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Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
John Lennon
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Now that the enforced lunacy of the holiday season is over it is time to look forward to what to do in 2026.
I have just finished a plumbing job which I did not start before my operation. It was not complex. But like so many other things here legacy “solutions” can cause other problems. I have learned not to start “apparently” easy jobs when there might be a time constraint.
It is fair to say that one person’s bodge or short cut can evolve into another’s prolonged and frustrating nightmare when they try to clean up the mess and otherwise sort out the magnificent and “time saving” bodge job / cunning plan / clever work around.
I have now restarted the post-op DIY.
There are two pretty major things upcoming. Our application to be allowed to remain in France is one. If this is denied then our healthcare rights will probably cease. I would have to pay full whack for a second replacement hip even if I could get it done before I am booted out. It is up to the French government to decide if I am allowed to stay. It is not a given.
The second obvious one is if they think it is a good idea to proceed with my second hip replacement or not. I am guessing that this cannot happen before spring but might be possible soon after. We shall discuss this next week. I think I would prefer to get it done sooner rather than later.
We do need to downsize house. The outcomes of the above inform the decision about putting the house on the market.
I’ll speculate that I can do more DIY more easily than in Autumn last year. So we can tart the house up a bit.
We have made a provisional list of DIY and garden jobs. As spring kicks in stuff grows fast here.
I have two minor decisions.
Do I renew the blog plan or bin it and start a new one?
Do I renew by quantum optics patent, due May? I am not planning on trying to commercialise it. A renewal would cost the same as a couple of week’s grocery shop. It is moot.
It seems to me that the dreaming is quietening down.
All compounded things are like a dream, a phantom, a bubble or a reflection…
Best guess is that all the highfalutin stuff will fade away blown on a passing wind.
I am planning for a year with gardening and DIY and maybe another operation. I am setting my intent in that general direction. If we are due to get kicked out we will have to put the house on the market. I am / we are deciding what to do with the year.
It is not very complicated really…
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Dreamyoga 