Wednesday September 3rd 2025

No Stars In My Eyes, LPN · Sep 3, 2025

Woke up around 10:30 AM with Tinker walking on me; guess it was time for her breakfast. Never heard SiL come to get Nannie ready for daycare, never heard them leave. I was up until about 4 AM with something similar to what Tweety has been going through. I am in the mode: "Don't you dare think you are 'just' going to pass gas." a while after I eat something. I did take anti-diarrheal last night so I could get to sleep. I think my problem is tension related and not spooky bugs in my gut. But thank god for long pads. I'll not say more.

So the day yawns before me,or should I say the AFTERNOON, since it is now 12:40 PM. I think I'll get up from this lounging in bed, and go take a shower. I "SHOULD" apply myself to straightening out my room after that. I dunno. Maybe I will hang up and put away clean folded clothes that are heaped on the rocking chair, and put the dirty laundry in the laundry basket. When I take my clothes off at night I have a tendency to just aim at a pile of the same on the floor. Not as good as HGTV decor! (Maybe the National Guard can come in and tidy up my room while they are waiting to protect our nation's capitol)

The weather is heading back to summertime temps, oh joy, don't I love 90 degree days. But the weather folks are promising me the humidity will be quite low, so suffering the heat may be minimal? Meh. Weather does what it wants to do, and I don't spend a lot of time outside; Tinker gets walked out there and she loves inspecting the tree trunks and branches. Last night she leaped at some bats that were flying around under the streetlight the neighbors have in their back yard. Of course they weren't flying at her and she is way too little to leap up as high as they fly. On an earlier walk she also stopped and watched birds (crows) fly overhead, too, and she notices the shadow on the ground from a larger bird flying overhead. I have never seen a dog so alert to the heights above her. She's not afraid of it at all, just extremely curious to see if maybe there is something to chase. And I am very glad the yard is a big enough one to satisfy her need to walk. Still, I would love to have a fenced-in yard in which she could be set free to run and charge around without escaping into the woods or onto the street.

Seems like the closer I get to actually getting up, the more I find to post. Time to get stern with myself and get in that shower!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Sep 3, 2025

Good afternoon.

Joe, sorry you had a bad day and hope you have a better day today.

Dianah, glad the cookies came out.

Stars, I don't wish an intestinal infection on anyone and hope you get well soon.

I made it to my hot yoga class. Went to Whole Foods and splurged on some stuff. I wanted to get some probiotics which my GI doc says to take and they turned out to be on sale.

I got a bill on my portal for nearly $700 for medical care. At this point at least I've met my deductible of $750 but still have a way to go on out of pocket expenses. They said I could pay $110 a month but just paid in full with my Health Savings Account which is dwindling. It's annoying how the bills are coming in..one from the ER, one from the ER doc, one from the lab, one from the GI doc, then more from the lab...it doesn't end.

Anyway, after lunch I'm going with best friend to see the work that's being done on his condo. Apparently a significant amount of work as been accomplished by his contractor.

No Stars In My Eyes, LPN · Sep 3, 2025

Tweety, Would it be rude for me to say a hearty "YAY!" about your friend's condo being almost done?

Brother-oh-boy, was Nannie in a FOUL mood when I picked her up from daycare. She came out scowling, and when I said "Why are you frowning?" She murmured things which I naturally could not understand, but I did get that "they were doing" ?something? with paper. Whatever it was I could not tell if she didn't want to do it, or she was mad about her having to try doing it.....I dunno! "I guess it will remain a mystery." [ Incidentally, that is an expression of a foreign student at college. one which we loved to say instead of 'I don't know', when he asked us to be more clear in an explanation. He and we would all laugh and say it in unison:"I guess it will remain a mystery!"]

When we got home, I said to her, "You were upset when I picked you up. Why don't you just lean back, close your eyes and r-e-l-a-x." It took her about 45 minutes to wind down. I put a small pillow behind her neck and told her to lean back.She kept fiddling with her sweater sleeves, and closing/opening and re-closing the front of the sweater, and scratching her head and trying to ....um, straighten out her hairdo(? pat pat, pat, like it made any difference), and several other twitchy moves. I had been trying to figure out if she is repetitive or perseverative. Actually, after I looked up how those two things were defined, since they (and she!)are so alike, I decided she is both.

But now the network news is over, and I hate to do it, but I have to wake her up and give her some kind of supper. *sigh*

Editorial Team / Admin · Sep 3, 2025

Hello!

No Stars, I hope Nannie's bad mood has passed, and that the evening is quiet for you two. How are your gypsies today?

Tweety, how was bowling (Monday) and is your friend's condo REALLY almost ready for move-in?? Crossing my fingers it is!

Joe, how was today?

I exercised last evening, and probably was a little too vigorous, as I felt like I pulled something, and felt it all night. Finally took some Tylenol. It's better today but still feels 'not normal.' Also the wasp sting is still irritatingly itchy. I did the ol' tried-and-true hot water tx last night: hot water, strong stream, as hot as I can stand for as long as I can stand, on the affected area. That and some cortisone cream afterwards took care of the itch for some hours. But, yeah, it's still there today.

I finally mailed off 5# of cookies to our friend! It may arrive tomorrow, but surely by Friday it'll be there. And dh and I are nibbling at the weird oatmeal-raisin concoction, till it's gone (more is in the freezer!).

After lunch I took the dead microwave to a recycling center, so it's GONE, yay!

I also re-did our set list in anticipation of our next practice later this month. As always, it is subject to changes as they happen. At least we have something to start with.

I have no more plans for the week, though will likely do some cleaning or clearing out, whichever strikes my fancy that day.

Have a good evening!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2025

Stars, that would not be rude. It's a "yay" from me too.

His condo, while having a good deal of work done is no where close to being ready to move in. Probably in another month or so. But at least it's been started and a good deal has been done so far.

Dianah, we skipped bowling because of Labor Day and even if they didn't I was working.