LIVING WITH MCL

It hasn't even been one day, and already I'm going stir crazy. The morning started out OK. Edie was here, and I was getting all sorts of attention. But that ended pretty quick, and after Edie left, it was only downhill from there. Now I just feel like I'm sick. Even worse, I felt like an invalid as I was wheeled to my echo cardiogram late this afternoon. My only salvation is having Edie's smartphone and access to the Internet, but even that's is starting to lose its appeal. I'm just not sure how much more of this I can take. BIG SIGH

Like I said in my previous post, this no longer working thing is proving more difficult than I had anticipated. It's the quiet, and the lack of a need for urgency that seems to be the most difficult getting used to. No more emails or calls from Becky, Pat, Bud or vendors asking for my expertise. Heck they don't even call or email me just to say hello. It's just dead, and I'm left to my own devices to figure out how to spend my time. One thing I've come to realize is I'm spending way too much time in front of the TV and computer, so today I decided to try and avoid those two things as much as possible. And so far I think I'm doing OK. It's just past 5 PM, and I've managed to avoid the TV completely today. I haven't been quite as successful avoiding the computer, but I'm working on it. After all, I still have bills to pay, and I have to keep up with my blog of course. Plus my phone comes in quite handy for doing a number of things I used to do ...