Category: Life

I picked Avery up this morning. We stopped at Penzey’s to replenish our spice drawer then met Steve for lunch at Harvest Moon. At home we played Scrabble and Legos.

My car has moved from “On Order” to “Scheduled for Production”! The next step is “Awaiting Transport”. I just might see it before Christmas. I’ve also had a nibble on the 540iT Wagon.

I keep waiting to wake up one morning feeling just fine. But, this morning, I actually woke up feeling even worse. Enough is enough already. I made an appointment with my Doctor. Turns out I have pneumonia and pleurisy. I wasn’t going to get better on my own. My Doctor scolded me for waiting so long and warns it will be months(!!!) before I regain anything remotely resembling my normal lung capacity/function.

My sore ribs didn’t cause as much trouble with exercise (weights and pilates) as I had feared. The only really nasty bit was crunches on the fitball. We’ll see how yoga goes later today. Steve put up the bird feeders and the squirrels have found them. While Gracie’s whining and fussing is really annoying, I’m grateful not even five squirrels can entice her to disrespect the Invisible Fence. The bird feeder is actually inside the Invisible Fence, but Gracie got “corrected” out on that corner one of the first days she was with us and she’s not taking any chances.

This respiratory plague I’ve had for most of three weeks now has me rethinking my “no flu shot” policy.

I ordered a new BMW X535d. Silver! It will only have two things I don’t want and will be missing two things I did want. One of which was the brushed aluminum trim and the other I can’t remember right now, so it can’t be very important. These things were only available with packages that include a bunch of stuff I don’t want. Or, don’t want to pay for. My 540iT wagon is for sale, if you know anyone who might be interested. I met Steve for lunch. Spent the afternoon on the couch. I have a cold. The bottom of my right heel is doing that same electrical shock like thing that my left wrist does now and then. I first noticed it at Pilates on Wednesday, then stretching after weights on Thursday and again at Pilates this morning. Consensus at this point is a nerve is being pinched somewhere in my hamstrings or pelvis.

Now that I’ve got the new car ball rolling, wouldn’t you know . . . my car has decided to behave. Nice try, honey. I’m confident it won’t last. I’ll be happy to add more coolant at least once before we part company. Then, there’s the part of me that kinda sorta wants to drive the thing until it fails. I’ll be happier yet when I’ve got a new car in the garage and I’m done with this whole exasperating car buying experience. It’s not helping that I have a cold. It might help if I could get excited about a new car. But, I just can’t. This whole business has used up as much brain space as I can allow. It’s time to be done with it.

Mint has alerted me to “Unusual spending in service and parts.” No shit, really?

“It’s been windy” Is an understatement. The power went out last night about 7:45, making for an early bedtime. Power was restored before morning. HSA deposit and lunch with Jane.

Early Mass. A nap! I finished another Wonderful Wallaby.