Thorn in My Side

[Tropical Wilds]

I guess I'm still stuck on your examples, Tropic Thunder. Why can't you mow your lawn, or trim your trees, or dig your own walkway?

I have Crohn’s Disease and it has left me permanently disabled and I use a chair walker 2-3 weeks out of my 6 week treatment cycles. Jobs that require a lot of core movement or stabilization are exceptionally hard for me. Pushing and turning the mower is very difficult and very painful, as is the bending and exertion of breaking up the tarmac on the front path. Laying it isn’t an issue since I can sit on the ground and it limits my bending. With the tree, cutting, turning, throwing the branches is hard to do while maintaining balance, but I’m not sure I could get up and down a ladder.

I used to do things like mow the lawn or trim the bushes or trees, but now not so much.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

Also, I want to be called Tropic Thunder from here on out.

 

[mama2one]

I must get a half-dozen driving instructions on every trip
So, I've come to understand that it's just a reaction to her anxiety about being vunerable in traffic,?

is/was so me ^ but only cause I was hit by a driver on hwy


one day when I was driving, husband started same on me "slow down, need more distance, etc"

started laughing when realized that must be how I sound and also learned it's impossible to concentrate when the person next to you is giving driving orders!

so now I "try" to keep quiet
maybe you could do the same on your wife?

 

[akmom]

Oh my, I didn't even get your name right!

Your comment was on a different page, so I was just remembering Tropic/Tropical and some thunder/lightning emoji. Oops!

ETA: Now I see it's not even lightning. It's just a raincloud. I don't know what I was thinking. I literally associate your character with a bolt of lightning, and now I don't even know why.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

I’m literally thrilled and not even bothered a tiny bit. I think it’s a hoot, lol