This grief business is unpredictable, I am not always sure if it is grief, sinus, RA or a myriad of emotions and stress. Definitely keeps me guessing. Last week at this time I was drag my tush tired, I could barely stay awake last Saturday as we did our usual Saturday rounds. I slept a lot in the car and I think I had a nap at home. I can’t seem to remember what I did earlier in the day or a week ago. Must be absolutely earthshaking.
Last Sunday I wrote about having Spring and sunny weather – today it is raining. I wrote my blog post and then went and had a nap because I also developed a miserable headache. The nap helped some but it was still bugging me on Monday. I went to see Dr. Cheryl, my chiropractor, and mentioned it, so she worked on my sinuses with her activator. It helped some but I ended up having an afternoon nap. Tuesday I had to myself, but I just dragged myself around. I had things I planned to do but had no interest or energy for them. Not the kind of state I like.
Wednesday I went to Breakfast Club and did the 15 minute. I was due April 1, but I had a call from Cheryl on Tuesday – she was losing her voice and asked if I would fill in for her. I had my presentation planned, just didn’t have logo cookies. So I found some Biscotti that would do in a pinch. I will say, I was not all that prepared, so I read a lot of it and stumbled through some bits of it. However, they seem to enjoy it and I was glad.
Right afterwards I went for a mammogram, then in the afternoon the plumber was coming to check out the kitchen sink and the new toilet. In our new bathroom, I had notice the water level in the bowl was slowly going down, almost to the bottom. Also, for some odd reason, the toilet seat began to turn pink. If it was lavender, I wouldn’t mind, but I hate pink. He had no explanation for it. He has seen them turn yellow from the sun, but never pink. He found the water problem, the little tube wasn’t connected. As for the seat, we had him replace it – now I have a pristine white toilet seat.
In the kitchen we had great water pressure for the cold water, but for the hot side, barely a trickle and not very hot. A simple fix, the corrosion from the galvanized water pipes had clogged it up. Once he cleared it out, we had pressure and hot water. The only permanent fix if to replace the pipes. That will cost a fortune. So we may have to have Greg come back every once in a while to unclog the screen for us. What bliss to have hot water and also a full toilet bowl. Doesn’t seem a big things unless you have to live with it.
Wednesday was a better day, I felt I had some energy and had accomplished things. Thursday we worked on the computers in the morning and then Eddie was my chauffeur and porter in the afternoon. I had an Apple One to One appointment to work on my podcasts. I have them on Google Drive and then I am putting them on a WordPress blog. Rhys and I worked on submitting it to iTunes, don’t think it made it through for some reason. However, I need to put all 16 shows on the blog and then we can work on iTunes submissions to get it right.
I had a good day Friday – at the moment it is a complete blank. I know I was busy and accomplished things, just don’t remember what it was. I’m sure it will come back to me after I am finished with the post. Saturday I had a book fellow come over to check out our books. He bought some and now I need to send the rest to either Goodwill or the library. I have been putting away the ones I want to keep.
Kathy came a week or so ago and helped me clean out and organize Mom’s room. It really does help to have it organized. Now I need to check with the Post Office about box sizes to Nova Scotia so we can sort and organized the hooking stuff. I have no idea where the cutters are or her hooking frame, I’m hoping I will come across them eventually. Well, boxes first.
Eddie found homes for the clocks. One of the women at Future of Flight wants one and Lisa from PNAA wants to the other – we are waiting to find out when they plan to come and pick them up. Good to know they are going to good homes.
We also finished Eddie’s The Kaplanian Report and he sent it out to his list. This morning I put it on his blog and published it. He has had a lot of people asked to be put on his list to receive it and they think it is really great. One of these days we have to figure out how to make a little money from it.
It is about time I started working on cleaning up the office, so much stuff and I need to let go of it. It will help when it is organized, then I know what to keep and what not to keep. No pictures this time, just my ramblings.
Tags: books, difficult week, drag my tush tired, grief, homes for clocks, iTunes, Kaplanian Report, low water level, mammogram, more energy, naps, pink toilet seat, podcasts, sinus, water pressure
Gift of RA 
March 16, 2015 at 12:08 am |
Grief business surely is unpredictable–even almost 10 years down the road! The other night I was telling Ron, I understand now how daddy felt when he finally had enough to gift his seminary and church in the way he wanted (we’d been discussing wills, etc.), and I suddenly started crying!!
I would suggest the library for the books–what they can’t use in their library, they can sell at a book sale, and make some money for the next Friends of the Library project. I know one year our Friends group raised enough money to buy a new book return receptacle, and they’ve gotten other things to benefit the library, too. Also, a book sale is always exciting, people line up for it before the library even opens!
As to your lavender-to-pink toilet seat, the company that made it probably used unstable dyes to tint the material, which is why it changed color.
Hope to get together with you soon!
March 16, 2015 at 8:04 am |
I’m glad to have some energy again, this drag my tush stuff really gets to me. We gave boxes of books to the library in Fort Wayne – time to get some boxes and start loading up. They only take 2 boxes at a time here.