Heat Takes It’s Toll

     Heat is not my friend! If I was married to heat we would have divorced years ago, it’s just not a healthy relationship. My issue isn’t that I don’t personally like heat, it’s that it has a horrible impact on me. The first to happen is my vision gets cloudy, like I’m looking through cheese cloth. Next it is a total drain on my energy system, I become listless. Muscle control is next, I’m no longer in control of how my body acts, things like sitting up are affected. I had a confrontation with heat on Friday. I had a doctors appointment on Friday, had to go regardless of the heat. The van isn’t air conditioned, it was a hot one on Friday!  I had all of the aforementioned symptoms, it was a struggle to get my big ass in the house. The switch that heat flips isn’t so easy to turn off, the effects don’t simply revert when I get cool, they last for days. Vision is better, muscle control is returning, energy will be the last thing to return, hopefully. The problem with secondary progressive ms is that things don’t always return to where they were, it’s like my body is constantly playing a game of shoots and ladders, and I’m losing.

Van Transfer an Issue

     Me and the wife went out amongst the humans this morning, ran some errands. We went to Rousedale farm, Huber’s, and grabbed some lunch. Do you remember the movie “Cool Hans Luke”? I have become the character of Luke’s mother. Do you remember her? She goes to visit Luke in prison, she is laying in the bed of the truck, visits with him without ever getting out. That’s what I have become. At Rousedale the wife went in and got what we went for, mostly fresh, organic blueberries, I stayed in the van. Steve and Vicky came out and visited with me there. Same thing at Huber’s, Mrs Huber came over to the van. We even ate in the van. It’s so hard to transfer that we choose not to. We have to keep an eye peeled for a van that I can stay in the wheelchair, that or come to grips with being Luke’s mother. Worst case scenario I won’t even have that, I’ll just stay home.

Wheelchair Van A Go, Time To Paint The Living Room

So this is my new toy, ain't she cute? She's an 1980 Chevy, about 80,000 miles, purrs like a kitten! The lift device is pretty cool, have to admit, until recently hadn't paid much attention to them. It's a 3 button system on the back. First button opens the doors, second the platform comes out, third button lowers the platform, boom! It started right up with a hot shot, needs a new fuel pump, we'll probably put new tires, hoses and belts on, should be ready to go!

Getting ready to paint, everything needs it! My problem is I don't know what colors to pick? The only thing I know for sure is that
I want some color, no more white, off white, cream or beige. Aren't there books, or magazines, or webpages that show you what color combinations look like together? I want something warm and cozy that people will feel comfortable when they come by, but not so much that they stay too long. Do they make a go home green?