Saturday September 27th 2025

Tweety, BSN, RN · Sep 27, 2025

Good morning!
Joe, hope you have an enjoyable and quiet day.

Six hours of CEUs is a lot and can be tiring no matter what the subject. Back in the old days when we got nursing CEU's live before the internet, I would attend all day sessions to get 8 hours and nearly died every time.

I called in sick. I was up at 3AM and had trouble sleeping and my GI system was giving me a bit of a fit. Mostly I have maxed out my time and am not accumulating so I thought with the lack of sleep and GI issues it would be good to knock down at least 12 hours. Actually it's only 10 since I stayed late some this week.

I fed Waffles early and was able to get some sleep. Hopefully will sleep better tonight and work tomorrow. I know what a sick call on the weekend does to staff but when you're sick you're sick.

Going to lay low and make some lentil soup I wanted to make yesterday but was too lazy to do.

No Stars In My Eyes, LPN · Sep 27, 2025

So far, the probiotic is making my lower 'chambers' behave better and this AM I am back to normal (well, as normal as I can be 🙃 ) I am happy not to have my sister's problem, which she just revealed to me, is a 'redundant colon" which has an extra length on the left that accommodates itself by being a severe u-turn fold that blocks things. She took Senakot and then had 5 BM's and then started vomiting so vigorously that her lower colon prolapsed. She has an appt with the doc, and I am wondering (haven't looked it up yet) If she will require surgery to 1,) eliminate the u-turn, 2.) remove that portion of the colon, which I imagine (but don't really know) might require a 3.) temporary colostomy while the the 'new' ends of the then reduced-to-normal colon health together, and 4,) tack up the prolapsed portion of her colon. She said she is worried how her husband will do with her having to recuperate from anything, but she never mentioned bowel surgery. 'Anything' also includes some expensive dental surgery involving implants and complicated bridge-work. My gosh! She said we need to win some big money, but so far that has not occurred for either of us.

Nannie has already fallen asleep, thank goodness. I will go up and .... guess what!?! do some dishes. I should clean out or straighten out the refrigerator, as the light-bulb inside has died.....and I can't find out where it is, so replacing it right now is iffy. BiL is supposed to stop by at some point and see if he can take care of it. A new fridge would be nice, but I'm not expecting that to happen.

So my hearing aids have been adjusted to a tolerable level, and I am going back this next Friday to see how that works out and see if they need any more adjusting. The hearing aid CO$T$ had to be paid when I got them and I had to spread the cost out over 3 credit cards. (But the good news is I get free hearing aid batteries for the life of my hearing aids!) Anyway, one card questioned "suspicious activity", and put a 'hold' on its use ,which I have since had 'lifted' by explaining what the huge amount charged on it was for; another card thinks I should pay in full the several thousand dollars that had to be put on it. So now I am over-extended, the minimum payments have gone up, and I am back to financial fretting, at which I am exceptionally well-practiced.

I wonder, rather unkindly, if there is a lot of raining and storms going on at the coast where SiL has 'gone to the beach'. Probably she didn't go there to get more tanned and swim in the sharky waters. The good part for her is just "getting away". Wonder why it doesn't occur to her that I might need the same?

I know this sounds self-serving (because it IS) but one main reason I keep on keeping on here is that I was in hubby's will as inheriting everything from him and HE was the beneficiary of Nannie's will. Also I am in Nannie's will to inherit everything if he predeceases me, which he has done. The il's are to get 1/2 of 1% of the houses' worth.....have no clue how much that might be. But I will need a place to live where my SS check can be supporting me. Right now the utilities here are being paid by iL's out of Nannie's money, I am not sure how that would affect me, except if the utilities here were no longer being covered, I would be living in a candle-lit house wearing lots of sweaters and eating popcorn and peanut butter, with no TV. Also the property taxes are going to go up. There's always the home insurance, but since I am considered 'elderly' I could avail my age to cut the insurance cost in half like it has for Nannie. All of that stuff does not have to be addressed yet, but it still weighs on my mind. I know I am in a favorable position currently since I don't have to pay for 'the big stuff' and I have a warm/cooled place with a good roof over my head. And my dog (who has yet to be fixed and chipped) who is my only good friend, pal, and buddy in this area of the world.

"All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air, with one enormous chair, now wouldn't it be loverly?" Still a moot point while Nannie still breathes every morning when she wakes up.

WOW! You should see the thick downpour of rain we are having right now! That'll lower the 95% humidity a little, doncha think?

I am tired of singing my song of woes, but at least I am not my sister.

Bye for now~

No Stars In My Eyes, LPN · Sep 27, 2025

Patting myself on the back: Yes, I did the dishes and straightened out the mess in the kitchen; I also broke down the tall stack of empty cardboard boxes.....some from the ABC store, and the rest were from large boxes of incontinence products(and did not cut myself with the box-cutter) 😁. All the cardboard has been stacked flat and ducktaped and placed in a big ol; trash bag, which was then placed in BiL's trailer for a trip to the dump.

I also made more humming bird mix. I lost the s-hook the feeder had been held up by, so I found a large sturdy keyring that I threaded thru the circle of plastic on top of the feeder; however, I ended up spilling a lot of the sugar-water mix (actually okay as I made a double 'recipe') because I had to turn the bottle sideways to get one ring onto the other ring and then on the curly-que top of the iron stake in the ground. (got it?) 🤔 I think another large key ring threaded thru the first one might solve that problem, I looked in the shed, in the tool box drawers, but found no S-hooks, so I am having to be creatively scrounging for alternatives.

Another creative fix includes the center of the drapes in the den, where they come together over the glass door and have once again come loose from the stabby-hooks and also where you put the stabby-hooks which are supposed to secure the drapes into the sliding, pull'em open'n'closed things 🤣 I ended up using two old-fashioned wooden clothes pins to fold back the top of the drapes that keep getting caught in the top edge of the door, and also at the bottom where that end of the drape does not stay closed when the drapes are closed. All that is exposed by that snafu is the center where it only shows the woodwork, but Nannie thinks someone can be out there peering in at her, so we must be safe and sure that there's no gaps!

As you can prolly tell from my weird descriptions, my brain is tired. But I am done for the day with the household stuff. News-time approaches which will be followed by getting some supper prepared for the Nannie-person. Three and a half to four hours before I put her to bed. {I did not say I "put her to sleep" because THAT sounds pretty BAD!} 😲

The End (for now)