Tallahassee Area Mensa
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Tallahassee Area Mensa a local chapter of the High IQ Society, American Mensa. The Tallahassee
area serves Florida from the Apalachicola River east through Taylor County including part of
Madison County and even a bit of Dixie County. Our area is also the only area in all of Florida,
Region 10 of American Mensa, to include a portion of Georgia. For a full view of the area we
cover, visit our map.
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98th percentile on an approved IQ test. There are two different ways you can join. One is by
submitting evidence of scores from any of a number of approved intelligence tests that you have
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Robin's Roost - rest your feathers!
Happy May, everyone! What a crazy couple of months! Whiplash weather that negated any loquat crop, back-to-back company with lots of fun touristy things, the death and replacement of my HVAC system, and then my right ankle decided it was time to retire. This is the ankle that I broke in March 2009 in a fall that shattered my ankle and fractured my leg. Multiple surgeries later, and tons of PT and sheer determination, I was able to walk again - and boy have I taken advantage of that skill! But last month my ankle was so intensely painful walking was nearly impossible. My podiatrist took x-rays to ensure the remaining 2 screws were still in place, they were, but he found 2 of the ankle bones are now bone on bone, have developed some bone spurs, and a lot of arthritis has set in. None of this is completely surprising given the initial injury and the repeated surgeries, but what was surprising is that there is nothing to be done to fix it. He recommended I always wear a wrap or a brace to help stabilize and support the ankle joint, sit down every 15 minutes or so of a walk to give it a rest, and come get a shot if the pain gets too bad. This was not the news I wanted to receive.
My wonderful chiropractor is doing traction on it whenever I see him, the acupuncturist is "surrounding the dragon" (as he calls it) and treats it for the pain, I am obediently wearing a brace or a wrap, and I am doing contrast baths of hot and cold water. I am very grateful for the 17 years of additional use I got out of that ankle, particularly given that when the injury happened, they told me I might not ever be able to manage long walks again - which I said I did not accept and astonished them all with my hard-won recovery. But I fear this time it is going to be more mitigation than recovery. I'm still coming to terms with that.
We have now installed 2 rain barrels on our back patio and are eagerly awaiting rain both to help with the severely parched vegetation, but also as a chance to see how well the rain barrels work. Both have spigots on the bottom that a hose can be attached to so the water can be drained and used for whatever purpose we need. I like them!
Springtime Tallahassee and the Art Festival were both wonderful. Next up on our get-out-and-have-fun agenda is the Parade of Homes. The baby bluebirds have all fledged and mama has already laid another clutch of eggs. I sure do love watching that ritual each spring.
Take care I hope to see you this month!
Robin
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