Spoke to vocational rehab this morning and it actually gave me some hope. The lady I spoke with brought up the possibility of modifying my car so I can use it and getting a wheelchair fitted to me that I would be able to transport by myself and it would change my whole life if I could do that.
Took care of my cats, watched the second half of Avengers, and made & ate a roasted peach with goat cheese and honey. Sounds super fancy right? Tastes fancy, too. But it’s literally three ingredients and very little work. The entire recipe is in the name.
I had my doctor televisit. I didn’t see the point of it.
My son put out the remaining rocks in the space he missed. I drove by the house tonight (taking the neighbor to the pharmacy) and there is another space that needs rocks. So I bought 690 pounds of rocks earlier this year, had 2,200 pounds delivered, had 120 pounds left from last year, and still not enough.
My new ‘Cthulhu 2020 - No Lives Matter’ t-shirt came today, but it’s too small. I guess it’s cut small because the next size up hangs on me.
FlyBoy, that is way too much irk.
All the lawn guy is doing is tearing off the old roof, replacing the plywood, paper, and shingles. I have some shingles, and I think he got the rest at the ReStore. I told him I don’t care if they match. Sometimes I think I’d rather just get rid of the shed and put everything in the basement.
Howdy Y’all! We laundered, achieved nappage, and then sup got heated up and et. That is the sum total of our day. Retirement suits us to a tee. Now ‘tis tstormin’ out after what turned out to be a somewhat warm and N.O.S. day. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy, but we shall see.
FlyBoy I am exhausted after readin’ what you did. I may need to go to bed soon.
Evening all. Working on my Mac-n-Cheese and a banana dinner. Actually went out and did the trimming around the house, wasn’t much of a problem and it does look somewhat nicer. Like swampy, nappage was accomplished. Rode out past the soccer and baseball fields, both are crowded…I just hope the coaches and parents know what they’re doing, the county went from 400 cases to almost 1,600 in about 8-9 days, hope this isn’t an exponential growth…
shoe, hope you’re enjoying dinner. And, ummm, I ate McDonald’s for lunch today…
sari, you helped wrangle 1.5 tons of rock and you’re telling flyboy he’s doing too much?!?
Dot, here’s hoping the rehab folks can come through for you.
There is a Hoyer-type lift that attaches to the top of the car, and through physics and magic, will deposit you on the seat inside the car. I don’t know how the wheelchair is managed by a solo driver.
Maybe you put a hook and chain to it and drag it to your destination? (Yes, I’m kidding)
Therapists know about all kinds of goodies and gizmos!
We were gonna have little Cornish hens but they were not thawed enough so we had breakfast instead.
Hubby went to see our family scratch and dent Dr. who himself just had a knee replacement a couple weeks ago and he was so happy to see hubby alive and kicking. He was very pleased. Tomorrow hubs has a televisit with the regular Cardiologist and to schedule an echocardiogram soonish in anticipation of seeing the Interventional Cardiologist that installed his new valve in a couple weeks.
I don’t know if I mentioned it but hubs has a very big Mitral valve that needs fixing and there is not one made that is big enough for the femoral artery insertion. It’s not a defect or an affect of disease it’s just big because he is six feet six inches tall. It can be fixed conventionally which is not open heart but is a cut through the chest wall horizontally. But, there is a study underway by the FDA at this point for a new valve that can be used through the artery and will be big enough. The Doctor was very interested in getting him into the study. He made no promises as the criteria to qualify is stringent. I looked up the valve (Tendyne) on the FDA website and they are recruiting subjects. I hope that can happen. Doc said he needs to heal for two months on this aortic valve first. I am getting quite an education. Once that Mitral valve is fixed heart should be good to go.
I am submitting my ideas on how to operate my program safely at irk tomorrow but truthfully with over 50K cases in Miami and them shutting down again, I don’t see us opening anytime soon. Our county has a little under 400 cases right now but is sure to continue to rise. Is terrifies me to even think of going back to irk.
Here is hoping you can get mobile again Dots That would do a world of good for your outlook. And that peach sounds great.
I forgot to answer **Mooommmm’s ** cruise ship question. As a travel agent with the ability to sell cruises I have no inside information about dates for your particular line. Last I saw was sometime in November but I can tell you that while the highway was closed for three months and there were no cruises our water clarity and reef have never looked better. Local residents got three ballot initiatives on the ballot for November asking if the city should limit the numbers of ships, sizes of ships or cater to more exclusive (read expensive) smaller cruise lines. I would say your February trip is safe as this would probably be contracted already if Covid does not stop it. Which line are you on again? I can check directly with the BDM and Camp Pendleton who administers all cruises for the joint services. We use their travel agent number and get a bigger commission as a group worldwide. They may know more than is out there publicly.
I see my primary doc in person about once every 18 months - most of my contact with him is electronic. He seems to trust me after 20 years that I’m not going to demand antibiotics for every sniffle, and that if I think my thyroid dosing is off, it probably is.
For a followup with my EP, I was able to email an EKG to him and a video chat to discuss life after heart surgery made sense. Keep on doing what I’m doing, stop one med, cut the other med’s dose in half. Email if any problems.
Likewise a followup with my apnea doc. Sent her some data and had a nice chat with her on my progress. Really no different than if I’d gone to her office as I would have emailed the data before the visit anyway, and there’s nothing to physically examine.
However, I did not opt for a video chat as the first visit with a neurosurgeon to discuss the 6 out of 10 pain I’m in now. Neurological assessment is impossible by Zoom, and I have surgical reports and imaging to share. I just hope he has good news and can do something for the pain.
I found the thread again. Jeepers creepers. I keep trying to post in last weeks. The threads never drop off the never-ending front page.
Yes, @nelliebly, its 10 to 12 hours from here, to where he’s going in Georgia.
He leaves bright and early tomorrow. He’s all packed. He’s made copious lists had one melt down about his socks. Something about needing more. And ‘what if’
I told him Georgia has a Walmart or 2. He’d be fine.
Helpless man. Jeez.
See y’all tomorrow. If I don’t get on the escalated of a front page and lose my bearings.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 76 Amurrkin out and rainy(ish), as in drizzlin’, with a predicted high of 86 and off and on rain throughout the day. This mornin’ I shall make a run to Sam’s for stuff whilst OYKW goes to the Pubic Sto’ for other stuff. I like that we can divvy that up and get it done. Sup shall be chikin enchiladas, rice, and refried beans. Fart fest to follow. (OLÈ!) Other than that a chill day is in store.
Dots yay for the good news from VR. Stay on ‘em though. Advocatin’ for yourself is never a bad thing.
Beck wherebouts in Jawja is Mr. Wrekker headed? Just curious.
Gotti hope the neurosurgeon can help with the pain. 6 out of 10 is way too much pain IMO.
Butters hopefully hubs can get in that study, specially since the doc seems to see it as a good thing for hubs.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, woe, and bother, I suppose I shall have to purtify and don appropriate bein’ about the public attire. Oh well, onward into the day! Rah.
Just to add a little variety to the usual wet/windy weather reports; today we have thick fog, though it is clearing up now. I’ll be heading out to the garden centre for compost shortly, as my houseplant jungle is getting so silly that I’m out (of compost, space, my mind…).
Morning, mumpers! I am a bit further north than Nut, we have no fog but it’s a cool and drizzly kind of day. Due to the weather, my plans for 6.30am bootcamp got scrapped so not quite sure if I’ll fit in any meaningful exercise today. Good job I managed to get through an hour of Rockfit yesterday to prevent total sloth taking over.
I think we have finally got to the end of our student woes for now, I have a meeting at lunchtime with my boss and another colleague which has been dubbed the “holy f*ck, what next?” meeting. I have a long list of things that I need to be sure are on other people’s radar for the next few weeks. We also had a joyous message from our VC saying that we’re most likely not going to be on campus until mid-September, that actually suits me as it’ll give them time to sort out building access and get some plans in place for how we actually get there.
I think we will have to venture out to the supermarket today, the fridge has noticeable gaps on the shelves so it’s time to go and re-stock. Must do the sensible thing and write a list though, otherwise important things are likely to be forgotten.
I had a dream that MetalMouse came to a gathering at my house - in his jammies! And he was discussing his underwear preferences. Classy guy! There were other folks there, but alas, they were sorta fuzzy background characters. I’m sure I’ll dream of you next time (for various values of you.)
FCD has his second PT today. He said the first one was great, but a few hours after, like the therapist predicted, he felt it! The exercises are all done in a tank of warm water that has a treadmill built in as well as a seat and different paddles for resistance. I’m glad he decided (finally) to go - I just hope it helps.
And today is a walk day. As soon as I wake him, I’m going to take a loop or so around the neighborhood. I kinda wish Higgs was a bigger dog capable of long treks, but her little pug legs don’t do well for distance. On the other hand, I can set my pace and don’t have to stop for puppeh pee breaks.
Butters - we’re booked on RCL - Rhapsody of the Seas starting Feb 20 from Tampa. FCD is already saying if there’s no vaccine by then, we shouldn’t go, and I pretty much agree. But that’s where it stands right now.
I’m not sure what I’ll do today. I don’t need to water till tomorrow - it’s all still pretty damp from the deluge. I need FCD to tell me where to put some of his crap that’s in the garage. I’m trying to clear an area for pellets when they’re available for the winter. I’ll need 2 tons, I think, so that’s 2 pallets. And there’s a pile of stuff for the thrift store.
And maybe the cars will get washed. Roxy can “help” because toddlers are so good at washing cars.
It seems like it will be a pretty day today.
It’s 75 now with a high of 86 predicted.
Got the dogs off to daycare. I didn’t take them to the park first like I had planned, so now I have to go back out that way sometime today to get money out of the atm for the roofer.
He’s supposed to get here around 9.
I have a few other jobs I need done and they probably won’t cost me much because he has a bunch or materials around that he is trying to get rid of. I want some paving stones where the trash can lives, and he has some he doesn’t need. I don’t care what they look like, they are just to keep the trash can out of the mud.
Have a doctor appointment today. If they let me in, since I have a sore throat again today. Doesn’t matter to me, I don’t want to go anyway. Gotti the reason I think yesterday’s visit was a waste is because it’s my PCP who wants to see me every three months for whatever damn reason. All I want her to do is write me a script for thyroid medicine, but no, she wants to check my BP all the time, even though my cardiologist sees me every 6 months. She wants me to have this test, and that test. Basically, all she did was ask me my BP (which I forgot to take and have to call them back with the numbers), ask me my weight, ask if I’m having any problems, and do I need my script refilled. Good thing she doesn’t need my temp, the only thermometer in the house is for the dogs. I’ll be damned if I’ll stick that up my ass, even though it hasn’t been used yet.
I suppose I should buy a human one.
I hope all goes well for hubby {{{Butters}}}
Not too worried FlyTrap.
Where I live, half the people won’t get it and the other half will laugh.
I dreamed that I was having a conversation with the daughter of the guy who wrote Antifragile. I’m about halfway through the book, and while he has some interesting ideas, he’s also quite an unpleasant jerk at times. In the dream, in addition to some elaborate critiques of areas where I think he’s misapplying his ideas at the wrong scale, such as acting as if concepts related to systems can apply to individuals, I was also trying to emphathize with his daughter about what it was like to be raised by a loud narcissist.
Had a nice walk - just over 2 miles - and I’m hanging with Roxy now. SIL was with her when I got home, but he was just sitting there and she was bored. So I sent him to bed (where he wanted to be anyway) and Roxy and I have played with blocks and hung out in my bedroom (she loves going in there for some reason) then we ate some cherries. Now she’s playing with her electronic desk thingie and I’m getting a little break.
SIL goes back to work tomorrow (FIINALLY) and it looks like daughter will be teaching in the same school another year because none of her applications went anywhere. She’s bummed, and she quit applying. I’m too pissed off at her to say anything - all I get from her it attitude.
Sorry - shouldn’t dump that. I know she’s upset about a lot of things, but that’s life - you deal. That’s what I did when I was her age. I think we’ve made things too easy for her at times. At least she’s no longer teaching in FL - that would be suicide!
Howdy Y’all! I have been productive this mornin’. STOP THE PRESSES!!! I went to Sam’s (we now have two new 48 packs of tp in addition to the one I opened yestiddy to resupply the bathrooms), then went to the Sav A Lot Sto’ to purchase some Boston BUTTS! that were on sale. I bought six, since that was the limit. Also, I have the enchiladas ready to bake for sup. OLÈ! Go Me.
Good morning everyone! I got my plan sent in to the new Director on how we can open safely. We asked the maid not to come today so I am cleaning and changing sheets etc. I hated to cancel her but we just can’t take any chances at this point. We did offer to pay her but she declined. We had a cardiologist phone appt. he was very happy with the results so far.
It is so hot out. We had showers early so it is also muggy as can be. We are going to have Cornish hens for supper along with baked sweet tater, beans and maybe some pod of God and rice. It seems all we do around here is cook and eat. Right now though is nap time.
And he was discussing his underwear preferences. Classy guy! 
There were other folks there, but alas, they were sorta fuzzy background characters. I’m sure I’ll dream of you next time (for various values of you.) 
I went to Sam’s (we now have two new 48 packs of tp in addition to the one I opened yestiddy to resupply the bathrooms), then went to the Sav A Lot Sto’ to purchase some Boston BUTTS! that were on sale. I bought six, since that was the limit. Also, I have the enchiladas ready to bake for sup. OLÈ! Go Me.