Went to Topeka mid day to have the Nuclear Stress test done. When I got there they took me back and started an IV and injected the nuclear medication. Then they sent me back out to the waiting room for an hour. The nurse told me to drink something and offered me Coke or Sprite. I told her I didn’t do sugar so she offered me a diet Sprite. I told her I didn’t do artificial sugar either. She looked at me like I had two heads. She then offered me the water fountain. I had brought water with me so went out to the car to drink 32 oz of water.
While I was sitting in my car drinking the passenger side door of the car sitting next to mine opened and their door hit my car. The guy in the passenger side glared at me like I had done something wrong. He went to get out and managed to hit my car with the door several more times. After he got out I realized he was physically challenged and had trouble getting out of the car. The only problem is my car was there before they pulled in. My car was well inside the lines. I didn’t react and after he went in the building I moved my car to another spot so it wouldn’t get hit again when the guy came back to get into his car.
After my hour was up they called me back and did a 15 minute scan of my heart. I had to lay with my arms above my head and not move. When that was over I did the Tread mill for 10 minutes. They kept increasing the incline and the speed every three minutes. My heart went from 60 to 140. I could have gone longer but I had reached the heart rate they were after. I had to sit in the room for a bit afterwards until my BP and heart rate returned to normal.
They injected me with more Nuclear junk and then sent me to the waiting room for 15 minutes. Had another scan done and then I was able to leave. I am to drink lots of water today to wash that stuff through my system. I have 64 oz down so far and am working on another 32.
The Turnpike has five construction zones between Emporia and Topeka. Traffic was light both ways but it is a pain to have to speed up and slow down for construction zones all the time.
Before I left town today I stopped by the Senior Center and dropped off 50 face masks for them. I was lucky to catch the Director at the Center as it was closed.
Stopped by the clinic before I left town and had my blood drawn so they could check my TSH level. Got the results back and it is 3.6. A tad high but not too bad. The doctor at MD Anderson wanted me to keep it between 1.5 – 2.5 but that is a hard range to stay in. It is safer to have it a bit high than a bit low. Not sure what the doctor will do about my medication level. I need to order a refill of my thyroid meds so hope to hear from her tomorrow. If not, I will call and ask.
Worked on making more masks when I got home. Jim had gone to town and bought a new wheelbarrow and had taken 18 loads of rock from the rock pile to the driveway to fill in where the rain had washed away the rock and left some holes. He is a tired puppy tonight. We were going to take a walk but he laid down on the couch and fell asleep. I think I will let him sleep for a bit.
I had forgotten to lay out some meat to thaw so ended up making BLT’s for dinner tonight. Jim likes his with an egg on top. I like mine without bread. It wasn’t fancy but it filled us up. I need to come up with some new ideas for dinner. I have run out of ideas and keep fixing the same things all the time.
Nothing on the calendar tomorrow or Wednesday. Still not sure when Jim is going to Stillwater. He forgot to call and see if the garage door can be installed and if the guys leveling the floor can come this week. He may wait and go next week. We will see what happens.
Thursday the air conditioner guy is to come do the spring tune up – better late than never I guess. He also is to fix the stack on the shop building that blew down in a storm we had in June. I had called them six weeks ago and they had forgotten about it. The oven is also to be installed Thursday sometime.
I’m hoping to get back down to the chicken coop tomorrow and get it cleaned out really good and get it set up for the babies. They will be here in a week. It is to get really hot this weekend and I want to get that project done before the next heat wave comes in. Not sure if Jim will get it leveled but I can get my part done and it will be ready for the babies.
Read Chase County now has 32 active COVID cases due to an outbreak at the jail. Trust the jailers that have it won’t spread it throughout the community.
Got my electric bill for June. It was $52. Not bad at all. My minimum charge is $32.90 so I actually only used $20 of electricity that my solar panels didn’t generate. I’m liking the savings I am seeing monthly. Last year my bill would have been at least $350.
Grateful the stress test is done, grateful for a safe trip to and from Topeka, and grateful for an empty space type of day on tap for tomorrow.
Love the check in, love you! I’m crazy about these Japanese pancakes,no can’t remember the Japanese name, omikayama or something like that, that are cabbage, carrot, dinosaur kale and scallions then with a fried egg on top or bacon also it anything else. They can be oven baked instead of fried and recrisped in the oven, but then you have to love cabbage and there’s a cool sauce with them….do you all like fish? Fish tacos, regular tacos or taco salad for summer? I know you eat ham…what about carnitas? so easy to do a big pork butt in the slow cooker…..so many beautiful vegetables to make vegetable lasagna with white and red sauce both, my favorite, and with or without meat. I was watching the bon appetite kitchen where he was making the Bolognese with garlic, minced onion, celery and carrots in small amounts at the the very beginning that disappear into the texture of the sauce but give such an amazing flavor base…..I’ll send the pancake recipe if you want it, takes flour and eggs to bind it, if course, just tossed together, and the sauce recipe from smitten kitten/kitchen. Hope that’s not TMI. Big Love