~ Gingerly ~

gin·ger·ly

ˈjinjərlē/

adverb – in a careful cautious manner

adjective – showing great care or caution

Gingerly is not a new word to me but a word that I am actually experiencing right now!

For the last week, I have been sleeping without the splint protecting my left arm which is healing but not completely closed.  After night one, the pain was tolerable. That was a milestone I forgot to share.  Today marks the beginning of a new milestone where I am supposed to remove my arm from the splint a little at a time for as long as I can tolerate during the day.  I have been setting a timer and driving the family crazy but what else is new? 🙂  lol!

How am I doing this?  well. I am gingerly prancing around with my left arm at a weird angle. I am ever so scared that I will fall again and re-injure myself. And of course since I am nervous, I am chatty.  Go figure.

On 1/3/18, I go back to rehab … of the occupational therapy variety.  I have so many questions that I made a list. I will probably forget the list at home.  That’s my usual MO.

Oh! There goes my timer, beep, beep, beeping.

As always, more to come.

Penultimate

pe·nul·ti·mate

pəˈnəltəmət/

adjective

1 last but one in a series of things; second to the last.”the penultimate chapter of the book”

2 synonyms:

3 next-to-last, second-to-last, second-last “the penultimate movie on my top-ten list is an animated feature”

You can’t make this stuff up. When second to last or almost last don’t work, use penultimate 😂. Or use when trying to impress the attorney with one’s verbose language skills. Not me this time. I’m just a witness.

As always more to come.

Word of the Day

se·ri·a·tim

ˌsirēˈādəm,ˌsirēˈadəm/

adverbformal

1 taking one subject after another in regular order; point by point.”it is proposed to deal with these matters seriatim”

I still have no idea what this means. But I’m going to try and work seriatim into pleasant conversation. 😂

As always more to come.

For 9/18/17

par·si·mo·ni·ousˌpärsəˈmōnēəs

adjective

unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.

Word of the Day 9/5/17

flinch

flin(t)SH/

verb

1. make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to surprise, fear or pain.

“she flinched at the acidity in his voice”

synonyms: wince, start, shudder, quiver, jerk, shy

“he flinched at the noise”

Brought to your courtesy of me.   I have been flinching a lot lately.  Especially when watching the news.  

Word of the Day

Definition of palaver

1. a :  a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication a palaver between foreign ministers

   b :  conference, discussion a palaver between union leaders

2. a :  idle talk Cut the palaver and get down to business.

   b :  misleading or beguiling speech Don’t get taken in by the candidate’s palaver.

Brought to you courtesy of a word I read in Gwendy’s Button Box a novella written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.