Here? Maybe?

[lydy]

Hey, guys.  I might be kinda sorta back.  I've been reading a little, commenting a little.  I am not committing to being regularly here, or anything.  But I might be.  Life is uncertain.  I should go eat my tiramisu.  

At any rate, I've missed you guys, and I'm the world's worst correspondent, so please don't rely upon me.

Anything anybody wants to catch me up on? 

Comments

[green_knight]

I'm trying to do better with commenting and writing long-form posts; skeets are much easier to fire off on my phone.

For the first time in my life I'm finding cycling somewhat difficult, and unexpectedly it's mounting and dismounting that causes me problems, but while in London I cycled almost every day after clearing myself (and servicing bike). And I promptly DID have one fall, which wasn't a big deal, but I am very, very apprehensive at the moment. I just don't want to give up cycling.

[lydy]

Mounting and dismounting have always been problems, for me. I currently have a Townie Go! Stepthrough, and it's fine, if I'm careful. But I just can't lift my legs as high as once I could. There are super low step-through bikes, but so far, I can still manage the Townie.

Cycling remains one of my great joys. Minneapolis at 2 am is awash with bunnies and lake sounds and moonlight.

[green_knight]

It never used to be a problem for me. I always did the running start - step on the pedal, get in motion, swing leg over, and swing leg over while still moving and jumping down, but my fucked up ankle put a stop to that, and two years of not doing any activity where I need to stretch and swing a leg over have left me struggling.
I've kind of worked out where on my street (which is cambered strongly) I can get off and where not (ooops, but at least that time, I didn't fall).

I love my bike. I absolutely adore it, because it is exactly the right height and shape for me, and most stepthrough bikes are too small, which may make mounting easier, and cycling much harder. If needs be, I'll have to get another bike, but I don't wanna, so right now, I've been pushing my bike to the local park and going round and round and pushing it back, because the main roads are vicious at the best of times, and this is not a good time.

[lydy]

If you've got the perfect bike, then you've got the perfect bike! There was a point where I was having trouble with my legs, and I used a folding step stool as a mounting block. I wonder if you could try something like that? I did find that the trash people took my stepstool away, one day, when I'd left it near the bins on pick up day, and I had to get another. I thought about attaching a string so I could pull it up and put it in my basket once I was mounted, but that seemed, um, more challenging than it was worth, so I just wrote "Not Trash" in sharpie all over the next one. And then I stopped needing it, so that was nice.

[mrissa]

I hope it's literal rather than metaphorical tiramisu.

[lydy]

It was, in point of fact, an entirely cromulent tiramisu from Pizza Luce. While not the best possible tiramisu, it was the best possible under the circumstances.

[thewayne]

I'm very glad you're back! You were definitely missed. I've been thinking about you of late and hoping that all was reasonably well with you.

Take care!

[lydy]

Life is pretty good. The new(ish) job suits me, but it uses up a significant amount of my executive function. Hope you are well, also.

[thewayne]

It's been a tumultuous few years.  Both my parents passed away three and four years ago, my mom had hit 90 and my dad passed a year later would have hit 89 had he lasted to the end of the year.  My wife has a disease classed as cancer that is going to force an early retirement and we'll have to move off the mountain as high-altitude greatly increases the risk of stroke.  So right now is kinda rough, and probably will be for the next year or so, then hopefully it'll smooth out for a while.

[lydy]

Oh, that's so much. I am so sorry. I hope you find a beautiful place with less altitude. I also hope that your wife's prognosis is overall promising. Hugs if you want them.

[thewayne]

Always happy to give and receive hugs!  Wife is going to be starting a new drug regimen that has the possibility of cure, we'll see what happens.  No idea what percentage of people get that lucky, or how long it takes.  We're looking at Connecticut as one possible place to bail to.

[bibliofile]

*waves*

[lydy]

*waves back*

[lcohen]

nice to see you! no pressure :) .

[ckd]

Lessee. Some minor reorg-ing at work shifted me into a new role (that I need to officially transfer into soon because it's technically a different job family), the usual health stuff that happens to mid-50s dudes with sedentary jobs (though it's all being managed since it's Usual Health Stuff where they can basically go "ok, do this and that and don't do these other things, also have some meds"), still not much travel (because viruses don't read the New York Times to know when they're supposed to be over) and the most recent trip I did make was...the one where I had a positive test and had to isolate (and miss Fourth Street).

But, overall, things are pretty okay for me.

[carbonel]

Hi! I'm terrible at posting but pretty good at reading other people's DWs.

[lydy]

Well, and also we see each other once a week, so you are definitely not behind on any news of mine!

[quadong]

Hi!

[elisem]

Welcome back!