Give Me a Lift

The fact that I am limited now with the load that I can carry does not bother me until I attempt certain tasks. I have worked hard all of my life and this is the consequence of doing it without health insurance. It is not pleasant but that is just the way it is. What I find annoying is that when I go to the supermarket with my wife she gets stuck carrying the twenty pound bag of cat litter and I have to carry the toilet paper. I look like a jerk. I am a Nice Guy and have always helped my wife like I should and it makes me feel like a jerk. She understands and it does not bother her. I cannot even carry an eighteen pack of beer in the house, but I can carry it one at a time. When I water my compost I have to bring only half a bucket. At least at work I can use a hand truck to still do things on my own but that does not always work at home. I used to run up and lift my wife surprising her, now I am the one that is surprised. At least I can still mow my lawn because it is all flat. Canoeing is out because it weighs about eighty pounds so I had to sell that. What a bummer. I have always been a do it myself kind of guy so this is not setting well. I still have one wall left to finish in the basement but I don’t see myself lifting a piece of gypsum anytime soon. We have cats, one is seventeen pounds, I will not give up lifting my freeloaders.

All in all my life has not changed a whole lot but there are just times when it is very annoying, I guess I will get used to it. Like they say, whatever does not kill you only makes you stronger. Well, I am still alive so I guess I will just keep up the exercises and see if I can prove the doctors wrong. Maybe I will be able to lift the cat litter as well as the cat. We shall see.

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