What three things could you NOT do without?
6th Match 2022 4/?
Life without sports is like life without underpants
— Billy Bowden
Hello Hello your gorgeous happy bunch!
How was your weekend? Mine was pretty cool, Rangers celebrated their 150th Anniversary by winning 1-0.
I completed a challenge yesterday on the other blogger platform that I use. You can see my post here
Basically, you have to think of three things that you currently have, that you could not live without. Name them and say what would happen if you had to live without them!
These were my three items:
Item number 1 - A gas boiler
You might or might not recognise this. It is a gas boiler, and it used to provide hot water AND heating in my house.
A couple of weeks ago, it stopped working on a Friday night. I checked the pressure etc and it was reading 0 bar, not good at all. I tried repressuring the system but to no avail. The boiler was royally knackered.
Winter was here, and it was getting cold. Some of you reading this will think no big deal, what do you need heating for🤣
You need heating when the outside temperature is at minus 1 degrees Celcius and you are wrapped up in three hoodies, hooded dressing gown, jeans joggers and extra socks!
We use water-filled radiators to give us our house heating, so when the gas boiler stops working, the water does not get heated that runs through the radiators. The consequence is that you shiver and start to freeze.
It was not until Monday afternoon that the boiler was repaired and heating was restored. It then took me another four days to thaw out. I do not do well in the cold at all.
In the old days, this would not be that big a problem, because you had a fireplace and could burn either wood or coal. These fireplaces have been mostly removed from houses. Nor do I have electric heaters. So the impact would be for me to freeze and be very non-productive.
Item number 2 - Ibuprofen tablets
Some of you might know that I suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis which is a pain in the arse type of arthritis that basically affects your spine and bones connected to it.
I have had it since I was 12 and I need medication to make life liveable. The purpose of the medication is twofold, firstly to reduce inflammation of the bones. Imagine that your bones swell and rub together, that is what mine do, which means you don't want to move them as that hurts.
So the medication reduces the swelling meaning you can move those bones.
The second purpose of the medication is to perform as a painkiller.
If I did not have medication then I would be in permanent flare-up mode.
Even with my pills, and trust me over the years I have tried many types, I even was on steroids years ago, I would be immobile.
The flareups are when your body goes on strike and refuses to let the medication work. So, you are in wicked pain, but you cannot move any bones as the pain gets even more wicked. You are motionless until your body gets out of hibernation and decides to let the medication work again.
Ibuprofen is the most gentle medication I have found, remember that putting chemicals into your body gives you more side effects etc.
Yeah, I don't want to think of being without effective medication.
Item number 3 - Sport
This the view from my front window of Raith Rovers Football Club and their football pitch.
Sports has been a massive part of my life. Growing up I was extremely active and sporty, until my movement impeded my speed.
I still played squash, golf and swam, but my days of playing rugby football and cricket are long gone.
I am a gambler, I can watch two flies on the wall, and I will bet with myself which one will cross the imaginary finish line first.
I watch sports, I listen to sports and I read about sports. Any kind of competitive sport appeals to me. I admire the dedication that sportsmen and women have put into their calling.
During the pandemic, sport helped with my mental health. I cannot imagine life with no sport.
Granted it is not as severe as being without my medication for my physical wellbeing, but I think it would have a massive adverse effect on my mental wellbeing!
There we have it, the three items that I currently I have that I would not like to do without.
What would you choose?
Have a great new week!
Woah...you endured that long already .. What a tough guy you are 😊 Well that's life, we see what's infront of us then move forward.. I appreciate also all sort of sports because it takes a lot of courage to do what they are doing..