I went into Emporia this morning to pick up my new prescription. The Doctor’s office had called yesterday to tell me insurance had approved a different brand. When I got to the pharmacy the pharmacy told me insurance needed prior authorization and it wasn’t approved. The pharmacy was going to contact both the insurance company and my doctor’s office and try to get it sorted out. I haven’t heard yet if that has happened. This is getting complicated. Maybe a sign I shouldn’t take this drug.
I knitted most of the morning and have the shawl done except for the ruffle. I decided to add the ruffle as it is curling up on the ends and the ruffle will keep it flat. The ruffle is only 16 rows or so on each side so it shouldn’t take too long to add it. Trusting I have enough yarn – I am having to make it in a stripe pattern as I don’t have enough of one color to add it.
I took a long nap this afternoon as I didn’t sleep well again last night. I sure slept good this afternoon. I have a crisis hot line shift tonight and knew without a nap I would struggle through that.
Made a batch of fudge after my nap. I still need to make sugar cookies and New Year’s Cookies and then I can ship my packages. I’m tired of the mess on the dining room tables and will be glad to get this stuff out of the house.
The yarn for the blanket I want to knit as a Christmas present came in today so will get started on that as soon as I get the shawl finished. The blanket will come together much faster than the shawl as I will use bigger needles and thicker yarn.
Last night on the hot line I took five calls. None of them felt satisfying to me. I trust the texter got what they needed though. One never knows sometimes if I am doing any good or not.
A friend called last night and we visited on the phone for over an hour. She needed to vent and it was good to get updated about her life. She lives with and cares for her elderly parents and works full-time. The stress of all of it is adding up for her. So many people had such burdens to carry these days. COVID just adds a new division of stress they didn’t have before. My heart goes out to them.
My Christmas to-do list keep getting smaller although not fast enough for me. I am done with Christmas! Oops, still have fifteen days to go. I can do this.
Have a pot roast in the crock pot cooking and the house smells so good. I have been hungry the last two days for some reason. We will eat when I finish writing. Sure wish the roasts were a bit smaller though as we will have too much leftovers. I put lots of carrots in it this time so I will have veggies to eat for several days for lunch. Now to decide what is for dinner tomorrow night.
Tomorrow I hope to go to town to mail five packages. I will have to get the sugar cookies and New Year’s Cookies done though before I can do that. We will see if I can pull that off. I will mail the shawl and blanket early next week.
I called the furnace people today as they hadn’t scheduled my winter furnace check-up. She said they had left three messages for me. I told her I hadn’t gotten any messages. She checked my phone number and discovered they had the wrong number. They are coming next week to do the check-up. I’m glad I called or it would not have happened.
Ellexia turns 11 tomorrow. I had taken her present to her earlier this week so she will have it to open tomorrow. My goodness I remember the day she was born. Her daddy had to have his appendix out the day Ellexia was born. What a day that was! Ellexia is such a bright light to the world. Full of piss and vinegar and courage. She is so much fun to be around.
As is usual for us these days nothing much on the calendar for next week. Jim is going to Stillwater a week from today and staying through the weekend and into the first part of the week. He has a church thing on Friday and Sunday to attend to and will get some work done on his house. I may need to come up with a project for me to do here while he is gone.
Three eggs from the ladies today. They are slow to get going in laying daily but it will happen soon. This nice weather sure helps them. The other 20 should start laying in another two or three weeks unless it gets really cold and stays cold. We are to get a wintery mix this weekend but it will warm back up a bit next week.
Grateful for a shrinking Christmas to-do list, grateful for a second successful batch of fudge, and grateful the other yarn showed up today so I can get that present knitted up.