was painted all the colors like our place in Penasco...I said yep! Well it's a work in progress, there's still blue walls that need a shade of orange, and some more purple...When we got here I showed our little place, and then we went to sit outside and watch the waves. I gave Anna the binoculars and pointed across to where we had been watching the whale play. They took off a little later; I found out later they stopped in Ensenada for tacos (!) and then went up to Tijuana for the nite. Everardo talked to her on the phone and it took them 4 hours! to get across the border. Ridiculous! Now I understand why our friend Tim goes over to Tecate. He's going to give me a ride to the San Diego airport in May when I go see my daughters and my oncologist and he said we're going to Tecate and uhhh yeah!
So- Laser Light Therapy. I've been googling it and I've had 3 treatments. It seems to be working. Last year, and the year before that, during the winter my wrists would start to ache, enough that I bought wrist splints to wear at nite when the pain would be the worst. In fact it seems like the first 2 years the pain was always at nite. This year when it came, it didn't go away. And my hands ache. I can't make a tight fist; sometimes I can't make any kind of fist. The other new thing was something called "Trigger Finger", this is when your finger gets "stuck" at the middle joint when your hands are curled. Then it kind of "pops" open. It happens mostly at nite when you close your hands during sleep. It was starting to get worse, and I was wearing splints during parts of the day. Sometimes I couldn't hold a book up to read it, or use my mouse at all without pain, enough pain to stop using it. Hmm Carpul Tunnel? Maybe but why in my left hand, too? Well I heard these women talking one morning up at the main road where on Saturday mornings there's always a little flea market. One was mentioning trigger finger and I excused myself into the conversation. That's when I heard about this doctor doing Laser Light Therapy.
It sounded interesting, and it's non evasive...you can't abuse it- your body only produces a certain amount of cells in it's process, and the laser light just helps it happen quicker. So after researching everything (ha ha so anal) I mad an appointment last week and I've been 3 times- last time today. Gotta say I think I'm a believer. After the second appt, I have not used my splints at all. No trigger finger in days- since the first appt, and my wrists are fine. My fingers were still aching thought and I told the doctor that today, and he mainly focused there. He does want me to come at least once more. He says you need to have enough treatment to get the cell creation going, repair damaged cells, and the dead cells to sluff off. It costs $50 a treatment and it's worth it. My God, in the states, first there would have been xrays (hmmm maybe $1000?), then advice to have a surgery...rehab....Yeah I was wondering why this treatment is not popular in the states since it's very popular in Europe, Asia, Russia...etc. Not too hard to figure out right? The drug companies have pain meds for these problems, the surgeons, the rehab centers....yeah there's big buck to be lost if treatment was as simple as sending light into your body! I spoke to a woman who had laser light on her back after being told she needed about $56,000 in surgery. I also spoke to a guy who had it on his foot after an accident. They were with the people at the flea market. Today in his office there was a woman who came down from the states and she was 99 years old! She kinda reminded me of my mom; she was wearing a baseball cap and was very spunky. Ok so for now- I am a believer. I will continue to post my results, let's see if my pain remains gone. Even this morning my left hand was going to sleep if I held it up high, like for driving- hand at 11pm...so we shall see. Vamos a ver.
Now- the gym. I know I wrote that the gym was in pretty sad condition. I hadn't been back and was waiting for Everardo to come down and take a look and see what he thinks. This afternoon, on the way back from my doctor appt, we stopped there and went in. There's a hanging punching bad that he is interested in and we looked at a couple of machines that I can use. One I didn't realize what it was for, and it's exactly what I wanted; weights that you pull down behind you, in front, and them pushing down in front for the backs of the arms where unfortunately for me I have grown tent flaps (yeah gross isn't it). Then there's a couple of pieces of equipment for sit ups, the slanted kind and then one that you can do other things on as well. Anyway we found about 4 pieces I can use, so I'm excited and planning to start tomorrow. Going there today also let me see that it's safe- the floor is not going to collapse and neither are the stairs outside. It was kinda creepy when I went down there alone, but today, it was just dusty, and old, but workable for what I need so I say- ok! Yesterday we went up to the segundas to look for a piece for the blender and I got a scale. I haven't been on a scale in a very long time. Ha ha when I go to the doctors office and they want to weigh me, I say no. When they push it I tell them to write down anything they want, but I am not standing of that fucking scale! Then they leave me alone. So- I have a scale, I have a workout, I have my dance/walk, and last week I started to try to eat better. One easy thing is to just not buy the cookies....Everardo doesn't eat any of that stuff, it's always for me. If it's not here I can't eat it. I'm going to keep a log, exercise, food, and weight. I set some goals, some attainable goals...but I prefer to keep them to myself for now. I'm not trying to wear a bikini by summer. I don't have a long term goal- really my goal is the process. I haven't had a drink of alcohol or a hit of pot in over 13 years. I never thought that could happen. But I what I need to realize if I really want to change my life, then I need to take steps to change my life. I'm not telling anyone my plans, they're just for me right now. I know I'm ok just as I am, but I think I can make some positive improvements. I'll keep you posted....
Life is good, hubby is wonderful, and doggys are amazing. Will anybody find out or tell us what happened to that place? I'm so sorry for the families, but PLEASE stop showing us pictures of their misery! Stop having it be the top story every day with all these "experts" talking out their asses about what they think. Either that place was hijacked and it's somewhere (an would we be told if that was true?) or it crashed into the ocean. And man- why don't they ask the NSA to help look for it, right? They listen to what we say, read what we write, and I'm sure watch us while we sleep (& other things). Come on! Technology can see an ant at the bottom of a well, a rock on Jupiter, a shell at the bottom of the ocean and they can't find a single trace of that huge airplane! I for one don't believe that no one knows where that plane is!
Viva!
Ok so we meet them up at the main road and we head for the Bufadora; she hadn't seen it in years and I'm not sure if Carlos had ever been there. So we're driving along the cliffs, still along our bay..and I'm like Stop the car!! Ha ha Everardo told me this morning that he told Carlos to unlock my door or I'd jump out the car window. Anna was really excited, too- she'd never seen a whale before. We must have watched for a half hour! Other cars pulled over all along the road, too. This was a small whale...bigger than a baby..but smaller..than a momma. I think maybe momma was out at the mouth of the bay, waiting for him to get it out of his system and then they needed to get to migrating north! What I've read says the migrate north Feb & March, so finally, after missing them going south and then driving out to different vantage points in Feb and March, and realizing I missed them, but accepting it since I'll be here next year and I can see them then.....I SAW ONE! He was amazing! Ok maybe it was a she but for this story I'll just say "he". He was swimming along the side- he spouted water and then did this big leap into the air- you know almost straight up, and then slamming down on the water! It was so cool. Then he swam some more, close to the surface so we see him, then dove deep so we strained to see and guess where he'd come up next. Jumped again, jumped again, jumped again. He must have jumped up ten times! Is it called "breaching"? It was just such a gift! I almost cried I was so happy. I yelled thank you God!! And Anna burst out laughing! I hate to end this story because I just can't describe it in a way to make the reader get the shivers and the excitement that I did watching this whale. This giant glorious animal...swimming around and having fun, and don't forget mom who I'm sure was waiting for him. We watched him jump and splash and blow water and swim, and finally he got to the end of the bay and was seen no more. I didn't care what happened the rest of the day...I saw my whale and simply basked in my own glow all afternoon.
Anna and Carlos enjoyed the Bufadora; all the shops and all the food. OMG Anna can eat and eat and eat! We ate in a resturaunt there, of course it was expensive, and then she ate corn on the cob on the stick with chili, tasted some of the breads (yes we bought and brought home the one that's creamy cheese filled), then she wanted to go back down the street to the end to try the bbq'd clams with cheese and shrimp. We were laughing about how much she can eat and I guess her sisters are all the same- oh and of course she's a tiny thing! (man I hate that!...yeah I struggle with my weight). They all talked and talked and talked and I followed most of it, and joined in also in Spanish. Felt pretty good. Then we all came back to our place and on the way Anna asked me if it was painted all the colors like our place in Penasco...I said yep! Well it's a work in progress, there's still blue walls that need a shade of orange, and some more purple...When we got here I showed our little place, and then we went to sit outside and watch the waves. I gave Anna the binoculars and pointed across to where we had been watching the whale play. They took off a little later; I found out later they stopped in Ensenada for tacos (!) and then went up to Tijuana for the nite. Everardo talked to her on the phone and it took them 4 hours! to get across the border. Ridiculous! Now I understand why our friend Tim goes over to Tecate. He's going to give me a ride to the San Diego airport in May when I go see my daughters and my oncologist and he said we're going to Tecate and uhhh yeah!
So- Laser Light Therapy. I've been googling it and I've had 3 treatments. It seems to be working. Last year, and the year before that, during the winter my wrists would start to ache, enough that I bought wrist splints to wear at nite when the pain would be the worst. In fact it seems like the first 2 years the pain was always at nite. This year when it came, it didn't go away. And my hands ache. I can't make a tight fist; sometimes I can't make any kind of fist. The other new thing was something called "Trigger Finger", this is when your finger gets "stuck" at the middle joint when your hands are curled. Then it kind of "pops" open. It happens mostly at nite when you close your hands during sleep. It was starting to get worse, and I was wearing splints during parts of the day. Sometimes I couldn't hold a book up to read it, or use my mouse at all without pain, enough pain to stop using it. Hmm Carpul Tunnel? Maybe but why in my left hand, too? Well I heard these women talking one morning up at the main road where on Saturday mornings there's always a little flea market. One was mentioning trigger finger and I excused myself into the conversation. That's when I heard about this doctor doing Laser Light Therapy.
It sounded interesting, and it's non evasive...you can't abuse it- your body only produces a certain amount of cells in it's process, and the laser light just helps it happen quicker. So after researching everything (ha ha so anal) I mad an appointment last week and I've been 3 times- last time today. Gotta say I think I'm a believer. After the second appt, I have not used my splints at all. No trigger finger in days- since the first appt, and my wrists are fine. My fingers were still aching thought and I told the doctor that today, and he mainly focused there. He does want me to come at least once more. He says you need to have enough treatment to get the cell creation going, repair damaged cells, and the dead cells to sluff off. It costs $50 a treatment and it's worth it. My God, in the states, first there would have been xrays (hmmm maybe $1000?), then advice to have a surgery...rehab....Yeah I was wondering why this treatment is not popular in the states since it's very popular in Europe, Asia, Russia...etc. Not too hard to figure out right? The drug companies have pain meds for these problems, the surgeons, the rehab centers....yeah there's big buck to be lost if treatment was as simple as sending light into your body! I spoke to a woman who had laser light on her back after being told she needed about $56,000 in surgery. I also spoke to a guy who had it on his foot after an accident. They were with the people at the flea market. Today in his office there was a woman who came down from the states and she was 99 years old! She kinda reminded me of my mom; she was wearing a baseball cap and was very spunky. Ok so for now- I am a believer. I will continue to post my results, let's see if my pain remains gone. Even this morning my left hand was going to sleep if I held it up high, like for driving- hand at 11pm...so we shall see. Vamos a ver.
Now- the gym. I know I wrote that the gym was in pretty sad condition. I hadn't been back and was waiting for Everardo to come down and take a look and see what he thinks. This afternoon, on the way back from my doctor appt, we stopped there and went in. There's a hanging punching bad that he is interested in and we looked at a couple of machines that I can use. One I didn't realize what it was for, and it's exactly what I wanted; weights that you pull down behind you, in front, and them pushing down in front for the backs of the arms where unfortunately for me I have grown tent flaps (yeah gross isn't it). Then there's a couple of pieces of equipment for sit ups, the slanted kind and then one that you can do other things on as well. Anyway we found about 4 pieces I can use, so I'm excited and planning to start tomorrow. Going there today also let me see that it's safe- the floor is not going to collapse and neither are the stairs outside. It was kinda creepy when I went down there alone, but today, it was just dusty, and old, but workable for what I need so I say- ok! Yesterday we went up to the segundas to look for a piece for the blender and I got a scale. I haven't been on a scale in a very long time. Ha ha when I go to the doctors office and they want to weigh me, I say no. When they push it I tell them to write down anything they want, but I am not standing of that fucking scale! Then they leave me alone. So- I have a scale, I have a workout, I have my dance/walk, and last week I started to try to eat better. One easy thing is to just not buy the cookies....Everardo doesn't eat any of that stuff, it's always for me. If it's not here I can't eat it. I'm going to keep a log, exercise, food, and weight. I set some goals, some attainable goals...but I prefer to keep them to myself for now. I'm not trying to wear a bikini by summer. I don't have a long term goal- really my goal is the process. I haven't had a drink of alcohol or a hit of pot in over 13 years. I never thought that could happen. But I what I need to realize if I really want to change my life, then I need to take steps to change my life. I'm not telling anyone my plans, they're just for me right now. I know I'm ok just as I am, but I think I can make some positive improvements. I'll keep you posted....
Life is good, hubby is wonderful, and doggys are amazing. Will anybody find out or tell us what happened to that place? I'm so sorry for the families, but PLEASE stop showing us pictures of their misery! Stop having it be the top story every day with all these "experts" talking out their asses about what they think. Either that place was hijacked and it's somewhere (an would we be told if that was true?) or it crashed into the ocean. And man- why don't they ask the NSA to help look for it, right? They listen to what we say, read what we write, and I'm sure watch us while we sleep (& other things). Come on! Technology can see an ant at the bottom of a well, a rock on Jupiter, a shell at the bottom of the ocean and they can't find a single trace of that huge airplane! I for one don't believe that no one knows where that plane is!
Viva!
