Monday June 15th 2026

I tried to post from my phone this weekend, but ... no.

Glad the finger doesn't seem to be broken, Stars.

Good for you, Joe, to recognize you were not feeling well enough and needed to get some rest.

Hubs has shingles and I wish I had recognized it sooner. To be fair, though he was complaining of back pain that was a lot like when he had a herniated disk, he didn't tell me about the "little red spots" until Friday night. So he got some gabapentin but it is too late for antivirals.

After a 96-degree day Saturday, the forecast for yesterday showed a high in the 70s with a little rain early in the day, so Twin A and I took the opportunity for a trip to the zoo. We had a great time, did a lot of walking, got to feed flamingos, a rhino, and cassowaries.

Saturday involved another trip to the laundromat as we are still awaiting parts for the washing machine and Hubs couldn't have been working on it anyway. He tried Friday (thinking he had just hurt his back somehow) and got so frustrated and miserable that it didn't go well... requiring the ordering of more parts. ☹️

Today I feel tired and slow. My right eye is puffy -- the only thing I can think of is irritation from the CPAP mask. I did buy some of the pod-type laundry detergent for the trip to the laundromat so I suppose there could be something in the sheets that troubled my eye but I suspect is was just my positioning with the mask/straps. The perks of getting older...

I was so exhausted last night that I didn't read like I usually do, and I told Tinker I just was too tired to do our usual 'play' routine. I hung in a half-awake, half-falling asleep state for about an hour and a half, before I removed the pillows I rest against while reading, and got them all into the position I go to sleep with. Fell asleep instantly. Woke up this morning feeling extremely groggy, which it took me about 2 hours to get clear of. Now I feel more alert, and as it has reached the noon-hour, I am about to get up, get dressed, take the Tinker-girl outside, and then come back in and continue my "journey" of preparing for THE MOVE. (I put the word 'journey' in quotation marks because it is one of the latest popular words to use; not that I ever use it, but I did this time 'cause it feels kind of sarcastic to me. 😜

More later, I should think.

Stars, instead of saying you're going to do something knowing you won't, just say "it's not part of my journey today".

Bummer at your hubs having shingles. Hope it's not too painful. I didn't know there was a time limit to starting anti-virals. I do know when I had covid my doc said too much time went by.

Something must be coming through the AN's because I'm pretty fatigued myself. I'll take half my sleeping medication tonight because I'm sure I'll sleep although I did having some sleep issues early in the morning. 3AM lately is my cursed hour, if I'm up I have a hard time getting back to sleep.

Between that and maybe the steroids I seem to be in a brain fog. I walked into a room to draw blood for a worker and didn't even notice the airborne precautions she was on for covid pneumonia. Yes, covid is still around. If I get sick at least I know where I got it.

I worked an overtime shift today. We were short a nurse and a tech making it a hard day. bleh....One of my coworkers in her late 20s burned out and is looking for a job away from med-surg. She says she finds no joy in her job. I think it must be a Gen Z thing that you must have "joy" in your job, but you really at least have to like what you're doing.

Off tomorrow and will regroup.

Have a good evening!

It did not get as hot as was forecast today, perhaps because we had a light cloud cover most of the day, it only got to 82. Youngest ds and I went to get pedis, and then I went to the car licensing place to replace the tabs for the travel trailer. I thought I had gotten them last Winter, but didn't put them on because the trailer was in storage. Turns out, I didn't get them at all, so now they are in hand, soon to be applied. I finished the newsletter I write for the gardeners and sent it out. I did some pruning in the garden, and did some laundry.

I didn't not know there was a time out on anti-virals either. I hope Mr. Ado does not have too much pain.

My tiredness and brain fog might be better? Weird that many of us are experiencing it at the same time. Phase of the moon, perhaps?

I used to like my job, but I don't think it was joyful. The money I earned gave me the opportunity for joy.