Monday January 2 2022

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Tweety yes I have today off

Stars I hope the gypsies have departed

Dianah church was good, smaller crowd than usual, no music as the organist is still recovering and no bulletins as the office staff was off for the holiday.  So we had to improvise a bit

NJ22 unexpected guests would  definitely irk me too

Yesterday was a quieter day, after church I baked some muffins using a recipe I hadn't used in quite a while.  Watched a movie online and went for a walk, did some knitting, and watched Star Trek.  Reflected on the relationship J and I had, and realized how it really wasn't satisfying in many ways, which is good info for the future

Today will go out bird watching, might have to delay until the fog lifts.  It's too dark right now to see how thick it is.  Will run an errand and do a crock pot recipe.  Might drive out and visit where I used to live, closer to the city, haven't been back to that neighborhood in years.  Need to work on the shopping list for this week too

Will be a cloudy foggy day in the low 40s, might get some rain later

 

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Joe, hope you enjoy your day off.

I wound up not making those sides that I talked about yesterday, but baked an eggplant and topped it with pizza sauce and a few other things and it was good.  Will hopefully get to the other stuff today as I bought the ingredients.

Today is "clean the bathrooms day" and I got that done.  The new remodeled shower with the glass doors takes much longer to clean than the old one with just a shower curtain.  

Taking Slowbro for his 3-month visit to the ophthalmologist.  Takes thirty minutes there and back and the visit actually takes about 10 minutes for his exam.  

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

66 degrees and sunny, and per Nannie: "Boy that sun is bright out there!"

The gypsies are a bit quieter this morning, but I decided to put a Thera-wrap on my lower back anyway, to discourage  the twinges.

Got Nannie up and dressed (she had dressed earlier and had her pants on backwards?) in dry clothes, made her lunch.

Last night when we had turned everything in the den off, hubby went up to bed, and I went up to the kitchen. I heard a little voice from downstairs... it was Nannie, saying, "Do you want me to get up and come out here now?" I told her she had only been in bed for maybe 45 minutes, and she said "Well, I slept..." "But, Uh, Nannie, it's night-time, so it is time to go to bed now;  I'm about to go upstairs to my bed, and you need to go back in your room and get under the covers and go back to sleep."

Then, this morning when I went into her room I had quite a hard time waking her up. I stood there looking at her pale face color and her open mouth and wondered, is this "it"? Then she took a deep breath, and finally opened her eyes.

So, now, having eaten, she has settled in to her recliner and is taking the first of her many naps.

Hubby had to 'go begging' at the neighbors house as he had run out of vodka and today the ABC store is closed for the Holiday. Now he is wondering "What is Dr._____ going to do to me tomorrow?" It's a follow-up, as far as I know. I wish someone would make a decision (HUBBY!) that he wants to start some kind of detox, even if it is the Librium taper. He seems to have dialed his drinking down, but maybe it's just that he has stopped taking Xanax while boozing. Anyway he has not been as unsteady or slurred in his speech. Anyway there have been no falls this past weekend, which is a miracle in itself.

When I sent my Calif. bro an email asking if he's okay after the earthquake and tremors, and he said, "I'm still here....so I must be okay." Never a man of many words.

There's a lot of tasks I feel like tackling, but my lower back says, "Not yet, lady!" so I have to go find a book to read, as I finished the last chapter of the one I was reading last night. I hate it when that happens! ? Nannie has stacks and stacks of paperbacks which are ALL "romance novels", not my genre. Well, as Grampa used to say, "It'll all come out in the wash."

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

It's in the mid 40s and overcast, here. It did freeze overnight, and I slipped a little during our dog walk. I went for a short run and dropped off something at post office. I thought I had booked a consultation this morning for my new tattoo, but I must have mixed up my days and it's next Monday.  We had a nice dinner last night, just my two sisters came over. Dh made a brisket on his fancy smoker/BBQ and it was quite tasty. And we had risotto and cole slaw. I also baked him a birthday cake (red velvet and cream cheese icing) just using a mix. I have today off, but work tomorrow. I suppose I should start taking down Christmas. 

Yeah, I'm not much of a romance novel person. I like historical fiction, and current events. Admittedly, I haven't been reading much. I've gotten back into trying to learn Spanish, using an app on my phone, at bedtime. I know, its better for sleep to put screens down...

I should go take a look at the glass in the downstairs bathroom. Dh vowed to keep it clean because he likes that shower best, but we have differing opinions about what clean means. Sort of like "cleaning the kitchen". 

I'm going to try to get dh to go the bay and look at birds. There are lots of waterfowl there now. He wants to do more photography. I saw/heard swans go overhead this morning, I don't know what kind they are. The ID guides I look at talk about colors on their bills, but when they are overhead, it hard to tell. I guess we get both Trumpeter and Tundra swans wintering here. 

 

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Couldn't stand hubby walking past the sink full of dishes, and full trash and the recycling bin (the inside ones), so I washed the dishes and dumped the trash/recycling. Went upstairs to trim my bangs which were driving me CRAZY. When I came back to the den hubby asked, "What are you making up there?" I said "Nuthin' I was just cleaning up the kitchen." One of these days he is going to HAVE TO rejoin the household and participate in real life. Not so hopeful about when that might be, though....

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

J22 glad you had a nice time.

Stars, glad you're feeling better.

I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee because I sleep about five hours and fitfully.  Was really anxious for some reason but I've been pretty chill today.  

Slowbro did okay at his exam.  His glaucoma hasn't progressed and the current regimen is keeping him comfortable, so no need to change it up or any "palliative surgery".  He even said I can come in six months instead of three.

My ex would clean the kitchen after dinner but other than that did not clean house, cook or do laundry.  He was only child of a housewife.  But I don't think I'd tolerate him doing nothing.  

I don't read as much anymore as I've said before.  I've taken to watching the "Reels" on Instagram for a while at night and sometimes it will cut into my bedtime reading time. I used to read on the treadmill at the gym but lately have taken to watching Netflix or Amazon.  I set a modest goal of reading 12 books last year and according to my Goodreads page only read 8.  That's really pathetic for me.    It did say one of those books was 458 pages.  

I reset a goal of 12 books this year as well.  I used to read about 20 books a year.  Best friend reads about two library books a week.  But he's retired.

I don't like romance that much but will read one from time to time.  There's a whole genre of M2M (male to male) romance novels out there but they are mostly written by heterosexual women and I want to give what little support I do to the queer community.

Will head to the gym after coffee.

 

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Yeah, see, I spoke too soon. When I got back from picking up supper, in that first 30 minutes I stopped hubby from falling twice, and then after supper I stopped him from falling three times. He SAYS he didn't take any xanax and drink, and he said he didn't drink 'any more than usual' (whatever that means). I hate being creeped out about the possibilities, or should I say probabilities, of a fall before the evening is through. OH WELL!