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I started this last night but fell asleep at the computer! I must've been out for about an hour and when I woke up, it was 12:30. so I shut it down. So yesterday...
I had another doctor appointment in the same office as on Friday. The transportation experience was totally different than on Friday. I took an Uber there, no wait and save, and the fare was $4 less than the wait and save price. BTW, Uber charged $46.35 for Friday's ride when the fare was quoted as $15.15. I had to dispute the charge in the app and they took care of the refund right away.

I went to the same office, which is split into two sides for the different doctors. I'm glad I asked where suite 224 was when I was there at 223 Friday, otherwise I would have been going crazy looking for it. My oldest grandson works in the building, so he popped in to see me like he did on Friday.

My appointment with the new endocrinologist was at 1:00 I was finished before 2. She's a cute little thing, looking like she couldn't have possibly graduated from med school yet. She isn't as personable as my PCP, podiatrist and glaucoma specialist, but I like her. She asked the right questions and gave me answers to mine before I even asked.

She worked with me on finding a medication I'd be willing to take that will still get the job done. I refused Ozempic because I hate needles. So she prescribed Rybelsus 3 mg, which she said will help me lose weight, help with my cravings and is good for heart and kidney functions. Possible side affect: nausea, which I hate. She said everyone doesn't experience it and for those who do, it disappears in a couple of weeks.

I'm glad I brought my blood sugar/food log with me because it helped me give her the readings she needed. Also I like that she didn't weight shame me and gave positive feedback on what I am doing right. My BP was 134/72 even though I forgot to take my BP meds that morning. I took a Lyft home and had a nice conversation with the driver who is also Muslim. When I mentioned one of the big mosques my husband attended regularly, he said he's gone there too. He thought he knew my husband, who was good friends with the Imam and went there often, but it wasn't my husband he described.

It's a b*tch trying to get a ride from that medical building because there are a couple of different entrances, so I walked over to the bank, with an easily detectable address. I used the ATM machine, something I very rarely do, but I want to make sure my debit card stays activated. I was hungry when I got home and glad there were leftovers. It was a nice day.
 

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I got the mailbox and its flag painted yesterday with "rust reformer" paint, then after 12 hours (for paint to dry much of the way) applied new reflective house number decals.

So many numbers left, maybe I can offer them to a neighbor?

Beat the rain, but a light sprinkle came overnight. So I got out to broadcast some of shady-area grass seed that I'd prepped the ground for in the early misty morning.

Just went out again and seeded another lower-priority area of the lawn. I'm a little surprised that so little rain managed to bring out the mosquitos!

More light rains coming for a couple of days, so the seeds ought to get a decent start. I may even get back out to seed another tertiary problem area before the next rain tonight since I have some seed left.
 

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Llynn said:
I'm not sure. I have notes from the CT scan but it's all in doctor talk and hard for me to interpret. As far as I can make out it reveals me to be in pretty good health except for where the cancer is and so far it hasn't responded to treatment. Guess I'll find out in a week.
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well, I'm hoping that waiting a week to tell you is a good sign, and as always I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.. 🙏
 
A tense day (for me). I went out to the storage shed to get the tables out for the garage sale. A lot of dusting needed to be done. Carpenter bees made a lot of sawdust which fell over everything. They are buzzing all around, but I've never been stung by a carpenter bee. I wish if they were carpenters, they would build a new shed for me! This year I found this little activity was exhausting.

I had to go in my bedroom and noticed my cable box was blank - it usually shows the time. I thought maybe a power surge earlier (my computer snapped a good one with that) had affected it. The usual remedy is unplugging it, then restoring power. That didn't work, so I called Spectrum. A recorded message said there was a TV service outage, so at least I knew it wasn't something on my end. By 12:30pm, the service was back, but I still had to re-boot the box. It takes so long to boot up, that is annoying.

The highlight was selling two "black sea" globes I had put on Marketplace. The woman came as promised and didn't argue over the price. One is a lighted globe. All the less I'll have to deal with at the garage sale.

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My name finally came up on my neighbor’s bushhogging list. My farm tractor is still under the weather. My neighbor has a John Deere 3140 with bat wings. What takes me 15-16 hours, he can knock out in 4-5 hours.

I took my John Deere 4110 with the front loader up to the ridge to push some big tree limbs out of his way, then did another two hours of finish mowing - two more hours and I’ll be done for at least a week🙄🙄

I post these photos for Folks who have always lived in the Burbs or the city, and don’t always grasp the magnitude of certain aspects of farm life. Plus I don’t want people to think I am full of B.S. I can run a lot of different equipment🤠🤠. This is my choice, if it was‘t, I wouldn’t live here😇😇

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Imogene said:
My name finally came up on my neighbor’s bushhogging list. My farm tractor is still under the weather. My neighbor has a John Deere 3140 with bat wings. What takes me 15-16 hours, he can knock out in 4-5 hours.

I took my John Deere 4110 with the front loader up to the ridge to push some big tree limbs out of his way, then did another two hours of finish mowing - two more hours and I’ll be done for at least a week🙄🙄

I post these photos for Folks who have always lived in the Burbs or the city, and don’t always grasp the magnitude of certain aspects of farm life. Plus I don’t want people to think I am full of B.S. I can run a lot of different equipment🤠🤠. This is my choice, if it was‘t, I wouldn’t live here😇😇

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You do have your hands full!
 
Imogene said:
My name finally came up on my neighbor’s bushhogging list. My farm tractor is still under the weather. My neighbor has a John Deere 3140 with bat wings. What takes me 15-16 hours, he can knock out in 4-5 hours.

I took my John Deere 4110 with the front loader up to the ridge to push some big tree limbs out of his way, then did another two hours of finish mowing - two more hours and I’ll be done for at least a week🙄🙄

I post these photos for Folks who have always lived in the Burbs or the city, and don’t always grasp the magnitude of certain aspects of farm life. Plus I don’t want people to think I am full of B.S. I can run a lot of different equipment🤠🤠. This is my choice, if it was‘t, I wouldn’t live here😇😇

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Living in the rural shires myself, I never thought for a second you were full of BS.... but it's such a lot of work, I'm glad I don't have that much land... beautiful as it is...
 
debodun said:
A tense day (for me). I went out to the storage shed to get the tables out for the garage sale. A lot of dusting needed to be done. Carpenter bees made a lot of sawdust which fell over everything. They are buzzing all around, but I've never been stung by a carpenter bee. I wish if they were carpenters, they would build a new shed for me! This year I found this little activity was exhausting.

I had to go in my bedroom and noticed my cable box was blank - it usually shows the time. I thought maybe a power surge earlier (my computer snapped a good one with that) had affected it. The usual remedy is unplugging it, then restoring power. That didn't work, so I called Spectrum. A recorded message said there was a TV service outage, so at least I knew it wasn't something on my end. By 12:30pm, the service was back, but I still had to re-boot the box. It takes so long to boot up, that is annoying.

The highlight was selling two "black sea" globes I had put on Marketplace. The woman came as promised and didn't argue over the price. One is a lighted globe. All the less I'll have to deal with at the garage sale.

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you know you'll find..at least I'm findng as each year goes past I get tired more quickly doing jobs I never gave a second though to previously.. I think perhaps the secret is to up my exercise regime a bit..

In the meantime,., the globes are very fashionable here in the UK, not sure about the US.. I've got 2 in my house , I've had now for about 5 years or more..
 
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@debodun I LOVE those globes🤠🤠. I have a low popution of Wood Bees this year, but the ants are so bad, I am thinking about calling pest control. There are ant mounds outside that must have 1 million ants in them if there is one. I hate to disturb them myself because they are close to the horse fence and one is close to the dog fence. I need somebody to get in there and shoot them quick, lol.

@hollydolly thank you😀. I love this small farm. I also wear out a lot faster than I used to. If someone has a magic potion to fix that, I am all ears.
 
project house last two days. What can I say….looks like the electrician/drywall guy has not made any progress for weeks. But my son and I tackled the living room. Texture not great…but it is going to have to fly. Ceiling crack repair looks terrible…so am mulling exactly how I am going to fix that. Got one door trimmed and walls painted. More touch up…clean up and tile that room. Slow. But I like doing it and hey I need the exercise.
 
I took some time to listen to music using my earbuds this afternoon. I can hear little nuances that might not be noticed when listening through speakers. I don't treat myself to that experience often enough. This evening I practiced piano and experimented with ways to create bridges for my new Latin songs. I also listened to a couple of my compositions to get ideas on how to enhance and finish them. Tonight I had a nice phone conversation with Honorary Son #3 and continued re-watching S3 episodes of Will Trent. Everybody have a....

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Not getting much sleep each night since the operation 13 days ago. Maybe 5 hours average versus 7 or 8 before. Mind is just way too active and keeping inconsistent hours due to healing focus and myriad computer activities. No chance at this point my mesh area will get infected. Can get up from a prone position easily now unlike just a few days ago doing so carefully slowly. Weight is really low now at 132# (lost 6#) due to soft food diet recovering. That has now officially ended.

Completed totally removing equipment from, vacuuming, cleaning, then rebuilding about an 8 by 9 foot zone in the back corner of my living room where an old very dusty desktop and computer desk was. Even cleaned two large cobwebby windows with blinds there. Where my new desktop will be set up. Love seeing it all clean.

Online Amazon bought a special 4k graphics monitor I mentioned on our what buy thread.
Drove my vehicle for the first time in 13 days to a supermarket restocking groceries.

After being stuck at home for so long, have a growing desire to on a forecast calm morning, grab my a6700 camera gear and drive down to our Pacific Coast then hike up one of the small lush green stream canyons. At this late spring time, beautiful clarkia species bloom. Most of lower elevation California has gone to seed, is dry and browning. But right along our immediate Pacific Coast where fog is common and cool marine air flows in, green vegetation lingers longer. But conservatively, that will need to wait another week.
 
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debodun said:
A tense day (for me). I went out to the storage shed to get the tables out for the garage sale. A lot of dusting needed to be done. Carpenter bees made a lot of sawdust which fell over everything. They are buzzing all around, but I've never been stung by a carpenter bee. I wish if they were carpenters, they would build a new shed for me! This year I found this little activity was exhausting.

I had to go in my bedroom and noticed my cable box was blank - it usually shows the time. I thought maybe a power surge earlier (my computer snapped a good one with that) had affected it. The usual remedy is unplugging it, then restoring power. That didn't work, so I called Spectrum. A recorded message said there was a TV service outage, so at least I knew it wasn't something on my end. By 12:30pm, the service was back, but I still had to re-boot the box. It takes so long to boot up, that is annoying.

The highlight was selling two "black sea" globes I had put on Marketplace. The woman came as promised and didn't argue over the price. One is a lighted globe. All the less I'll have to deal with at the garage sale.

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I love those globes! I have a "tan sea" like those.
 
David777 said:
Not getting much sleep each night since the operation 13 days ago. Maybe 5 hours average versus 7 or 8 before. Mind is just way too active and keeping inconsistent hours due to healing focus and myriad computer activities. No chance at this point my mesh area will get infected. Can get up from a prone position easily now unlike just a few days ago doing so carefully slowly. Weight is really low now at 132# (lost 6#) due to soft food diet recovering. That has now officially ended.

Completed totally removing equipment from, vacuuming, cleaning, then rebuilding about an 8 by 9 foot zone in the back corner of my living room where an old very dusty desktop and computer desk was. Even cleaned two large cobwebby windows with blinds there. Where my new desktop will be set up. Love seeing it all clean.

Online Amazon bought a special 4k graphics monitor I mentioned on our what buy thread.
Drove my vehicle for the first time in 13 days to a supermarket restocking groceries.

After being stuck at home for so long, have a growing desire to on a forecast calm morning, grab my a6700 camera gear and drive down to our Pacific Coast then hike up one of the small lush green stream canyons. At this late spring time, beautiful clarkia species bloom. Most of lower elevation California has gone to seed, is dry and browning. But right along our immediate Pacific Coast where fog is common and cool marine air flows in, green vegetation lingers longer. But conservatively, that will need to wait another week.
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I can't suppress my instinct to remind you not to overdo even though I know you're cautious.😊
 
Grands are sleeping. I get up much earlier and am able to have coffee before the hubbub begins.
The youngest girl usually gets up first. She comes in and sits and we talk. I love that.
Then the boy, quiet time over. 😊 My oldest granddaughter is ten so she likes to sleep later, like a teen.
Today is DH's birthday so we'll celebrate him. I got him an adult Lego set to make a Bonsai tree. I think he'll enjoy that.
 

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