It's just about 6:30 AM and I have my coffee in hand, and I have finished off my cup of Tapioca pudding that I enjoy every morning. Why Tapioca? I don't have a great answer for you, it's simply what I do. Tapioca doesn't have any health benefits that I know of. It's a vital part of Boba Tea but I have never tried that.
It's time to start my exercise routine for the morning. I have been doing that, exercising, for about 7 or 8 weeks now and always adding some time or repetitions to increase the difficulty but I have not seen any big improvements. True, I do have more strength in the mornings, but that strength begins to fade around 2 P.M. Now I have become aware of Peripheral Neuropathy and can add that to my list of health concerns. I am not diabetic so that is not the cause of neuropathy in my case. It doesn't hurt and that is a plus. But it does affect my balance and that is a worry. A big worry!
My memory is another concern for me. I have lost the timeline for most of the events during the past year. I should take the time to create a spreadsheet and a graph of that period. I know that I was in the hospital for a period, but it is a jumble of memories, and I can't get a good handle on it. It is time for a spreadsheet!
I have been reading a lot of science fiction lately and I have found it difficult to find talented authors. Editors are in short supply as well. I used to read Sci-Fi in monthly magazines when I was in my early teens. I would go Stuart's Pharmacy where the store had a great magazine collection and there, I could find Isaac Azimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, plus others whose names are now forgotten. Today's authors seem to write for a pre-teen audience and the editing is simply terrible. But I have found a few professionally written books in the "Hard Science Fiction" category. Brandon Q. Morris is one that I can depend on. Other science fiction authors I like are James Corey, *Joel Shepherd, *Peter Cawdron and others mentioned in my Goodreads pages. I definitely enjoy all of Joel Shepherd's books, but he writes only when he wants to. He promised a new book 'soon' but that was 2 years ago. Since I read often, I have subscribed to Kindle Unlimited which requires a monthly payment of about $11. For more enjoyment when reading "Hard Science Fiction" I would recommend reading any of the free Kindle books on Quantum Mechanics/String Theory or one of Stephen Hawking's books on the same subjects. (Not free) I really wish they had physics classes in high school back in the 1950's. Now, 60 years later, I find the subject fascinating. But 60 years ago, physics was all about e=mc squared and not much else. Particle Entanglement and the possibility of multiple universes weren't even theories at that time, and nobody was thinking of the Large Hadron Collider as a tool to discover more particles.
More later today... It is later now. I decided to get the shower over with before getting into my exercises. Taking a shower is dangerous and I need all my wits about me before stepping into that ceramic tiled death trap. I. Must. Not. Fall. And I need to take a walk this morning. Doing that will give my feet some exercise and, just perhaps, remedy my neuropathy.
Okay, the walk has been accomplished. Down to the corner and back.
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