Someone I know was told a hospice place awaited, and she said she wasn't ready for the hopice yet. Well, I realised I wasn't ready for the hospice yet either. At my age maybe you should think about being hospice ready, not beach ready.
Anyway, I stopped drinking beer at night and went on a three day fast. Half way through it, I decided to get into the spirit of the thing and shaved all my hair off. You can tell by the photies how much one enjoys having nothing to eat for two days!!
I should have been in Belgium on a month's retreat with the wee lama ... till a week ago, but what with the hospice awaiting my friend's mother .... can't really justify going away at this time. But I don't see anyone for days at a time anyway and if I stop the beer ... I'm practically on retreat half the time anyway.