A week of anniversiers

First of all an apology this post is comming from my IPad and as such the spelling might be even more idiosyncratic than normal, my laptop died and is currently in Stoke with Rebecca seeing if it can be repaired. But between my phone and this I am managing okay.

Again not much has changed since my last posting. I've completed the training at AgeUK and have started making home visits, which I am enjoying a great deal.  I'm still hanging out with Panda (altnuecat). And studying Talmud with Tina and Francesca.  Today marks 5 years since my first big seizure and now as always when a mile stone like this roles by the more I become aware that at the time, and indeed for ages there after I had not realised how utterly life changing it was going to be, and that I now a accept that I'm going to have to reassures and recalculate what I'll be able to do more or less on a permit ate bases. I can still basically manage one thing a day, yesterday I did a visit with the elderly gent I'm visiting though AgeUK it was a pretty long visit and I enjoyed it and I'm pretty sure that he did too but I was utterly wiped out by the time I got back indeed I only just made it back to the flat in time (the only reason I remember this is because of the detailed notes I made at the time).

Tomorrow is also an anniversary, an anniversary in that case of getting Olive. Unlike the above this is a very positive anniversary. She has made a big and positive impact on my life and I think on Emily's as well.

I have also been continuing with Daf Yomi which has been a mixed bag but over all very positive. Today's daf has been was practically interesting (Arachin 16).

And of course the big Anniversiry is on Friday. 4 years since ordination, which means it's nine years since going to Jerusalem and starting this whole journey (3312) days. Wow just
wow.

A General UP.

Basically there is nothing new under the sun as they say. My heath problems continue without getting better and without worse. I'm still in my 'newish' flat and still seeing lots of both Emily and Renee. And I'm still basically unable to work.

That said I'm doing some voluntary work. Both with JAMI and with AgeUK so that's something but again right on the limit of what I can do and even that is not that much really.

I taught a mini-course on Talmud which was fun and might lead to doing an On-going on. Again on a voluntary bases. If I do do one I think I think we'll Tractate Ta'anit its short and pretty interesting.

Again on Talmud I'm continuing to do Daf Yomi of which rather remarkably the end is in sight. January 2020. And once a week I study talmud (separately with two people) Tina and Francesca. Wow is this post heavy on Talmud which I guess reflects my priorities in life.

I had my week long stay in the national Epilepsy Centre which was interesting but the results don't seem to have come back as decisive as I had hoped but we shall see where it leads, if anywhere.

I'm not sure if I have already mentioned this in this blog but I have a new cat Altneucat (a new old cat). He's a rescue and pretty beat up but very affectionate. When I'm in the flat he hardly leaves my side. He's, rather unimaginatively named Panda. He's black and white. And that I think is all that's happened since my last post.