I call every time I leave the house an 'outing', incl. hospital appointments. Only those to the dentist (long overdue) fall into a different category. Cavity calamity...
Even when I'm at my best: in-the-world-time needs deliberation and support, and a place to lie down at the other end. Over the years I have reposed on floors in kitchens, pharmacies, galleries, waiting rooms and niches in hospital hallways; on sofas and benches in a restaurant, a museum, a theatre (for a whole performance!), at a wedding, and for most of Xmas-dinner at the house of friends.
Once, lying on a blanket in a recess off a hospital corridor, I was accosted by a passing doctor who, without inquiring how I was, insisted I was making a spectacle of myself. I shared the space with M., who escorts me, and an out of order water cooler. One sitting, one upright, one supine, and one talking down...
I do crave attention: in the form of proper medical care, discernment and support, which I am grateful to receive by the doctor I was there to see. Other than that: I'd much rather it were for a piece of art I've made, or my fifth novel. Instead I flopped floorwards... Supine is such an attractive look!
Even when I'm at my best: in-the-world-time needs deliberation and support, and a place to lie down at the other end. Over the years I have reposed on floors in kitchens, pharmacies, galleries, waiting rooms and niches in hospital hallways; on sofas and benches in a restaurant, a museum, a theatre (for a whole performance!), at a wedding, and for most of Xmas-dinner at the house of friends.
Once, lying on a blanket in a recess off a hospital corridor, I was accosted by a passing doctor who, without inquiring how I was, insisted I was making a spectacle of myself. I shared the space with M., who escorts me, and an out of order water cooler. One sitting, one upright, one supine, and one talking down...
I do crave attention: in the form of proper medical care, discernment and support, which I am grateful to receive by the doctor I was there to see. Other than that: I'd much rather it were for a piece of art I've made, or my fifth novel. Instead I flopped floorwards... Supine is such an attractive look!