Meet Lydia.

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Good morning! Meet Lydia, my nap time companion.  Lydia is a pink Dino that I discovered in the youth bedding section at Target.  She is just the right size to cuddle and weighted so she offers some comfort that weighted things do and she doesn’t slide all over.

I brought her home (yes, I paid for her) and she has taken many naps with me in the recliner.  If I put her up on my shoulder she keeps my head from falling over and giving me a crick in my neck.  She is also very calming.  She is also great for propping up my Kindle. 

I haven’t used her a lot in recent days for a couple of reasons — my anxiety is improved and I don’t feel the need to be weighed down and I have also learned that sitting, reclining, for hours on end is probably what is making my hip hurt worse.  So, I am just sitting in the chair, and it is helping, and with less anxiety I am making it a point to get up and move around every hour.  The hip feels slightly better.  Girls, being sedentary isn’t all it is cracked up to be.

However, my next trip to Target is going to net me this —

Very fitting to honor our outdoor residents, don’t you think?  Then, I think they will have to be moved someplace besides the coffee table in the living room.  They will probably go on the guest beds — not that I ever have guests but you know, seems reasonable.

I am still thinking about the rollator.  I did better walking around at church yesterday (even though the Hubs tried to fall down, standing still in the communion line) but I still think that some situations might warrant having something of this nature.

Of course, I am not as svelt as the lady in the photo but I do fall within the weight range.  There is a heavy model that is a little sturdier but since I don’t “hike” (except to the grocery store and the communion rail!) I am thinking this one would serve my needs well.  In baby blue.

So, today marks the beginning of another week, the last in October.  Is it my imagination but has October just flown by?  In Texas we aren’t really having much autumn weather yet — you can feel a change in the air but it is quickly hidden by high 80’s and low 90’s during the day.  And, this upcoming weekend we have to deal with daylight savings time — I wish somebody would put and end to all that foolishness — 

I like to look at this picture and imagine this gentleman is my ancestor — would be fitting since I have indigenous lineage and so wise — so, so wise!

So, I am preparing for the jolt to my mind and body but hopefully my sleep will be ok — I didn’t sleep well last night for no good reason so I am hoping the time change doesn’t throw me into some sort of insomnia loop - don’t you hate it when that happens.

Have a good Monday, all!