A change of pace at the end of the month.

So, going to bed after 1 wasn't unusual, but waking up somewhere between 7 and 8 definitely was. Luckily, I was NOT in pain. What a relief! Dawdled in bed, catching up on FB and also reading my latest Terry Fallis book before I finally got to brekkie and pillsies.

Also, finally, did some laundry - a pathetic paltry volume. Well, considering I'm not going outside for anything.... Then I watched the news and a fascinating bit of investigative journalism regarding the Polio epidemic of the 1950s. Whoa! I am so grateful to have missed that one. One of my acquaintances in the Polish community - a few years older - had it. I knew about the differences in legs, and need for braces, but I knew nothing about iron lungs or how you could have a really bad headache one day and be paralyzed the next. It was also heartening to hear how the government of the day didn't follow the U.S. example of suspending ALL vaccinations because of a "bad batch"; instead, the Canadians trusted the qualifications of an independent Canadian producer (long gone) and continued with the immunizations. And it was heartbreaking to see some of the people interviewed, including barely trained nurses becoming de facto mothers to very young children who lived in the special hospital wards.

Anyway, time for pills and chocolate (to lift my mood). And then bed.