One week out from surgery. Only five more weeks of restrictions ahead of me. I am in the itchy part of recovery. Looked it up last night on a medical site that I trust and it takes one to two weeks for the itching to stop. The site recommended I take some Benadryl. I tried some during the night and I finally found some relief and sleep. I haven’t taken any today but will take some more at bedtime. Man, it is hard not to scratch where it itches.
I was talking to Jason on the phone today and we were making plans in case the storm is as bad as it might be. I told Jason I wasn’t sure how we were going to be able to walk the dogs. Cold weather is very hard for Kathy with her lung issues and I am not able to walk the dogs right now. He suggested we get a long chain and attached it to something solid outside and then let the dogs go out on their own attached to the chain. Brilliant! As cold as it is going to be, we will bring the two dogs and the cat inside when it starts snowing tomorrow.
I drove myself to the bank downtown CWF to deposit a check for Love in Action, dropped a thank you note off to mail at the post office and then went to Dollar General and found some chain. We attached it to the dog pen as the dog pen is very secure and not something the dogs could pull apart. The other end is inside the back door. We will try it out tomorrow and see what the dogs do. I have a second length of chain if they need more length. We will let them out one by one. Hoping this works.
I worked on my personal income taxes today and am almost done. I need to find a few more numbers and then I will have to wait for the tax statements to come from three different banks.
The doctor’s office that I have an appointment with in Topeka called. They are switching me to a virtual call for my appointment tomorrow. Sweet! Now I don’t have to drive to Topeka and race the weather home. I will have to do labs next week in Emporia so we won’t have those results for the visit but they are good about calling if needed when the results are in. I’m so grateful they are doing this. I was worried about the drive home if the snow comes in early.
Felt good to get out of the house for a hot minute. I stopped and got the car filled with gas so I don’t have to do that next week in the cold. I had to walk just a bit at Dollar General to find the dog chain but that was good for me. I was a bit tired when I got home though. This house is not a good lap house. The country house was great for doing laps – this one is a bit small for that.
No plans until next Wednesday when I have a doctor’s appointment in Emporia. Sad that my social life these days is going to doctor appointments! I had heard that is what happens when one gets old. I must be old as that is what is happening to me.
These are such weird times. I think most of us are living in cognitive dissonance and it is hard to hold what is happening. I just can’t make sense of most of it. I am thinking about ways to help build a community with all included. Someday, somehow we have to find ways to come together. We all have more in common than we have differences.
Anyone else feel a shift happening quietly above all the chaos? I ground into that shift regularly and find much peace. Just like a fire can restore the prairie, this destruction that is causing our systems to fall apart is giving us all a chance to help rebuild them in new ways. How that might work or look I have no idea. I trust that together we can figure that all out.
Grateful for a doctor that offered a virtual visit, grateful to get out of the house for 30 minutes today, and grateful for a shift that is happening.