Another chicken noodle soup day. Six times and counting today. I called and made a doctor’s appointment for Thursday. Not sure there is anything he can do but I want him to get curious and make sure we aren’t missing something. Friday will be three weeks since this diarrhea started – that seems like a long time to me right now.
I went to Emporia this morning. I stopped at Flying J to get gas but the card reader wasn’t working so left and went to Casey’s. Then I went downtown to go to the bank that handles my rental property accounts so I could make a deposit. I stopped to see my business partner but he wasn’t in the office.
I then went to Sutherland’s to get another gallon of trim paint for the rental house. Stopped at Walmart to get some groceries. Jim wanted some fly strips to hang in the chicken coop so picked those up too. I picked up a prescription that was ready and then came home.
I went by the rental house to drop off the paint. That house is really starting to look nice with the trim paint going up. We are so close now to finishing up that project.
I was gone over two hours running all my errands. I ate some chicken noodle soup for lunch and then took a nap. I sure am getting lots of extra sleep right now. I’m not sure if it is the medication that is making me so tired or if my thyroid medication is working and my levels have dropped allowing me to be able to sleep. Whatever it is, I’m grateful for the sleep.
Jim is teaching the last of his three class series on religious history. He sure enjoys putting these classes together. He spends hours working on a 1 1/2 hour lecture.
I haven’t done much again today except for the trip to town. Going to town still wears me out. I don’t people well these days. The pandemic isolation caused me to lose what ever little people skills I had. I much prefer staying home and not being around people.
I have some chicken cooking in the crock pot for dinner tonight. These are the chickens I got from a local rancher that is starting an organic farm and raising humanly raised animals. The chickens are very small and don’t have lots of meat on them so I cooked two of them tonight. I like the leftover chicken to heat up for my lunches.
I’m still struggling to find foods that I can safely eat right now. What my body seems to tolerate best right now is graham crackers, rice, chicken noodle soup, and Rice Chex.. I don’t normally eat carbohydrates like that. I’m hoping I can tolerate the plain chicken tonight as I am craving some protein but haven’t found one that doesn’t cause my tummy to cramp up. I tried an orange the other day and that was a mistake. So far the banana I ate earlier has not caused trouble. I had some peanut butter the other day and that was a big mistake. I can’t seem to eat fatty foods right now.
Nothing on the calendar for tomorrow so will have another quiet day at home. Still waiting for the urge to get some house cleaning done but so far that hasn’t happened. May have to force the issue soon as the house is starting to bother me again as it is getting dirty and dusty.
I sat out with Jim on the back deck last night for a bit. The night sky was incredible- I love seeing the Milky Way over head. I had to put a jacket on as I got a bit chilled. Amazing that happens in July in KS. This weather has been delightfully cool for July.
I don’t think Jim is going to make it to Stillwater this week. He is shy about leaving me while I am still having issues. Hoping the doctor can figure out something else we can try Thursday and this all ends soon. I am ready to get on with the rest of my life instead of being worried about where the closest toilet is.
Grateful my errands have been run for the week, grateful for the painting the handyman is getting done, and grateful for the beauty of the night sky on the prairie.