It's another hot day today - not as hot as days past - but hot, nonetheless.
I had all these plans of running errands - bank, hardware store, nursery, jewelry store (for repairs), pharmacy etc etc - ad infinitum! Who'm I kidding? I wasn't going anywhere.
BUT I have been up since about 6:30 a.m. and have not required a nap - which is improvement! YAY!
Had a nice dinner with an out-of-town friend last night - She was with me when I got my diagnosis and a little longer hospital stay. She was responsible for calling every one and giving them news they would have never expected. She'd had a bit of wine last night (I still can't - YUCK - why waste a good thing?) and we began to solve all the world's problems and wax philosophic - you know how it goes. She teared up - I felt like a cheat cuz I missed all the drama due to the wonderful world that is DRUGS! I don't remember a whole lot of it.
I know I'm one lucky girl! Let's leave it at that.
Since I didn't intend to accomplish anything away from the house today - I started with coffee - OH! It was so bad - made in one of those two-cuppa thingies and full of grounds cuz the filter I had was substandard. At some point I am just going to have to break down and purchase on of those - well, poop! now I can't remember what they are called - anyway - what Dana and Don(nie) have - oh! Keureg! (however you spell it!) Anyway, one pod of coffee at a time. One can hardly ruin that - right?
I have been letting the animals in and out (repeatedly) - they just can't decide. I look like trash, cuz I have bed linens - everything but the actual sheets - hanging off the deck and front porch and anywhere else they can air out! I need a clothes line - but there's really no place that the birds wouldn't perch and poop all over anything I hung out.
I got to work in the downstairs - the den that is mostly cleared of furniture - gone to Tennessee. I set up a long flat surface of three card tables (who has those anymore?) and set up a work spot where I can go through old papers and pictures and maybe put some of this old family stuff in order! Expect to see pictures I run across here on Xanga - as I progress. (Don't laugh, family - I might even do this - HA!)
I have to giggle - Rob and I were looking through some pages and magazines last night. In between that and chatting across the room, I shoved my glasses up on top of my head. Finally Rob commented how really odd that is - glasses, bald head, no hair to push back out of my face. I spent most of the evening unconsciously rubbing my head actually - I do have a little bit of stubble up there.
I still don't have much of an appetite......mind you, I am NOT losing weight. Steroids, you know. My skin is pasty white and with no eyebrows, to speak of, I look a little odd - gee, what gives it way, the HAT? or the lack of hair that is blaringly evident, even with a hat or scarf on?? I do have three new and very colorful new scarves to start wearing - maybe I can add a little splash to my (YAWN) stunning work wardrobe.
I think I am going to go mess with my iTouch and iTunes and see if I can't make a summer playlist - our local Public Radio was talking about that on my home from work last night - I wonder what I can come up with? Also, I feel compelled to run through my iTunes Library and see if I
even have any Michael Jackson music downloaded - I'm thinking it is highly unlikely, but with all the hype lately due to his untimely death - maybe?
Last but not least - my neighbors brought me some little goodies back from their trip to Alaska - so, I WROTE them an actual thank you note this morning and slid it into their mailbox. Who does that anymore? But it jut seemed so very appropriate - until I looked at how bad my actual handwriting is - I realize I don't "hand write" much anymore except my signature - it was NOT pretty, I'll just say it. (But it's the thought that counts, right?)
Okay, on to bigger and brighter things - like maybe I'll even cut into that watermelon! Rob and neighbors brought me Chilton County peaches - that's even sounds appetizing to me right now. Better take advantage of it.
Over and out
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