Monday February 5th 2024

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Dianah it's a little spicy from the curry and ginger.  Didn't see much while I was bird watching on Sat

Ado I hope the additional Seroquel helps her

Tweety thanks for sharing the pictures, I hope you feel better

Stars I can understand why that would be a frustrating day

NJ22 that was too bad that the sound wasn't good at the performance

Got the cooking done before church yesterday, after church stopped at the grocery store then did some online CEUs

Then decided to finally do the dating profiles on 2 apps I had chosen.  Had a lot of anxiety about it but got it done.  Didn't help that one app required Google Pay.  I'd forgotten my Google password, so I had to reset it.  Which screwed up my Chromebook for a bit, thankfully the bookmarks and apps were automatically reset, there were only a few I had to look up passwords for.  But didn't help the anxiety.  Won't actually start looking until after Valentine's

Rest of the day was quieter.  Anxiety level gradually faded. Exercised and watched the last episode of The Crown

Today will likely see if the cat's vet appointment can be moved up, I've been wondering if the recent increase in vomiting could mean her thyroid medication needs adjustment.  She's scheduled in 2 months but would prefer it be sooner

Will be in the low 40s again, no rain expected

 

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Joe, I hope you can get the cat looked at.

I'm feeling much better.  No fever or GI upset.  Just tired but that is jet lag for sure.  I slept some light night after sleeping a lot during the day yesterday which will definitely help me stay up some today.

I feel well enough to get my crown today and hopefully that's the last of this episode. 

I'll see if I feel rested enough to go bowling tonight but would rather not miss it and thinking if I continue to feel well like now I'll go.

Have a great day!

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Woke up at 10:30, got up to go downstairs to dish up Momo's breakfast and got her to come down with me. Then I came back upstairs to my bed. She ate and used her pad for the bathroom, for which I praised her. (She still won't eat or do her business when I am in the room). After a short while I clicked my tongue and she came back upstairs. Whimpered and squealed as I picked her up to put her on the bed, but I don't know why she does that now. I may have to take her to the vet to find out if it is just her nerves or if she has something wrong with her body. 

I am also overdue for my eye exam and my hearing test. Neither of my hearing aids can charge, as the charger is dead, but I hadn't worn them much even when I could. I do need to find if my lens prescriptions need changing. But I can't make any appt's until I know what days I will get spelled by SiL.

Thank goodness my AM meds are starting to ease my hip aches in the bilateral ileal and groin areas. 

I need to go out to pay my cellphone bill which is due today. There are nine days until I talk with SSA on the phone, and my SS check comes on the 21st. I am supposing I won't start getting hubby's SS  retirement benefits until March.

Don't have a lot of gumpties to get into anything; maybe I will become inspired and motivated in a little while. SiL will be coming over after work Wednesday after 3 PM, but time during the 3 PM to 6 PM rush hours is not the most ideal time to try to accomplish anything, since I do NOT like driving after dark. The days are getting longer, but not yet by enough hours...and since many businesses still have 5 PM as closing time, I do not have any time to wander around to the various places I need to or would like to go find for future reference and/or exploration. 

I hope that today I don't get to feeling like I'm going to turn into either Donald Duck or Daffy Duck throwing a hissy-fit. (Picture that!) There's still 1/2 hour or an hour before I have to start my day with Nannie's  morning routine. You know, now that time is getting closer to the possibility of me having time off for myself, I am feeling fed up with being stuck here. Yes I do NEED, and it is ABOUT TIME for respite !! AUGH! ....and ARGH!

Time for me to get dressed. Yowza and w00t! (not!)

[Ado Annie, ASN, RN]

dianah, I hope you're staying safe and dry with that atmospheric river. Interesting term. 

There have been multiple small earthquakes all around us but we have not felt them. Maybe we are just not very observant, since others are reporting feeling them. They must be letting the oilfields do more wastewater injection. I thought they had limited that for a time. 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

I took a good rest with my eyes closed...not exactly napping, but I feel better now. 

However it is 3 PM and I just realized I have to go pay my cell-phone bill. I also will take the time to run by Wally World and see it THAT is where I got those taquitos! Nannie is seriously conked out, so I will seize the moment.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

I DID IT!

Got back in one hour---the traffic was not as bad as I expected it to be, especially since it is Monday, and I thought it was Friday! I took a chance and went to Harris-Teeter, which is closer to where I went to pay the cellphone bill. So, YAY, because they had my taquitos! w00t!

 

[Ado Annie, ASN, RN]

Glad you got those taquitos! I like those, too. 

I picked up prescriptions at lunch and now I'm waiting to hear from Walmart that my grocery pick-up order is ready. I did NOT call the veterinarian today. I'm having a very hard time accepting that it is time. 

[dianah, ASN]

Hugs, Ado, it's so hard even when our brain says it is time, our heart doesn't want it to be time. 

No Stars, congrats on your successful (and relatively short) outing!!

It has rained all day (so far).  I went out in the rain to do some errands, and it rained the whole time I was out.  I'm not complaining!  It is snowing in the local mountains (it rained there this morning, but is snowing this afternoon).

This afternoon, dh will be doing his online jam.  I will probably read.

Have a good evening!

 

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Annie, you have a tough decision, there. We grow so very attached to our pets and it feels almost like betrayal to euthanize. Bigs hugs to you and Dory. 

It's cooler today. I put the jackets on the dogs for our walk. I should be working on the taxes but bleh. We likely have to pay, so I am procrastinating. I have a tomato soup recipe to try, and will make grilled cheese sandwiches to go with. dh tried to get a telehealth appointment to deal with his abdominal discomfort, but they refused to schedule him and directed him to go to a walk in clinic. He doesn't want to go sit for hours among sick people, so he is going to tough it out until Thursday, when he has an inperson appointment. He is afrebrile, and not puking, so I'm not too worried. 

Joe, I hope you can get your cat in sooner. 

I often don't sense the mild earthquakes here.  I mistook the last one that was big enough to damage buildings as just the freight train rolling by. I was in a garden store and the floor rumbled, and the overhead light fixtures swung, and the shop doors swung open. 

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

I have only experienced one quake that I know of....I was sitting on my sofa in Asheville, and there was what felt like a brief but distinct bump upwards about an inch or a fraction more, and hubby and I both looked at each other and he said "What was that?" We went outside to find other neighbors outside....some thought it was a truck crashing into a tree, and some thought it was a tree that fell. We all found out later we had a small quake, I'm thinking 2-point-something on the Richter scale.

Ado, I know what you are going through; it is so difficult to have to resign ownership of our fur-babies. It is heart-wrenching. Praying for you, and that Dory has a smooth transition. If I could have back all the dogs/cats I've had to take to the vet for their final visit, there would be no room for ME in my own bed. But there is room enough in my heart for all of them.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

I think I've told you I was in the "Great Alaskan Earthquake" which was over 9 on the Richter scale and terrorized my parents but I was oblivious.

Ado, I'm sorry you're going through that.  

I have two senior dogs and am no where near that decision and can't bare the thought.  It was easy with my Ellie as she deteriorated to the point of suffering in a matter of hours.  Caesar died at home naturally.  

My GI problems returned with a vengeance but I feel good otherwise.  Barely made it to bowling before getting to the bathroom.  LOL.  Fortunately I'm able to hydrate well and had a banana and a V8 for potassium.  TMI

We won only one gay and I bowled rather well.