Category: Life

2013-09-01 Sunday

Uneventful Mass this morning.  Somehow, I got going too late and missed the start of the Rosary.  CrabbyNeighbor will now be referred to as NeighborBill!  He called this morning.  I answered my phone with much trepidation.  But!  He asked to borrow my yard waste cart, as his is full of acorns.  And, he wanted to let me know that now the two street lights near my property don’t work.  Coincidence that happened about the same time those wires finally got buried?  And, last night, half-way through dinner NeighborBill’s wife, Irma came out on the deck and hollered; “everything OK over there?”.  I gave her a thumbs up and she went back in the house.  I’m being carefully watched, and I appreciate that.

2013-08-30 Friday

OUCH!  Muscle cramp at the top of my right calf at 4:30 am.    Avery and I went to see Bob today, we brought him a plant.   Daisy had another acupuncture treatment this afternoon and Avery got some of it on video.  Daisy has lost >4 pounds since August 20, putting her at her lowest weight yet.  She doesn’t appear to have any urgent issues, but we’ll see what the results of her blood work show in a few days.  The Vet approved my plan for weaning her off the Methylprednisolone.  I’ll continue the twice daily Suo Quan Wan.  We’ve added Derma-3 omega 3 fatty acids once a day.  I’ll give her a little more chow, or clean protein.

2013-08-30 Friday

OUCH!  Muscle cramp at the top of my right calf at 4:30 am.    Avery and I went to see Bob today, we brought him a plant.   Daisy had another acupuncture treatment this afternoon and Avery got some of it on video.  Daisy has lost >4 pounds since August 20, putting her at her lowest weight yet.  She doesn’t appear to have any urgent issues, but we’ll see what the results of her blood work show in a few days.  The Vet approved my plan for weaning her off the Methylprednisolone.  I’ll continue the twice daily Suo Quan Wan.  We’ve added Derma-3 omega 3 fatty acids once a day.  I’ll give her a little more chow, or clean protein.

2013-08-28 Wednesday

Pilates w/Angela @ Home.  When Daisy and I were on our walk this morning, we saw CrabbyNeighbor out sweeping and raking up his acorns. I stopped to ask if he knew anything about the markings on my yard.  He’s pretty sure they are for the work that was done on Monday.  There is one tiny area of disappointment, but he said; “you’re getting there, Robin, you’re getting there”.  I think that’s as close to approval as I’m going to get.  I keep wandering around the yard, almost giddy with how great it looks.

2013-08-25 Sunday

I’m going to start tapering Daisy off the prednisone. She’ll get 3 on the even days for a bit. Mass this morning. I find myself sitting in the same spot every week, I must stop doing that! But, a weird thing happened today. A gentleman sat next to me. As in shoulder-to-shoulder next to me, definitely invading my personal space despite the fact there was more than enough space elsewhere. I must admit, it was kind of nice to have my hand held for a good bit longer than was necessary. Turns out his wife is due home this evening after vising relatives out of state for two weeks. I provided some needed human contact, and was happy to do so. Damn! The chirping in my east furnace room has resumed.