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Spent a quiet day today. Got out some to run some errands, but mostly just hung out (more so than I usually do, if that's possible). My dairy/fruit diet seems to be working. I didn't have any flushing/redness reactions today. I had to eat a bit more frequently, but I can handle that. My PD symptoms were fairly quiet today. Had a few short periods of activity, but mostly at ease.

Watched an incredible film Touching the Void. It's a sort of documentary treatment of an actual event where two climbers got in trouble on the return route of a climb. One person fell and broke his leg. The other tried to bring him back but ended up having to cut the rope to which they were attached. The climber with the broken leg fell into a crevasse. They both independently made their way back to base camp. The climber with the damaged leg went through a life-changing ordeal as he found his way back. It was an incredible feat on their parts and makes for a nail-biting drama in how they made it happen. The film is a testament to the human spirit and what a person can endure and survive.

Makes me dissatisfied with how little I seem to be able to get myself to do. I'm not plagued with a mountain of ice, winter storms, serious life-threatening injuries, or anything close to what those two men were dealing with. Yet, I only seem to be able to keep a minimum of things together around me. The past five years have sped past with me stuck inside myself, unable to move out and handle the least of things. I grow old but I don't grow bold!