Tuesday March 7 2023

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Mar 7, 2023

Sorry you're feeling down, Joe. Hope today is a better day.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Mar 7, 2023

Yes, Joe, I hope your day is better. Do you have any positive affirmations you can reflect on? I feel like you don't give yourself much credit and yet you seem to accomplish a lot!

Another nice, partly sunny day here. I wore the wrong shoes to go for a walk. I have to park so far away that its a real pain to bring a change of shoes just for a midday walk. But after tomorrow, it won't matter! Dd asked me to give her a ride home after work, because her ex is fixing her car. So that's cool. I am finding household items in weird spots at home and I can't believe how much it bugs me. I have a large pantry/cabinet with shelves that are arranged to my liking. The "breakfast" shelf is the one at waist level, so I can just reach in to grab cereal or peanut butter, etc. This morning, right in the front of the shelf there was a bottle of olive oil and a box of croutons. Yesterday there was a folded blanket in with the towels. We won't even talk about the dishwasher. All I can say is my toothbrush better not move.

I haven't seen any cool birds in the last few days, but I keep hearing the northern flickers calling out around my house. I am glad I have my bird app on my phone to help with ID.

No Stars In My Eyes · Mar 7, 2023

H'lo Joe and Ado.

It is mid-afternoon, 74 degrees and very sunny (BRIGHT!) I had coffee out on the front porch and watched the carpenter bees argue over territory, and watched a little lizardlizardlizard sit on the front step looking for little bugs to fly by, so it could eat. Kind of an inefficient way to get something to eat, I think.

Then I went in and got the Nannie-person up out of bed, stripped her soaking clothes and sheets, washed, dried, dressed: "Oh! I really like those pants, they are so pretty!" (a shiny navy blue with lining. She was wearing them when she came home from that nsg home a few years ago; don't know whose they were but they are one of her 3 favorites.) She has had her pills, yogurt and some sweet iced tea, and now sits wrapped in her 'poncho'-thingy, with her eyes closed ---pre-siesta, doncha know.

Hubby was out in the Ford, but has since then come in and is now resting on his bed. His left hand and arm have "de-edematized" due to the Lasix.

I could go over to Walmart for a few things, but.....nah, I'll wait. I'd like one day when I don't have to run errands. The birds are out on the patio searching out uneaten seeds, so I will add to their buffet.

Our grass-cutting neighbor will be over here shortly to get our lawn (which I don't think needs it yet, but that's just IMHO. And "Mr-Perfect-Lawn" next door is either on vacation or doing his Army Reserve time. Not sure where the wife and kids and dog are. His dad came over and mowed their lawn yesterday so it doesn't look like a ghost-town over there.

Okay, my mind has gone blank and I can't think of what it was that I was going to say, so here it ends for now....

No Stars In My Eyes · Mar 7, 2023

Hey j22, what on earth is wrong with croutons and olive oil for breakfast????

I know what you mean about cupboards getting UN-arranged....the cupboard that holds cups and dishes and all the storage containers are jumbled and it drives me nuts. You know, you CAN put things so that they are stacked neatly, nesting inside each other. YUH. It seems to be impossible for "some" people.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Mar 8, 2023

Good morning!

Joe, hope you feel better.

My brother and law has a heating pad for his dog and when he dog sits my dogs take over. I have one but they sleep on my bed and are spoiled enough.

We had a patient that infectious disease was thinking of sending to an ophthalmologist for an ocular culture. I'd never heard of such a thing. It does sound painful.

I didn't sleep well last night for some reason. Story of my life.

The above was written this morning before anyone else. I don't think I was finished but I guess I forgot.

Stars, hope you had a good day.
J22, congrats on making it to "after tomorrow it won't matter......"

I spent about 2.5 hours doing annual computer stuff like infection control, fire safety and what not. It's due next month but I was on a roll and just got it all done in one sitting.

I wish I was one of those "everything has it's place" kind of people but I'm not. I have places where things usually go but I annoy myself sometime. For example I have two jars of coffee opened because one wasn't in its usual spot. I can't seem to find where I put my olive oil that I bought yesterday because it's not in the spot I usually keep olive oil. I get a little preoccupied in my head sometimes.

Watched a movie with best friend and am now eating takeout Chinese.

Best friend is getting a $20,000 assessment at his condo because they can't afford their next insurance premium and the insurance company is making them put on a new roof because of it's age even though the condition is good. The roof will cost the owners over a million dollars. Crazy.

Because of this he's been not wanting to commit to a vacation and I told him to just never mind. I need to see my parents soon and I have my debt for my bathroom. Now he says he's changed his mind and maybe we can travel. eye roll

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Mar 8, 2023

I had a vitrectomy in Nov 2020 because of a macular hole. The surgeon makes incisions for the trocar and removes the vitreous fluid and replaces it (in my case with a "gas bubble"). I didn't really feel pain. The worst part was a lot of nausea the next day which the doctor attributed to the pressure difference between my eyes, even though the pressure in the operative eye was "good". I was told it have to maintain face-down positioning for several days. Not sure I could have done that. As it was, he told me at the next-day appointment that I could lie on my left side. Even so I had a hard time with being so limited in my movement and positioning for a week. I still have distortion in the center of vision in my right eye.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Mar 8, 2023

I don't think I'm anal about putting things away, but I like a little organization so I can find things. And there are certain things that I have multiples because I can't remember where I put them.

Angus has a heating pad under his bed next to my bed, and in the living room. And he spends about half the night on the bed. We tend to keep the house on the cool side and he doesn't like wearing a sweater. And yeah, maybe he's a little spoiled, but he's my buddy.