Got the results of my TSH thyroid levels back. It is way high at 6.09. The Endocrinologist is changing the dosage of my medication and I am to have it rechecked in two months. The high level will explain why I have been so tired lately as well as why I have gained a few pounds that have not wanted to come back off. My skin has been super dry lately too which is another symptom that my levels are off. MD Anderson wanted me to keep my level below 2.5. I’m glad I asked to have it checked. Hopefully I can get it down a bit before surgery in two weeks.
Jim left this afternoon around 4:45. It was hard to let him go home. The only hard part of our relationship is when we aren’t together. I won’t see him again until August 6. But then we will have four weeks together. He is staying here for two weeks after I have surgery August 7 and than I am going home with him for two weeks. Our plans may have to change if I have to have physical therapy. The Doctor said over half the people need help getting their big toe to work right after surgery. Maybe I will be one of the few where it works without help.
Jim got most of the mowing done for me before he left. The yard looks much better. I still need to go out and weed eat a few places but will wait for a cool morning to get that done. I also need to get the chicken coop cleaned out.
While Jim was mowing I cleaned the laundry room. It was disgustingly dirty. I washed the cat bowls and water dish and hand mopped the floor. One room down and 20 to go! I think I can! I think I can!
The guy that is going to repair the retaining walls in my back yard is to stop by sometime today and look at the project again. He was here over a year ago and forgot about it. I hope he shows up today. I would like to go take a nap as I didn’t sleep much last night but I don’t want to miss him if he comes. My Airbnb guest will be back sometime soon for the evening and a friend is coming over to get some eggs. Maybe tonight I will be able to sleep all night.
I had turned the A/C off Tuesday when I got home but had to turn it back on this afternoon. It was nice airing out the house for a short bit. The evenings have been so nice and cool. I love sleeping with an open bedroom window.
My student intern left with his dad today on an adventure. They weren’t sure where they were going to end up other than they have baseball tickets to see the St. Louis team play tomorrow night. Not sure if he will be back Sunday evening or Monday evening. I need to get his room cleaned while he is gone as I haven’t cleaned it for three weeks and I don’t think he did either.
Tomorrow I will need to go into Emporia and pick up my new prescription. I am too tired to go in tonight. I needed a day where I didn’t leave the place. I think the tiredness from traveling has hit me. I feel a bit like a slug today and am moving slowly. I am glad I have a few empty space days ahead of me. My soul needs refilled. I do have a long list of tasks I want to get done before surgery but I should have plenty of time to get everything done and take some rest time too.
I spent time with my attorney in KC yesterday updating my trust and will. I always get depressed when I do that task. It feels good to get it updated but it seems so remote. I have struggled to maintain a healthy relationship with money over the years and I got triggered yesterday and took a face plant into the muck pond over a money issue. I was a mess last night as I worked through it. I still feel the remnants of it today although it is receding. Guess the issues I am to work on during this lifetime never completely go away. I get a new lesson from a different perspective all the time. I go back next Monday to finalize everything and then maybe I can put it away and forget about it. My problem with the will is I don’t really care what happens to my material things after I am gone. I just want to make things easy for those that it might impact.
Grateful I had my TSH levels checked and looking forward to feeling better soon, grateful for the time I had with Jim, and grateful step one of updating my will is completed.