The truck is almost completely loaded, and we are ready to roll out. Already the weather has changed our route. There is a storm system blowing into the PNW today brining rain to Washington and snow to the mountain ranges we must cross to get where we are going.
I dont write a lot in this blog about pain, which is a constant presence for me because of a hip that needs replacing. I refrain from writing about it mostly necause I know that my pain is largely temporary, I know lots of people who deal with daily pain without the benwfit of knowing that it can be alleviated one day.
When I am not posting via my mobile, I will link up information about joint necrosis. The short version is that I survived cancer, but one of the trade-offs has been that the drugs caused my hips to die and crumble. It feels like you think it would. I have what turns out to be a high pain tolerance coupled with a stubborn Scandinavian insistence to push through, which has come in handy in my effort to prolong the space between replacements 1 and 2.
All of that is to say that the packing process has been painful, and I know that the driving will wreck me. I am putting on my horned helmet, grabbing my axe and heading into the fray.
You are all in our prayers. Maybe snuggling up to a warm daughter or doggie on the painful side will help. I’ll be thinking of you throughout the day.
Or maybe a warm husband, even.