Happy birthday to my beautiful mom. She would have been 91 today. Wonder what she would have been like in her 90’s? I think of her often and miss her daily. She always made me a better person by being around her.
Thanks for those that reached out to me yesterday. I had a terrible, rotten, no good day yesterday and your love and concern helped me recover. I feel the love surrounding me and appreciate all of you.
I called for an appointment with my doctor and found out he is out of the office this week. I got an appointment with the doctor I used to take my kids to. She had an opening this morning. Found out I have a UTI (no surprise). She is going to wait until tomorrow when the culture finishes growing out before deciding what to do. With the C Diff the last thing she wants to do is prescribe an antibiotic that won’t fix the UTI but would cause the C Diff to be worse. She said having a UTI when you have C Diff is very common. She doesn’t think it is a reaction to the antibiotic I am on even though it is listed as a side effect. I finish the C Diff antibiotic Wednesday but will be on the new one starting tomorrow. The circle continues….
I stopped and got some good bacon and ham and then came home. We are having bacon and eggs for dinner tonight although I just remembered I only have three eggs left in the house. I will have chicken noodle soup and bacon and Jim will have bacon and eggs and hash browns. I made ham salad for Jim when I got home.
I took a long nap this afternoon. I had gone to bed early last night and slept well although the wind woke me up at some point. I got up and closed some windows and went back to bed. I am extra tired these days. I take it as a sign my body is healing.
I haven’t gotten any more painting done the last two days. I feel like I could paint today but I need a heavy ladder to do so and Jim just laid down for a nap. When he gets up I will have him move the ladder to the back so I can paint tomorrow. I really want to get that project finished.
I will have to go to town tomorrow to pick up the new prescription and some groceries from Walmart. Jim wants to get his driver’s license moved to KS. He went to the Court House in Chase County today to do so but they can’t do transfers. He did get registered to vote in KS and requested an advance ballot as we will be in OK on Election Day. Hopefully this week he will get his driver’s license and one of his cars registered. He will have to bring the other car up and get it registered too. It has to be inspected and the VIN number verified before he can register them. Now that he has registered to vote he has a time limit to get that done. But first he has to get his driver’s license changed to KS. Moving across state lines can get complicated.
After he gets the two cars registered we will need to check my home owner’s insurance and price them for insurance. I think we will save money if we add them to my policy.
Later this week Medicare enrollment for 2021 starts. I need to change my prescription coverage. I haven’t been very happy with CVS. I like my medical policy so will leave it with Aetna. I find shopping for the those policies challenging And trust I can navigate through it. We need to find Jim a policy too and compare it to what his retirement has.
It is a beautiful fall day – finally. Temperatures are in the low 70’s with a mild breeze. Finally good sweater weather. It is nice to have light wind today. The wind was in a huge hurry last night and made the whole house rattle and shake for a bit.
I am feeling a bit better today. Still having headaches, mild tummy cramping, and lower back ache. I have only gone to the bathroom three times today. I will get to the point of acceptance of what is happening – just not there yet. I got sick the end of July and have not returned to my normal since. Sure trusting the Gastrointestinal doctor will have some solutions for me when I go next week. It could be another month or so though before we can get to the solution depending on what they recommend and what if any tests will need to be done. Maybe I better set my sights on the end of the year before things return to normal for me. Maybe by the time my girls are laying eggs I will be mended and return to the land of fulling living my best life.
I am slowing coming to acceptance that the COVID lock down and restrictions will be in place for at least another year. I don’t think Jim is there yet as he keeps talking about trips we are going to take next year. I am preparing myself for a very limited Thanksgiving and Christmas gathering this year. I just don’t see how we can do our big Thanksgiving dinner and maybe not our smaller Christmas gathering safely. I hope I am wrong and we can figure out a safe way to gather. It will be what it is and I will wait and see what happens.
Other than doing a drug run tomorrow I have no plans for the rest of the week. Jim has talked about going to Stillwater again and am not sure if he is going this weekend or not. He gets so torn – he wants to go and get work done but he really likes being on the prairie. I’ll wait and see what he decides to do. I am going with him the end of the month for a long week with him in Stillwater. Maybe he will wait and not go before then.
Grateful for all the love and concern expressed by my dear friends and family, grateful for beautiful fall days, and grateful to be slowly coming into acceptance of what is for me right now.