5- Hello December

December has arrived.

There was not much difference. The temperatures range from -1 to 8, mostly warming through the day. There's been a lot of rain, but today was the second day of sun which is nice for walking. It rained the night of Nov. 30 and all the next day. David and I went to physio. He just does exercises in the pool now but I still do some on the table and then William manipulates my shoulder. Then I go and do my whole round of exercises again in the pool.

 After we finished there we picked up some groceries and came home. It continued to rain and in the evening David and Karen went in for the AGM of the club. The rain turned to big snow flakes and the kids were excited. After some games, I suggested they go to bed so they would be ready to play the next day. Unfortunately, the snow didn't accumulate or last, and next day it was gone. 

Saturday afternoon, I accompanied Joanna to Cheer practice, and with the dog walk I did about 3.42 km. for the day.

Sunday is a quiet day with no activities so I decided to take the dog in the morning and see where the roads would take us. Of course, wherever you go you have to come back. This adventure took us along the river, past the small planes airport, across a bridge, and back down the other side till we got back to Domene. There we crossed back to our side now that we knew where we were, and headed home. I was amazed to learn I had gone 11 km. I felt great and had no adverse affects after I was rested.

The paths here are great for walking, biking, etc. and they go everywhere. 

In the late afternoon, Sam and Cheryl came for his birthday celebration since he would not be available today ( his actual birthday).

David made a gorgeous, moist chocolate cake and we had pizza. We played games on something called jackbox.tv where we all used our devices to answer, etc. We had a great evening until they had to dash off to catch the last bus. 

Monday was a quiet day, lots of reading. It's Karen's day off. I managed to do 3.7 km, I guess walking the dog.

Tuesday physio (saw a machine vacuuming out the tracks) and then David and I went to buy sneakers for me and the kids at Decathelon. The checkout is interesting. You drop all your goods all together  into a bin which scans the prices, then you can pay with your card. (picture) We had lunch at Pitaya Thai Street Food restaurant because he had to go for an arthroscan on his knee in the afternoon. I came home. For the scan he was required to buy his own lidocaine, needle, and dye for the procedure. 

I brought our leftover rice home for Karen and took the dog out. Total for the day 4.14 km.

Wednesday I went for a walk in the morning with the dog. I knew what my plan was but again curiosity got the better of me and I explored new streets and ended up in a place where I wasn't sure where to turn next. I have learned enough of the terrain to figure out which way to try and did and ended up back where I started. Discovered some new areas and had a pleasant walk of 5.22 km. More lovely scenery, and interesting shots. Plants growing out of the wall, a house on the side of the mountain, a parking sign in English, leaves covering the sidewalk, interesting architecture, and the start of Christmas decorating. Add in the gorgeous mountains and it makes a spectacular day.

Today, once again, was market day. We loaded up on fresh meat, fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables, cheese, and David also bought Karen an early Christmas present. Here she is at her online teaching (you can't see the computer screen she's glued to. The picture is blurry because I had to sneak it, but you can see the festive shawl she has on with snow flakes and Christmas colours. She looks tired after a long day.

And so begins my fourth week.