Saturday November 22nd 2025

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Tweety glad you're feeling better

Stars glad you got a break from her today

Ado I tend to be an early riser

NJ22 hopefully they're not pushing for a heart cath

Dianah I took the day off and did some things downtown

Went out bird watching in the morning.  Later in the day took the train downtown to the Christmas market. Was interesting but I think I'll skip it in the future, it's gotten very crowded and quite expensive.  Went to the Art Institute too, liked that better, spent nearly an hour and a half there.  Then caught the train back home, which ended up being delayed nearly a half hour.  Did some baking when I got home.  Was either walking or on my feet for about 4 hours

Today will go out bird watching again if my legs aren't too tired.  In the evening will be meeting dad, sister and family and some of her in laws for dinner then going to see a performance of my nephew's acapella group.  

Will get up to about 50 today, similar to yesterday.  Hopefully less cloudy though

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Dianah hope you're not getting sick.  Hope you got some good sleep.

My plan to not take a nap so I could go to bed early didn't pan out. I did stay up but stayed up to 1AM doom scrolling on my phone.  I think I'm going to have to like a lot of people a turn off the phone one hour before bedtime and stick to reading.  It's a bad habit.  But I wasn't tired.  So I fed Waffles at her usual time and we went back to bed and I slept until 10AM which is way too late.  I went to an evening hot yoga class and maybe for some reason that energized me too much to get to sleep on time?

I'm going to the theater today for a local show, I don't remember what, which is why I slept in so I wouldn't be tired.

I was cleaning out a junk drawer and found an address for my best friend in high school and looked it up . It showed it was sold in 2022.  He has no online presence.  I texted my sister who has abilities. in this kind of thing and she was able to find that he sold the house 2017 but there is no current address for him or his husband.  They must have moved in with someone or family.  I've lost all my contact information other than the old address.  She found an email which I tried but haven't heard back.  We went to the same college and stayed in touch for many years but we haven't talking in probably a decade now.  These things happen.  He went back home and wanted to see my parents but they said  they didn't want a visit as they weren't feeling up to it.

I'm dusting off some old music and playing them.  My need to collect books and music is almost down to zero now and I look at my 40 year collection of stuff and want that money back.  Thousands of dollars.  One day I'll donate or sell them if and when I move.  Every now and then I revisit the music but the books look nice but collect dust.  

When I retire I hope to read more and use the library.  Right now I can't finish a book in two weeks.  I'm so particular about what I read going to used books stores for cheap reads doesn't turn up much.  

I'm not having great days GI wise and started to lose weight on this new diet.  Not good but hope for better days.  I need to tell my GI doc I gave it an honest try.  He will want to do a colonscopoy with biopsies and look see if it doesn't work, so I best get better soon.

That being said, much better than three months ago and I am able to go about my life mostly.  

Hope you have a good day.  

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

I generally end up taking an anti-diarrheal every other night or every third night. I am not inclined to go to a Gastro doc, since I really believe my problem has to do with my irritation and aggravation, which cannot be resolved until the main ingredient of my steady daily 'diet' of Nannie-care and housekeeping is no longer such a huge factor in "my" life. (That's a nice way to say things, isn't it!)

I've been awake for an hour and a half and have succeeded in staying awake, tho' my inclination has been to just sink down under the comforter and sleep some more. Some time during the next hour I will get up and get dressed and have a 2nd cup of coffee before I tackle the day. Mostly dirty dishes to do today ... and, of course, the laundry question kind of depends on how wetness Nannie has blessed her sheets with. I DID get SOME of the planned clearing of the bedside, but nowhere near what I was thinking of doing. And now I am trying to decide a better bedside arrangement. The thing is, I do more than just sleep in my room; it is kind of a mini-apartment because in the evenings my bed is more like a sofa and a desk, and a snack table and a dog bed.....the island of me in a Nannie decorated house. 

Did I tell y'all that my brother the Physical Therapist has written a book? It's about recurring lower back pain and the things you can do to keep it way down by following his 'program' which is not a one-and-done kind of thing. All his patients have said if you follow his easy and non-stressful suggestions consistently.....and being constant with it is key.... then it works very well. One patient even said they think he 'walks on water' because of the success they have had with taming their back pain. It is a self-published book, so I don't know that it is generally available in book stores. He writes very well and is very clear about succeeding with the 'exercises', that don't wear a person out or cause MORE problems with pain. Anyway, we are proud of him! I told him that the day before I rec'd his book in the mail I was watching the tail end of the 2nd movie of Neo and the Matrix.....I was wishing my posture was as good as Keanu Reeves'. His posture was quite impressive in that movie. Maybe if I use the book and follow the program, it will at least improve my posture some.

Okay, time to get up, put on some clothes for the day, and brew that 2nd cuppa. Then take a deep breath, set my mind on remaining calm and not irritated, and open Nannie's bedroom door and chirp "Good Morning!" .....even if it is the afternoon! Then it is a matter of tolerating the next 6 hours until suppertime, and then the following 3+ hours until her bedtime.  Can you imagine any more excitement than that?  Ppfftt!

I look forward to living my life for myself; I haven't done so in practically forever. Same- old-same-old...........OH WELL (dammit!)

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

Today's "Fall" weather calls for 78 or 79 degrees with a 58% chance of thunderstorms. Better get out my Winter clothing, eh? Brrrrrr! 🤣

[dianah, ASN]

Hello all!

Joe, sounds like a good day!  

Tweety, glad you are better and can go about your usual routines, though it sounds like you are still not quite 100%.  Re: irregular sleep: sometimes when we do music in the late afternoon or evening, it does wind me up and I will often have trouble sleeping later.  It may be the same with your evening hot yoga?  Interesting about your search into the whereabouts of your friend from the past; sad that for now, contact is lost.  One never knows, though...  they may turn up.

No Stars, at least you did SOMEthing in your room yesterday!  That, in your current situation, is commendable.

My sneezing abated yesterday, though I still had some sinus pressure all day.  I took Tylenol at bedtime, and slept pretty well: no restless legs, no sneezing.  I'm thinking it was an allergy attack, for whatever reason.  Glad it's gone!

Today we are tuned into Zoom Sabbath School.  I am planning to attend a memorial service in the afternoon -- a woman I was in choir with, some years ago.  I want to bake a recipe for Molasses cake (to use up the leftover whipped cream -- leftover from the pumpkin pie -- donchaknow!)

We have no plans for tomorrow, and then have band practice Monday afternoon.

Have a good afternoon and evening!

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

I was up early to go for breakfast at the cafe. It was sprinkling rain, and that plus the dark helped me decide not to ride my bike. I walked home though, about a mile and half, up the hill. Thats enough time to listen to a podcast I like that comes out Saturday mornings. 

We took a tour of a commercial greenhouse that a friend of ours works at where they grow poinsettias. It was informative and stunning. We purchased 2 plants to bring home. I've cleaned a bathroom, and am trying to motivate myself to do another. I talked dh into designating an area of his office for all his MG stuff, so I have someplace to put it as I declutter for Thanksgiving. But now that the dogs have snuggled up next to me, I just want to close my eyes, and nap. 

dh's appointment went okay. The cardiologist nudged a bit more about a heart cath, and I nudged back. dh is symptom-free, but doc seems almost like he is trying to talk him into having symptoms. So plan is, 30 minutes of daily walking, and a treadmill in 6 months. He has never smoked, has good blood sugar control, and good cholesterol numbers. 

Well, that may have been overshare, but the whole thing sort of bugs me. I used to work in the cardiac recovery unit, and I know that things can go wrong. 

 

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

Hey J22, I would say I am more of the 'over-sharer' here!

This evening is almost over for Nannie. We have been watching HGTV Home Hunters, and I can say for certain I would NEVER want to be a realtor showing houses to couples. It doesn't matter if it's mother/daughter, friend/room-mates, or couples of any inclination or persuasion, or whatever....but usually there is one of the two looking at houses who is whiny and/or adenoidal and doesn't like this, doesn't like that, or thinks every just-remodeled house "will have to have a LOT of work to do on it". The kitchen, the bathrooms, floors, need to be 'gutted', yard's not right, UGH! my gawd....I get so tired of the insufferable "I want a place just like my grandparents or the house I grew up in." Jeeze, I have lived and adapted to sooooo many living situations, and to me, function is the TOP 'want'. Like, if it works and isn't broken down somehow and or disgusting, I have no preference as to style of house or if some of it is out-dated or too modern, or whatever. I find myself rolling my eyes at the customers and feeling like if I had to listen to them bicker 'nicely' in person, I would have to hold myself tight in order not to say something about how exasperating they are, or more often I would want to SLAP one of them and say "Oh, for cryin' out loud!". Lucky for every house-hunter that I am NOT a realtor!

Nannie' s conked out so I have to wake her up to get ready to go to sleep.

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

Hey J22, I would say I am more of the 'over-sharer' here!

This evening is almost over for Nannie. We have been watching HGTV House Hunters, and I can say for certain I would NEVER want to be a realtor showing houses to couples. It doesn't matter if it's mother/daughter, friend/room-mates, or couples of any inclination or persuasion, or whatever....but usually there is one of the two looking at houses who is whiny and/or adenoidal and doesn't like this, doesn't like that, or thinks every just re-done house "will have to have a LOT of work to do on it". The kitchen, the bathrooms, floors, yard need to be 'gutted', things replaced. We can't afford to do more work on the house, it is too expensive, etc., etc. Good thing I am not a realtor, because I'd want to slap at least one of them!

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

No Stars In My Eyes said:

NOTHING! I've been trying to delete part of a post which I then rewrote, and both of the posts posted. ARGH!