When I was teaching Head Start we enjoyed a book and song called Today is Monday . It was a repetitive song about food....Monday string beans, Tuesday spaghetti, Wednesday soup, don't remember the rest of it......but sometimes when someone asks me "How are you doing today ?" (especially if they know about my PD) ....the song pops into my head because on any given day my Parkinsons manifestations are different..........like this:
Today is Monday
Today is Monday Monday shaky
Tuesday lethargic
Monday nausea Wednesday steady
Tuesday unbalanced Thursday tired
Wednesday okay Friday happy
Thursday sleeping well Saturday in despair
Friday anxiety Sunday hopeful
Saturday happy
Sunday no falls AND AGAIN
Then it starts again
Monday sleepy Monday frustrated
Tuesday energetic Tuesday stumbling
Wednesday sweating Wednesday funny
Thursday forgetful Thursday thankful
Friday peaceful Friday clear
Saturday calm Saturday serious
Sunday moving rocks Sunday brilliant
The days, weeks , months, years
Always different, always the same
For me Parkinson's is an interesting guessing game.
Diane "whatever"
I had a great time visiting Madison Wisconsin to see Jaime and Lola (and their parents Jeremy and Michelle)....weather and foliage perfect. Visited both girls schools.....Lola for Shabbat and Jaime for writing. I had daily chats with my friend the TurkeyVulture (as of yet unnamed...taking suggestions). Jaime told me that she saw the vulture laying eggs....I said "I don't think so" but then I researched where turkey vultures lay eggs and it is in wooded grassy areas, hollowed out tree stumps ??? so maybe she did see it. Too steep for me to investigate further !!!
Next blog will be about the daily life of a Parkie (me)
