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In times of global turmoil, there are some benefits to living in a small country at the end of the world. New Zealanders have been killed in America's wars before, in Vietnam and Afghanistan, but this time nobody's demanding we send battleships, because we don't have any.

But there are disadvantages too. We're so far away from everyone else, and so unimportant, that we're at the end of the supply chain. There's a real chance that we will run out of petrol and diesel, and not very far in the future, either. This isn't helped by a right-wing government refusing to ask, let alone mandate, people to work from home or otherwise take steps to save fuel. The idiocy of this Trumpy approach is beyond belief.

This morning when I was at the MoleMap place, the technician was explaining that I wouldn't need further photos taken for five years or so. "We can do it again in 2030," she said. I commented that "2030" sounded scary. "If we survive this," she said.

Yeah. In the end, distance is not enough of a barrier to one man's monumental folly. So that's how we're feeling Down Under.

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The dogs finally came in. Yay. Fed them. Now I’ll get ready for bed.

Oliver is sending mixed messages. His tail is lashing, but he’s rubbing against me.

The dogs are tired, not surprisingly.

Got up at 8 AM. I went to put Gracie on a leash, and she ran away. Drat. I’ve been chasing her through the house with the leash, but she is wily. Fed us all. I need to take a quick nap because I have my volunteer work in the afternoon. I’m boiling hot.

Had lunch. I’m having an IBS flare-up, so I’m going to call in sick for volunteer work. And I’ll let the dogs outside. That reminds me that I want a stash of Imodium, but that wouldn’t help me now because I just ate. I need to put water out for the dogs, and then I’ll lie down for a while.

Napped. It’s windy out now, and the boxes from the live plants went flying, so I put them on the porch. I’m trying to wake up. Well, hmm, it’s in the 50sF/10+C out, so I need to wear different clothes. Showered.

Oliver and Lily are running all over the house.

Went outside. Damn, it’s cold out. Planted the lilac bush, although the root ball is sticking up a little. Told the dogs that they can stay out if they want to, but I’m going inside. Heard thunder and went to get the dogs. They came in. Fed them.

I’m feeling like I want to go to bed early. Watched The Pitt. I’m going to go get ready for bed.

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To the best of my knowledge it is still Winter. But it is 91 degrees out there. Sorry, no quip or silly aside. Just the facts, ma'am.

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This morning I found that my most recent emails were almost entirely from a single source - a substack blogger who previously posted rarely enough that I'd mostly forgotten about why I'd subscribed or who he was. My first thought was that he'd lost control of his account, which was being used by a spammer. My second thought was that the spammer was simply faking the sending address.

Nope. The first of the stream of 13 posts had the subject line "1 day. 30 blogposts". Reading that one, it seems the blogger has decided to improve his blogging skills by massively upping the volume of his output. He clearly didn't think about what this would look like for his followers. I replied to his blog, politely describing my experience, and listing my available remedies, since I simply can't handle this volume of emails appearing in my INBOX. Then I implemented the mildest of those remedies, auto-filing everything from that blogger into a sub-mailbox where I'm unlikely to often notice it.

Given my experience of human nature, I very much doubt the blogger anticipated that some quantity of his readers would regard him as having turned his blog into a giant nuisance, and head for the exits. It certainly didn't occur to him that some of us would first assume the account was compromised. (If it had, he'd surely have announced this plan in advance.)

Rather, he thought about the plan from only one POV - his own. He's presumably got a working "theory of mind", but applies it only at the most obvious level - "people don't always know things I haven't told them yet". The idea that they might have their own needs, preferences etc. is only there if he's recently been reminded of it.

Of course that analysis presumes he's more or less normal. He did overshare (in one of the 13 posts) that he's twice experienced hypomania. Maybe the root cause of his behaviour is another unrecognized hypomania bout, rather than the normal human pattern of not thinking about how others will experience his behaviour.

I skimmed one other of the 13 posts - the one about his most recent recognized hypomania experience. It wasn't worth the bother of reading, so I left the remaining 11 unread.

I imagine that I'll tend not to notice incoming posts from him, and will eventually unsubscribe when I find I have several 100 unread messages from him waiting for me.

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Yesterday morning we decided to drive to Madison. I wanted to take my camera to a repair shop there, and then Cindy suggested we visit libraries to take photos for her library project. When I was looking up the location of the camera shop, I decided to read the Yelp reviews, and someone said they don't do the repairs, they just send the cameras out to the manufacturers. That won't work for me because mine is too old, so that plan was scrapped, but we still went to the libraries.

We visited eight out of ten in the city, including in nearby Monona where Cindy lived as a child. We missed a couple that we could have gotten if we'd started earlier in the day, but it's not like we won't be going back through the area.

The weather was amazing - sunny, and temps in the upper 70's. I wish we'd been able to spend more time out in it. I wanted to walk around downtown with my camera after the libraries closed at 5:00, but it turned out Cindy's feet were hurting. The rest of the week will be in the 30s and 40s.

I still need to figure out how to get the camera fixed. There are a lot of repair shops in Chicago, so I need to figure out where and when. I've got less than four weeks before we go on vacation.

rejectomorph

After being short of sleep for a few nights I caught up. I'd only been awake for about twelve hours Saturday evening when I got the sudden urge for a nap, and I ended up staying in bed for twelve hours and sleeping for about eleven of them. Now I'm logy, of course, and probably will be all day. Well, not important. The grand scheme of things will proceed without my attention. It's not my scheme, I have no scheme. All I need to do is put one foot in front of the other, one word after the other, until it's time to sleep again. Outside, the day will go on, get warm, get hot, get cool when the sun leaves the sky, and I can ignore it all. I am vanishing, unnoticed, and it means nothing. This is what gratitude is for.

( Sunday Verse )

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It's not the most pleasant day today - cold (although above freezing), windy, and threatening to rain - but I went for a walk anyway and it was fine. While I was out I saw two yards with crocuses coming into bloom, the first signs of spring I've seen here so far.

The girls are supposed to be on a two week time-out from screens, but Violet seems to have figured out all my passwords and I keep finding that she's been using my computer or phone (she leaves YouTube videos open) so I have just changed every single password and have made myself a list in Google Keep because I will never remember which device has which password if they're not written down. I'd already changed one or two in the last couple of weeks but she figured them out.

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My friends who missed their Italy trip with the passport problem left yesterday on a consolation trip to the Grand Canyon. So I'm watching chickens and cats. And deer. The mornings this time of year are just lovely and it is nice to be able to go out where there is a couple of acres of land to commune:

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The deer won't come close but love the corn they get. And the chickens are in major egg laying mode now the light has returned. They went for months with zero eggs and are now dropping half a dozen a day. I've got friends who need eggs fortunately.

And there are two cats that are, well, cat like. I give them treats and fill their food and water and clean their litter. And pat them on their heads.

I'll be back there this afternoon. When it gets darkish the chickens go into their coop. They make it easy.

I've got some watermelon I'll give them tomorrow. Makes for good pictures.

It's kind of like watching someone's baby and they you can give it back to them. They like having me watch the place and it is pretty easy.

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Granny Chicken. I had to finish this before I could settle down and get on with the cooking and cleaning that needs done...

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Not a bad week. Home from the US Sunday noonish (was not keeping careful track, because at that point I'd been more than 24 hours without sleep). Predictably, sleeping better (or at least longer) than usual all week. Walks 6 days out of 7, plus bonus st/roll with N and (new scooter)Gizmo on Wednesday.

Gizmo is heavier than Lizzy, and doesn't fold as well, but he's more than twice as fast. N went and bought a helmet -- purple with flowers. Her name is Kore, which is "Colleen" translated from Irish to Greek. Lizzy is still in the shop - no telling when she'll be back. Yes, we name a lot of our stuff.

N and I have been checking out book marketers. A bit expensive, but we want to do a good launch for her next one, and need someone who knows what they're doing.

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Current Mood: not bad
Current Location: Schildhaven in Den Haag
Current Music: Not enough

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The Entity. Acrylic markers and black pen. I can imagine doing the next art-a-day with only thin line black ball point pen and no extra colors just to see what that would be like. I took a bunch of pictures of the chickens this morning when I was feeding them. Maybe one of those pics will look interesting with this treatment.

I have lots to do today with house cleaning for Sunday dinner later. I should have done some of that yesterday but I didn't. What did I do yesterday? Went shopping at walmart. Doing that usually feels like I've already done enough for the day. Took a nap. Walked to the creek with Dave and the dogs. Worked on the above painting and crocheted. It's become time consuming to prepare meals for the dogs now. Since Andy was sick with a delicate stomach I've been making up meals for the dogs with rice and hard-boiled eggs and a small bit of kibble. We have so many eggs. We usually get 3 or 4 a day and that's too many for me and Dave so I thought why not use eggs for protein for the dogs?

Tomorrow I'm going with Candy to visit her brother-in-law up in Olean. He's a quadriplegic but has some use of his hands and takes wonderful photos. I hear he's taken up painting. Candy suggested I take some of my art to show him. This over-painting of photos technique might be of interest to him.

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The plan was to go to Mom's and do the met livestream for Tristan and Isolde (Wagner opera). The tickets were $24.00 each. We got there and sat down and waited for the opera to start.

( This was going to be a review of the Met's production of Tristan and Isolde )

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Slept until almost 11. Holy cow. Fed myself and the cats. I came back from feeding Zara to find Oliver eating Lily’s food. Sigh. She clearly was still hungry, so I fed her more food. Got clothes for volunteering tomorrow in the dryer. The dogs don’t want to come in. Not surprised. Nap time.

I didn’t think that I could fall asleep but I did. Got up and ate lunch. Sent a message to my doctor’s office about my CT scan.

Showered. Planted my little tree. Gracie looked like she wanted to dig it up but I stopped her. Started digging the hole for the lilac bush, but I got hot and dizzy. Gathered up some trash in the yard, and Bella snatched a plastic sheet out of my hands. I told the dogs that they were dorks. Got the mail and came in. The dogs wanted to stay outside, so I brought them some water.

I got a letter from the U of I Alumni Association offering discounted medical and dental insurance. But if I hold out until I get vested in my pension, I will get free medical from the University. Not sure about dental.

Got the ceiling fan on in the kitchen. It’s 80F/27C out. I think that there is something wrong with my air conditioning, so I’ll need to save money for the service call.

Damn, I’m feeling tired. Fed the cats. (Zara: “Mmmrt?” “Food?”)

Ate dinner. I’m waiting for the dogs to want to come in. Watched The Pitt.

The dogs still don’t want to come in. Bella tried to interact with me, but then Gracie jumps on her. Sigh.

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This is my bird bath, which the birds adore. Instead of a beautiful ceramic one on a graceful pillar, it's a $2 job from the dollar shop.

This was meant to be a temporary arrangement while I figured out if the birds would use it enough to justify buying a nice one. However, it accidentally turned out to be perfect as it was. The best thing about it is that it's easy to take inside to clean - something that's a lot more hassle if you have to do it in situ. I can pick it up when the lawn mowers come. And I've also discovered that apparently birds prefer water on the ground as it's where they find it in nature.

kaishin108 has pointed out that this is a problem if you have predators around, and this is a good point. However, for me it was all in the placement. My bath is close to these ferns with a tree overhanging, there's a fence behind that and it's next to the garage, so they seem to feel pretty safe.

I got a photo this morning of my neighbird Mr B, obligingly chilling in between splashes so I could get the shot.

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https://www.fruitcakeenterprises.com/blog/2025/12/26/the-fruitcake-enterprises-social-reviewwinter-2026

In the winter of 2026, I engaged in in-person or face-to-face virtual social interaction with the following people on the indicated number of days:

1. Shobhit—32

2. Laney—19

3. Alexia—7

4. Karen—7

5. Daniel—6 *

6. Ryan—5 *

7. Tony—5 *

8. Chris—5 *

9. Danielle—3

10. Gina—2

11. Beth—2

12. Angel—2

13. Gabriel—2

14. Lea—2

15. Cathryn—2

16. Derek—4 *

17. Greg—4 *

18. Jake—3 *

19. Ben—3 *

20. Andy—3 *

21. Tracy—1

22. Jennifer—1

23. Lynn—1 **

24. Zephyr—1 **

25. Gabby—1
26. Amanda—1
27. Jessica—1
28. Claudia—1
29. Amy—1
30. Tyler—1
31. Tom—2 *
32. Hope—1
33. Chase—1
34. Ian—1
35. Matthew—1
36. Marie—1
37. Mary—1
38. Mackenzie—1
39. Michelle—1
40. Enver—1 **
41. Uriah—1 **
42. Joe—1 *
43. Dylan—1 *

* Regular attendee at Action Movie Night

** Lynn's birthday party

Total days in the fall with social interaction: 63 (70%, a +3 percentage point change from fall)

Okay, what observations are worth noting about my social life in the winter of 2026, which really began 10 days before 2025 ended? Well, I guess I could note that it began with Shobhit and Alexia and me taking an overnight trip to Victoria, B.C. on December 22-23. That only afforded them both two Social Review points on its own, but we sure did do a hell of a lot over those two days.

Shobhit being at #1 and Laney being at #2—and even Alexia being #3—is hardly remarkable. I do feel like remarking on it, though, because although this is likely to be replicated over both spring and summer 2026, Laney's numbers will likely plummet by the fall. That's when she plans to go back out on the road, and we'll probably go back to monthly virtual Happy Hours. At least I have a good six months or so before that happens.

Anything else? I suppose I could mention how high in the rankings the guys at Action Movie Night have managed—they're occupying positions #5 through #8, so 40% of the top 10. This is what happens when you meet with a group regularly on a biweekly basis, though. It's very similar to the early days of the Social Review, when I was going out to eat every week with select people from the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus. We're talking nearly two and a half decades ago.

The only other things I can think of to note are not about this past three months, but the next Social Review, which will see the return of two major players from the past: Ivan just arrived today for a three-night visit, which will likely give him at minimum 3 points on the next Social Review. Then, Barbara flies out from Louisville for the last half of my Birth Week, which will give her a good 5 points for spring. That means Barbara will likely rank at #5 next time, after Shobhit, Laney, Alexia, and Karen (with whom I also have scheduled biweekly virtual lunches).

For now, though, things are fairly standard. So let's get to the who did what with whom where and when!

Sunday, December 21: with Laney, to a movie (Avatar: Fire and Ash)

Monday, December 22: with Shobhit and Alexia, trip to Victoria: riding the Victoria Clipper; Gingerbread Showcase at the Hotel Grand Pacific; exploring the lobby at the Fairmont Empress Hotel; Festival of Trees Victoria at Bay Centre; The Magic of Christmas at Butchart Gardens; Lights of Wonder at Centennial Square; out for dinner at Maiiz

Tuesday, December 23: with Alexia, Miniature World

Tuesday, December 23: with Shobhit and Alexia, shop browsing, out for sandwiches and tea at Murchie's, riding the Black Ball Ferry, riding the bus from Port Angeles to Seattle

Wednesday, December 24: with Shobhit, Dad, Sherri, Jennifer, Matthew, Hope, Chase, and Ian, out for dinner (Emperor's Palace Lacey)

Saturday, December 27: with Laney, to a movie (Marty Supreme)

Sunday, December 28: with Alexia, Issaquah Reindeer Festival at Cougar Mountain Zoo, and viewing the Meadowbrook Farm elk herd

Tuesday, December 30: with Alexia, to a movie (Anaconda)

Wednesday, December 31: with Gina, Beth, and Angel, out for dinner (Toast to Toast), to a comedy show (Fortune Feimster at McCaw Hall), and watching New Year's fireworks at Seattle Center

Thursday, January 1: with Gina, Beth, and Angel, out for breakfast (Toast to Toast)

Friday, January 2: with Karen, lunch over Zoom

Saturday, January 3: with Gabriel and Lea, dinner at their house

Sunday, January 4: with Alexia, Braeburn Condos double feature (Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)

Wednesday, January 7: with Tony, Ryan, Ben, Chris B, Derek, Tom, and Daniel, Action Movie Night (Sisu: Road to Revenge)

Thursday, January 8: with Laney, to a movie (Is This Thing On?)

Saturday, January 10: with Laney, BYOB Happy Hour at Cedar Hall, US Bank Center

Saturday, January 10: with Lynn, Zephyr, Enver, Uriah, and more, Lynn's 50th birthday party at Lynn and Zephyr's house in Everett

Sunday, January 11: with Alexia, double feature at her place (The Fugitive and Air Force One), and out for dinner at Maharaja Cuisine of India Issaquah

Tuesday, January 13: with Laney, to a movie (Father Mother Sister Brother)

Wednesday, January 14: with Laney, to a movie (Greenland: Migration)

Thursday, January 15: with Tyler, at Steamworks Seattle

Friday, January 16: with Karen, lunch over Zoom

Saturday, January 17: with Shobhit, Mensa of Western Washington Post-Holiday Party at Redmond Senior & Community Center

Saturday, January 17: with Gabriel and Lea, dinner & a movie at their place (It Was Just an Accident)

Sunday, January 18: with Laney, Braeburn Condos Double Feature (About Schmidt and Sideways)

Tuesday, January 20: with Laney, to a movie (28 Years Later: The Bone Temple)

Wednesday, January 21: with Shobhit, Jake, Joe, Chris B, Andy, Derek, and Daniel, Infernal Affairs)

Thursday, January 22: with Shobhit, walking home from work

Saturday, January 24: with Shobhit and Danielle, dinner at our place

Saturday, January 24: with Danielle, Amy Miller comedy show at Laughs Comedy Club

Tuesday, January 27: with Laney, Happy Hour at Revolver Bar

Thursday, January 29: with Karen, lunch over Zoom

Thursday, January 29: with Laney, to a movie (Send Help)

Friday, January 30: with Shobhit, Seahawks Drone Show at Seattle Center

Sunday, February 1: with Shobhit and Danielle, out for a walk to Capitol Hill Farmers Market, and lunch at our place, commemorating the 26th anniversary of Danielle's move to Seattle

Wednesday, February 4: with Gabby, Cathry, and Amy, P3 Team Happy Hour at Next Level Lounge, Fogo de Chao

Wednesday, February 4: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Ryan, Chris B, Tom, Greg, Daniel, and Dylan, Action Movie Night (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)

Thursday, February 5: with Laney, to a movie (The Moment)

Thursday, February 5: with Shobhit, out for dinner and dessert at Mirabelle by Orphée

Friday, February 6: with Shobhit, Central District Art Walk

Saturday, February 7: with Tracy, to a movie (Arco at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma) and out for dinner at Dusty's Hideaway in Tacoma

Sunday, February 8: with Shobhit, post-Super Bowl street celebrations on Capitol Hill and in Pioneer Square

Wednesday, February 11: with Marie, Mackenzie, Michelle, Shobhit, and more, watching the Seahawks Victory Parade from tje PCC office

Thursday, February 12: with Cathryn and Amanda, Power User Lunch at Freya Bakery & Cafe

Friday, February 13: with Karen, lunch over Zoom

Friday, February 13: with Shobhit, Belltown Art Walk

Saturday, Febtrary 14: with Laney, "Happy Hour" at Roma Roma

Saturday, February 14: with Shobhit, out for dessert at Salt & Straw

Tuesday, February 17: with Shobhit, walking home from work

Wednesday, February 18: with Tony, Ryan, Ben, Ben's work friend whose name I forgot, Chris B, Derek, Greg, Daniel, and Tony's new friend from across the street whose name I also forgot, Action Movie Night (Hard Target)

Thursday, February 19: with Laney, to a movie (Pillion)

Saturday, February 21: with Shobhit, out for dinner (Chipotle, Federal Way) and to a play (And Then There Were None at Centerstage Theatre, Federal Way)

Sunday, February 22: with Laney, movie in the Braeburn Condos theater (The Descendants)

Tuesday, February 24: with Shobhit, joining me for the second half of my movie (Midwinter Break) after the movie he saw ended

Wednesday, February 25: with Shobhit, Laney, and Jessica, Ocho Hour at Poquitos

Friday, February 27: with Claudia, surprise visit at PCC Corner Market and office

Friday, February 27: with Karen, lunch over Zoom

Friday, February 27: with Shobhit, Downtown Art Walk

Saturday, February 28: with Laney, to a movie (Scream 7)

Sunday, March 1: with Shobhit, Actor Awards viewing party at Central Cinema

Monday, March 2: with Shobhit, walking home from work with me

Wednesday, March 4: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Ryan, Chris B, Andy, Greg, and Daniel, Action Movie Night (Collateral)

Thursday, March 5: with Shobhit, Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk

Saturday, March 7: with Alexia, Braeburn Condos double feature (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins)

Sunday, March 8: with Laney, to a movie (The Bride!)

Tuesday, March 10: with Shobhit and Mary, Mary's art showing at ArtLove Salon

Thursday, March 12: with Shobhit, Capitol Hill Art Walk

Friday, March 13: with Karen, lunch over Zoom

Friday, March 13: with Shobhit and Danielle, Belltown Art Walk, and out for dinner at Kedai Makan

Saturday, March 14: with Laney, Happy Hour at Life On Mars

Sunday, March 15: with Shobhit, out for a walk and then sharing a grilled cheese sandwich at Mintish Coffee House

Tuesday, March 17: with Shobhit, walking home from work with me

Wednesday, March 18: with Shobhit, Tony, Sarah, Ryan, Ben, Derek, Daniel, Andy, and Greg, Action Movie Night (Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die)

Thursday, March 19: with Laney, to a movie (Project Hail Mary)

Friday, March 20: with Shobhit, U District Art Walk

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One weird thing about being in a wheelchair is how many more women interact with me. Being a former supermodel, I used to be accustomed to it. Once I got in the wheelchair, not so much. But now that I get out and about more often, I catch a lot of glances. A lot of eyes interlocking with mine and a lot more hellos. I guess being unobtainable to all these women is another burden I have to bear. Erica says is sympathy. I am okay with that.

On our walk today I opted to wear the goofiest hat I owned. It’s a reversible bucket hat that was a Dunkin’ Donuts promo years ago. One side is orange and says "Dunkin' The other is pink and says 'Donuts'. I wore the pink side out today. It was given to me by Intense Les who lives downstairs. Sure enough, even clad in this stupid thing I had a woman walk past and tell me that she liked it followed by a flirty bat of the lashes.

somedayseattle

I’ve not been feeling myself lately. I’m still extremely disappointed in how I’ve been left behind by so many people. This bullshit on my feet isn’t helping me feel any better.

But for the last few days, I have been texting with Lovely Lisa Cool J. Our friendship dates back to high school. Unfortunately, our schedules rarely cross, and we only catch up every few months. The last few days could not have come in a better time. My past with LL Cool J is far more complicated than I care to get into here but I love her and she loves me. Throw in two days of absolutely stunning weather which led to 2 long walks. Today we discovered an entire bristling community just passed our grocery store. These are the events that make me feel like I’m turning a corner back to normalcy (or what I call 'normal').

Which I’m sure we’ll go to shit this week. I have three more referral doctors appointments. I am so sick and fucking tired of going to see doctors. I’m still handicapped by the foot infection so I’m not making any progress towards my ultimate recovery. My goal is to be back to Da Park by March 31, not necessarily as a train driver, but working in the ticket office. Don’t see that happening now.

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