It has been a challenging time lately. I have been coughing like crazy – sometimes so hard it feels as if I have rows and rows of burning needles in my chest. I also lost my voice – not that it kept me from talking. I had to ask Benny to rebroadcast a show for me – no voice and 28 minutes of coughing is not my idea of entertaining radio. Because I have been having such a bad time, I saw Doc Pierce Tuesday morning. He gave me antibiotic for 7 days, plus I had forgotten he had given me something for the cough a while ago. Last night was the first night’s sleep I have had in a long time. I didn’t cough much, but it took me a bit to go to sleep.
Eddie has a cough, not like mine, but he has stuffy, runny nose with sneezing – he thinks it’s allergy. I’m wondering if my is sinus because I get what feels like a sinus headache at times. Both of us would love to be finished with all of it. I wonder if we are getting more sensitive to things inside and outside.
After I went to the doc Tuesday morning, I went to see the eye doc in the afternoon. Not my favorite to have all this in one day. However, I am doing well and the macular degeneration is not any worse. I seem to have spent the day taking cat naps because I was having trouble keeping my eyes open. I went to Breakfast club the next morning, came straight home to bed and slept and cough until about noon. This stuff is for the birds. I did feel better in the afternoon; I’d rather sleep at night.
Brad has been here for a week or so doing the bathroom remodel downstairs. He did demolition to prepare it for the repiping on Thursday. They turned the water off so Greg the plumber could replace as much pipe as possible. That meant Eddie and I needed to find things to do somewhere else. We went to Panera for breakfast, picked up the laundry and wandered around the new Ikea. I was amazed at how much I walked before needing a sit-down. It’s huge, with floors, but the food available to buy is very sparse from what it was. Their restaurant is much bigger – we didn’t check the menu. We took stuff home and then went down the hill. We spent quite a while wandering around in Barnes & Noble, then grocery shopped and finally decided to come home around 3:30 or 4.
The water was still off and it was close to 6 when Greg was done. There is a lot of sediment and grit from the peeling pipes, plus the pipes coming in from the street need to be replaced. I was glad to have the water back. Greg said to call him the next day of there were any problems – he was working Burien that day. In the night, I heard water running – the toilet was completely closing. So there was drip, drip, drip along with a spraying sound. I looked in the tank and found a new kind of set up. No ball, though the handle still has a change to flush and the left has the regulating to open and close the valve. However, where the ball used to be is a canister type device – love to know how it works. I called Greg the next day to let him know – he came out and found there was sediment in the works. So he flushed it out and thought he fixed it, but then on his next test, it started running. More sediment; I am glad to say, so far it is working perfectly.
Friday was quite a day rain with really high winds. some places lost power, trees fell on houses and cars. I’m so glad Mom and Dad opted to do underground wiring a long time ago. So far we have not lost power. I suspect when all that weather goes over the mountains and east, it will intensify. Everyone has been having wild weather. It was up to 60 on Thursday, now it is in the 40’s. I keep thinking Spring weather will finally emerge. Meanwhile, the flowers, trees and bushes are blooming like crazy. We may not have the weather, but we have lovely blooms and beautiful colors. I miss the mountains, they have all been shrouded in clouds most of the time.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the 737 at the Museum of Flight. It is not Eddie’s week to go, but he wanted to check it out. I don’t think it is raining, which I’m sure the organizers are pleased.
As soon as I download pictures of the bathroom remodel, I will give you a link.
Gift of RA 