An old friend

Thought I'd take a moment to thank those who've been kind enough to express their condolences about the death of my old friend Jake. I couldn't really bring myself to scatter his ashes so they reside in this chest alongside those of his predecessor Dylan. When my time comes I've asked my daughter to scatter at least some of their ashes with mine at one of our favourite haunts. Not that it will matter to me then, I will have ceased to exist, but I do find the idea comforting.

Today was day 2 in "rehab", hydrotherapy got thrown into the mix. They keep the pool at 36 degrees C, the warmth helps with pain and stiffness and the buoyancy makes it easier to walk etc. It was really nice if rather tiring, as with everything else they'll be building up the time etc over the next couple of weeks, rather daunting but I'm sure it'll help. Coming out of the pool gravity came back with a sagging, heavy reminder of reality. Very tired again tonight every muscle in my body is aching and my various aches and pains are worse (as expected), but hopefully the end results will outweigh all that.