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#TJ’s Household Haiku – Walking Stick

09 Apr 2016 45 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: #TJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku Challenge, Plantar Fastiitis, Walking Stick

I’ve seen a few of my blogily enter TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge in the past, and it seems like time is never on my side, usually, but this time I thought “No, I am going to MAKE time!

So, here it is, based on TJ’s prompt for the week – Walking Stick.

If you saw only posts last week, I was suffering with my feet, and the doctor diagnosed that I have Plantars Fastiitis in my heels. This causes excruciating pain when you put weight on your heel. It started with one poor foot, then the other has started playing up too!

So, we went to Bluewater for a wander, and a bit of shopping on Friday. I have never felt older in my life! After an hour of walking, I needed to sit down every 100 yards or so, as my feet were killing.

I tell you, I could have done with a walking stick then, and in Boots, the kids thought it would be thoughtful/funny to show me the folding ones that you get. There was a rather fancy one, with poppies all over it, but no, I didn’t resort to that!

( However, I have invested in new special heel insoles, a roller for my feet, and 3 new pairs of memory foam sole shoes for work!)

But today, after a particularly rigorous cleaning the house session, my feet were screaming for mercy, and I needed to find something to help…

(Cue the Haiku and photo!)

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Placebo

Makeshift walking stick

Emergency support for

My aching feet!

Ritu 2016

Don’t Take Life For Granted

08 Apr 2016 28 Comments

by Ritu in Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Death, Life, poem

Saddened by a few pieces of personal news this week…

Words flow from strange places…

Image from Google

Life, it has no permanence
Life gives no guarantees
So we should live it fully
And do the things that please

Life, a gift bestowed on us
Like a seed, once planted
Water it, nurture it, help it grow
Don;t take life for granted

Ritu 2016

Tree #writephoto

08 Apr 2016 37 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Daily Echo, Submission, Tree

Sue Vincent over at Daily Echo has given us this photo as our prompt…

tree

I must admit my mind went a bit more ‘adult’ when looking at this photo…

Submissive

Trussed up and wanting

Unclothed and in submission

Pure debauchery

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Erm, could it be to do with the genre of book I am reading at present…?

Anyway, the photo also reminded me of a picture I took last year, of a local tree that was, in comparison to the above one, rather modest! See for yourself!

These trees, eh!

Appointments

04 Apr 2016 37 Comments

by Ritu in Humour, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Appointments, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Doctors, Humour

If you are in the UK, you will totally identify with the little cartoon below. It appears that when you are unwell, it is almost impossible to get an appointment straight away. Usually, the next available pre-bookable one will be three weeks from now… no good if you are literally ‘dying’ right now! The other option in many surgeries is to ring in the morning for an appointment. That is not always convenient either, or there is such a glut of people calling for the same reason, that when you do get through, they are already fully booked!

Image from Google

The other thing you can do is go to a walk-in centre, where you are usually guaranteed to be seen though you may have to wait 3-4 hours in a room with other coughing, sniffling beings, and you might even leave iller than you were before you arrived, due to cross contamination!

I was in this situation today, having suffered from a few ailments recently, I thought I had better go and visit my dear GP, during the holidays, to save having any time off from school. Dreading the phone call, I came off it, inspired to write a little ditty!

Appointments for Current Ailments

A time that I was dreading
Had come, and I was made
To make that darned phonecall
To the doctors, be afraid!

So I dialled the number and waited
Normally greeted by engaged tone
Imagine my shocked face when
Someone actually answered the phone!

Usually, you need to plan
The time when you are ill
To get seen when sickness strikes
The chances oft, are nil

Some ‘umming’ and ‘aahing’ followed
And then to my surprise
An appointment was confirmed
Tomorrow, pm at 5!

Ritu 2016