Mama Roberta's Birthday

 

 

It’s a beautiful day.  The weather is cool and sunny, with temperatures expected to remain in the 80s for the rest of the day. Currently, there has not been any rain.   I haven’t been up that long.  I woke up at my usual time.  Fed the furball who is probably back in bed.

I did a few text chats and will do some more shortly.  Then I need to get ready for the grocery delivery.  I have already had a change in the items.  I hope I saved money today.   

Today is Mama Roberta’s Birthday.  I will probably call her later today before the meetup like I usually do.  I have been texting during the week.  The previous occasion I sent her a message was Monday.   She was scheduled for a doctor's appointment.   I recall she learns today.

I heard from her around 11 and she is nervous.  I sent her prayers and good thoughts to face this.

The rest of the day will probably stick close to home and in front of the TV until the meetup tonight.

I texted Tania.   She seems to be doing well.  She will be on vacation next week as well.

Aw Jeese.  I just found out my Friend Telka’s husband has had a health issue this past week.  He Will need a stent and a few other things. 

At around 11, the second dress I ordered was delivered. Once again, I wondered if I had mistakenly placed three orders at the same time.  I am relieved to see I might be wrong again.  I need to check the return policy.  Okay that’s done.  I just need to drop it off to either Ulta or staples.  I can do that before heading off to the meetup-or did I say that already.

Uh, some of you may find this weird, I am not overtly religious.  I'm somewhat spiritual.   I do pray when things feel overwhelming or I am feeling stressed.  I paused briefly to offer prayers for my friends who are facing challenges today.

 

 

At three, I texted Mama and here’s her reply:

 

Not great news. The tumor in the right breast is located inferiorly, while the tumor in the left breast is situated superiorly. As a result, bilateral breast reduction would involve a complex procedure.   Faster solution is still a double mastectomy

 

The rest of the night went well despite some bumps.   I couldn’t find my phone before leaving for the meetup.  The girls had promised to call after 8 pm.  However, they didn’t but I found it on my own.  It was in the closet.  I found it in a hanger box in the closet. 

The other bumps were two car accidents on 95.  One was by exit 41 and the other was on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven. The one on the northbound made me late for the Meetup.

We had a great time.  It was Paula G, Gill, Me, Laura, and followed by Faith.  We eventually ordered dinner.  I did have pancakes and sausage.  I had a ginger Ale and the rest of the time I had water.  I effectively managed my dinner spending.

We talked about the wedding and the final preparations.  I showed my dress (the one that’s going back) and shoes that I am going to wear for the wedding.

We also talked about pets, the feral group of cats and expectations for the next round.  We discussed the manner in which our pets encountered mice.   We talked about a lot of things.

It was time for me to come home.  I left around 7:30 and drove home.  There was no visible evidence of previous traffic accidents, but the traffic volume remained high for a Wednesday night.   I was home by 8. 

 

 

 

I had a hard time getting in the door.  It jammed and I suspect the rug down below having been caught in the door stopped. 

Since arriving home, I had tea, located the phone, sent the final text messages for the night, and watched a few more episodes from the two NCIS marathons.

See you in the morning.

I am home

 

Right about this time (4:45 Eastern) I would be either on my way or waiting for the others to arrive at our weekly Meetup at the diner in Guilford.  Unfortunately, everyone had other things they needed to do.  So, they will have it next week.  I hope.  I won’t be there though.  The next time I will see them is Mother’s Day weekend for the two Brunches each day.  One is at Gouviea Vineyards and the other will be at Faith’s home.

Right now, it seems that Gil and Faith are working on the Book Club event.  It looks like Gil worked on it for most of the night last night and now faith is having a little bit of a probable adding a person.

Today was pretty good.   I got all my work done before noon.  I had lunch from the Orchids café  Down the Street.  Then for the rest of the day I did some clearing out of emails, updating calendars.

I got home at 4:30 and checked on Sky in the spare room.  I fed him and then worked on the sauce.

The sauce appeared burnt but tasted great.  I have enough for lunch tomorrow.  I also have more to add to the next batch next week.  I plan on making a bit more than what I had so I can store it.  I cleaned up the dinner and will finish the rest of the kitchen later. 

I have ground beef and chicken I need to prep for future meals as well.  They are both in the freezer and I must prepare the remaining steaks I got too.  That will be for later meals.

I also threw a blanket in and started laundry.  I don’t know how much more I am going to do tonight because I am starting to wilt.

I am currently sitting on my patio writing this entry.  It’s so beautiful right now.  I have most if not all the windows open in the house.  It’s 70 degrees out and I’m not sure how long that will be for.

Well I have a few more things to do before I go to bed.  Have a great night.

 

I am Thankful

 

This was post was going to be the last Thankful Thursday Post of 2021 but I didn’t do many of those this year either.  Needless to say I am thankful.

I ended up not doing much for the day except going to the store and picking up the prescription and some milk and a container of frosting.

I did some things around here and then got ready for the meetup.  Man it was stressful getting there.  It was raining but my vision was somewhat blurry and it felt like I was seeing things in three d.

 For some reason Google maps didn’t take me straight to the diner.  It took me near Stephanie’s house (I clicked on Guilford link and it was in the middle of nowhere. Well at least for that area.   I was getting stressed.  I finally got to the dinner after 5:30.  PaulaJ, Gillion, Stephanie, and Jackie were there.  I told them what happened when I told Stephanie that I think I was near her house. Eventually Cyn and Steph’s Mom arrived and then spent the next two hours talking and eating.  It was fun.  I have to admit after eating I wasn’t feeling so hot.  I was starting to get ready to leave before them but ended up leaving when it was time.

It was drizzling when we left and kept steady all the way home.  There were only a couple of times where it was hard but the drive home wasn’t too bad.

When I got home the kitties were both sitting on their favorite furniture.  I got settled in and watched TV for a bit and then went to bed.  The cats followed suit.

 

The cats were indignant that I stayed in bed until 6 this morning.  Actually I was shocked I did myself.  I did wake up around 4:30 and noticed the cats were starting to move. When I got up I fed them and turned on the TV.  Some of my staples were still on but you can tell that it’s getting closer to the holiday again.

I went back to bed again for another couple of hours and since then did some TV watching, surfing the net and forcing myself to do cleaning I have been putting off.

This weather isn’t conducive to cleaning either. I just want to sleep. It’s about 44 degrees and cloudy and we might get some more rain later. 

Well I might as well go tackle this stuff-slowly apparently.

 

 

 

Tired

I am not sure why but at some point this evening I got tired.  I had been preparing for the coffee talk, took care of the garbage and tried to do some union calls.

Late this afternoon I heard from NewEgg.com and they indicated the seller had sent me a message that it will now be June 3, 2020.  I don’t remember seeing that date on their email but with my luck and my penchant for not reading the email completely through.  So it will now be a week from today.

I finally cleaned off the counter next to the sink and closer to the cellar.  I got rid of old teas and the others I put in canisters that can hold the tea. I put some of my meds and all the vitamins and supplements into a basket.  My hope is to not have that place look so cluttered.

I also put some stuff into a box. For example I put the mini coffeemaker (the kind that is brewing) and a bunch of other stuff from the back room into the box as well.  There is more but I have to look through it first.  I even got rid of the bags that I haven collecting from the deliveries for dinners and lunches.

I heard from Debra this afternoon.  I wasn’t near the phone at first and I am curious to know why it wasn’t ringing loudly.  Anyway we couldn’t talk long but she wanted me to know she got the text and email.  I realized later that the entry with Liz’s text wasn’t sent to her yet but I read it to her.  She said basically not to engage the lawyer.  At least someone told him what is going on. 

I was looking forward to tonight’s but they couldn’t hear me and they were not clear (there was lag) and garbled.  CY says there is some interference.  I just hope it is cleared up by tomorrow for the trivia game. 

I think I will go to bed and start the day tomorrow.

Lovely

We Got email today from Human Resources extending the work from home deadline to June 1, 2020.  I will have to find many things to do in that time.  I haven’t started the ones I wanted to do yet.

I received a call from the Hematologist and the INR number went down further.  So I have to stop the shot and take a 1 ½ Tabs tonight.  I lost my temper because she acted as though he told me to stop the shots.  There has got to be better communication because he didn’t say that I had to stop this week.   I thought he said eventually.   I can’t have salads for now until the INR level is a therapeutic level.

I ordered wings for tonight and they came at 5 so I knew they would need to be reheated so I put them in the micro and reheated s the time for the coffee talk approached.  While I waited I took care of the garbage.

I was the second person to arrive in the chat.  G was getting ready and as everyone arrived some had a hard time connecting and staying connected.  The one thing we promised not to discuss was discussed but we also talked about health in general and things we are doing to keep busy.  Cooking, online classes and ways to get masks, and of course pets were among the topics.  We ended a little early and that’s okay. Tomorrow is the Trivia game and will be for an hour.

I was hoping the titans would come down and make an appearance but the only who came down and avoided it was Sky.  I think my loud voice startled him.  Tiger just came down and got up here and backed down.

I received an unexpected surprise in the mail today.  It was a letter from my Pen pal Missy.  She sent me a few stickers and they were all sad faces.  I am not entirely sure what that’s about.  I need to read it some more before I answer it.

I don’t think I will be doing too much now.  I am getting tired and I have to get up early for the hematology visit.  They apparently sent renewal of the warfarin to Walgreen’s.  These people are really pissing me off.  I am sure I told them I changed Pharmacies.

3 mile walk

I have been home from the walk about 2 hours.  It was great.  I arrived after Joan had been waiting and then Susan and then Jen.  We walked along the beach front communities of Point beach, Bayshore, and Point Look out Road.  Areas that I drive through but not really looked around and the houses are beautiful and a couple of times reminded of California coast line.  The views into Long Island sound were peaceful and so beautiful.  The weather was awesome for it.  At times I lagged behind but tried to keep up as much as possible as they discussions were about the event that Joan is planning in May, and just of the mental health system that is in need of repair.  We finished by quarter of ten and as you can see it’s over an hour. 

Since I did the walk I didn’t go to the gym as of yet.  Not sure I am going to but I will see.

I came home made some coffee did a little more laundry and at noon made steak and vegetables again.  Sadly it isn’t cutting the hunger away.  I did have more yogurts but I got nothing.

I am leaving shortly for bingo and then to pick up the dresses from the dry Cleaners.  It’s only a month overdue.  I am surprised Liz hasn’t asked ye, even after I talked with her via text.  I will check with her when I pick her up.

I am going to need more coffee even though I have had a few today.  I feel exhausted but accomplished. 

Haven’t gone into the attic and I am not sure I will be….