10- The Slow Road of Recovery

 From the first time I came to France, I was amazed by the amount of graffiti that was everywhere -city and countryside also. This time I noticed a different form of art. I'm not sure if it is to counteract the graffiti or if it's just a new idea, but I like it.

 

Here's  my new art gallery- and so many more that I haven't captured.

Notice some of the building windows are positioned to match the car windows 

this is a container where you can dispose of your glass bottles in the holes. There are hundreds of them positioned everywhere within walking distance. There are at least 4 we could walk to from our place. The rest of recycle, garbage, and compost are collected at the apartment building.

 on the other side of the road is a little girl posed the same, facing the little boy

Last week I made sure I got out every morning to walk the dog and usually did about 1.5 km. Tuesday I did more because I made another trip to the doctor. He said I'm still doing ok and it will take time for my ear to open. He gave me an allergy nasal spray but it's not doing anything. I've resigned myself to letting God and time do the healing and trying to build up my strength again. Saturday I took Joanna to Cheer and then came back to Tedy's basketball game. He scored 3 baskets and played good defense. Thankfully, David went back to pick up Joanna as I'd used most of my energy for the day.

I decided I was going to make the trip with the team to see the opening game of the season. David and I had to get up at 3:45 Sunday morning and a player picked us up to take us into Grenoble for the bus. We left at 5:37 and with a couple of short stops we arrived at La Trinite (a suburb of Nice) about 11:30. The team went off to prepare and I did a little exploring of the area.

 

 I sat on this bench at the end of the field to eat my lunch. Then I walked a bit more and took this shot of our bus and the overhead road.

The game was at 2 and as the sun moved away, I quickly learned that my hopes of having warm weather were dashed. It was a nice enough day but a breeze came up and since it was only a disappointing 8 degrees, I soon was frozen. I had a t-shirt, a jacket and another jacket and was wishing I could get in the bus for my coat. Thankfully I had my mittens in my backpack. It was a great game and I did my part cheering despite being the only fan among their 50 or so supporters. At halftime I went for another walk to try and find some sun, but it was sinking by then. As I went back to the stands I was met by a player and the bus driver bringing me David's extra winter coat. Hallelujah!  The game ended with a win- 35-6, and a bunch of happy players. I clapped for them as they left the field since I was the only cheerleader. They smiled and thanked me.

We were ready to go by 6:00, but unfortunately, regulations required that the bus driver couldn't drive again till 8:15 so we waited. It didn't dampen the enthusiasm for the celebrating on the drive home. We arrived back in Grenoble about 2:15 and I was in my bed around 3. I did eventually warm up.

Monday and today I increased my walking distance to about 2.5 km. And, yesterday I realized I was not tiring as quickly and did a few chores and cooked supper. I am not dizzy now which makes me think my ear is improving.

Today is about 5 degrees and here is my final shot for this week.