IN Carmel

 There was a slow start to Saturday.  There was breakfast, TV, knitting for a while after doing my homework. I thought it was time for a walk.  It was a short walk around the block but it took me for ever.  Not because I was a slow walker but because I stopped and talked for about an hour with a neighbor.  She was painting her house.  I finally got to our driveway and three ladies were out walking.  One from the neighborhood with two of her friends.  There were some questions and I had some answers.  I asked if they wanted to do a garden walk and they said yes.  So there went about another 30 minutes of visiting.  What fun.  So friendships were renewed and some new ones made.  It was a good morning.  Lunch happened.  The afternoon was filled again with knitting with another scarf finished and watching the Colts play the Lions along with a little WNBA.  Not a lost afternoon in my world.   For what e...

The last day of the work week.  Well, that's for some but not for all.  But it's Friday. The first order of the day was the paper work.  That means homework in this case.  I got-er-done.  There was a little TV and then I decided to do a walk around the block.  It went well yesterday and I thought to repeat it again.   Neighbor Vicky and her dog caught up with me and we completed the walk stopping to talk to another gardener neighbor as we passed by.  She was enlarging her front garden.  I spent the morning doing a little more knitting.  Not to much but enough for the morning. A bit more happened in the afternoon. There was lunch and then a Kroger stop for 4 gal of distilled water.  Enough for a while to keep my C Pap machine happy.  I stopped at the Y to see what more walking would do there for a body that might benefit with a bit more exercise. It's been a while since I've done the Y.  That also was pretty positive e...

 One more Thursday under my belt.  That is if I'm waring a belt.  I'm not.  But there still was another Thursday for a lot of things happening.   Yesterday Dr. Jalli and I negotiated pills.  She suggested one Hydrocone and I suggested two.  I won.  But this morning I wanted to see if one would really work.  Well, it didn't.  So for this morning I added the second pill.  I'll try again tomorrow.  I took it easy getting the paper in and checking on the Dahlias.  There are a whole lot of buds but the blooms will be here soon.  The one more cat became a chrysalis so the number is four with the fifth on in a j shape.   Of course the body wanted to sleep so I got my favorite camping chair out which always was a great sleeping chair and true to form...I fell asleep which happened in a nice warm sunshine.  That can be dangerous but true to form I wasn't burned in the experience.   We made a great...

 There is not to much to write about tonight but I do have some news.  So it was up early and because I was off Hydrocodone for two day I drove myself around 8 o'clock to the doctors.  And there is more news now.  The shoulder Xray showed there is tendonitis.  So the pain is not exactly in my head.  It's in my shoulder.  Well, at least that's where the Xray picture was taken.  It can hurt other places but I suspect that is referred pain.  So there you have it now.  What I think is bad news is that Tendonitis can take a long time to heal.  The doctor added...don't expect a quick fix. I'm back on Hydro cone.  No driving until the pain disappears when no pain medicine is needed.  Sleeping last night was impossible so the chair was the place to be once again.  I'm going to try a pill before sleeping with the hope it lasts until the next evening.  I'll be back with another doctor visit next Wed.  When I asked for...

 Today was a slower day but I do have something to show for it.  Well, at least for the morning.  The big do was to fix plastic bags for carry out meals at Bread and Bowl.  Opening plastic bags ahead of the work time at church just makes assembling the take home meal a little easier.  So with Jared suggestion to make this job even easier I prepare enough bags for the two Saturday's in the month of September when North folks work. So that took up some of the morning.  I did find that the repetitive motions that came with the job was noticed in my arm. I think the problem really is muscles in my back that send tension to my arm. I'm missing one muscle that was moved to my head to fill the hole that cancer made. But I survived the morning.  There will be a month of healing before that jobs comes back again.  I should be in great shape by then. Typing still remains one of those repetitive exercises.  I did a little kitchen cleaning and the aftern...

 Today was what I would call a better day.  The shoulder still hurts but it's a lot more bare able.  And working in the garden didn't make it worse.  In fact it made it better.  The doctor told me that moving would be helpful. Now I would say that's crazy but it did work.  I filled the garden cart this morning and did it again this afternoon.  It was a good mental health day even having fewer heavy pills. In fact...just one.  The verbena were a tangled mess covering up a whole lot of things again.  They got a major clipping sure to be back again one of these days. The bloomers just keep on blooming which the butterflies love.  The caterpillars are changing into their J shape and soon will be Monarch we recognize as Monarch.  There are 5 cats in the cage. Three are moving right along and the other two are not far behind.  And the Fever are moving aright along also.  I missed the big win last night sleeping right through til...

 Today, I took the lazy way out. We didn't go to Michigan to see the kids and we didn't go to church either.  Since I told my friends we wouldn't be at church today I just didn't want to talk about why being there happened.  So it was church on line which was good but not the same as being there for sure.  I did do a Dahlia snipping and now there are all new flowers throughout the house.  I accomplished something. I'm running low on Hydro pills but discovered a few from another time.  I'm trying to back off but the big reason for pills is still hanging around.  What a bummer.  So the afternoon after just taking one for the morning demanded another go for the afternoon which lead to a lot of sleep.  How boring.  At some point  soon I'll be happy to be awake to experience the world again.  The Fever lost last night's game but tonight there is another chance for a win.  These girls have gumption.  Nancy and I have been t...