Month: October 2016

It rained a little last night and a little this afternoon.  I got caught in it briefly, from the truck to the house.

Stopped at Cotuit Liquor to thank Grace the manager for encouraging me to try the non-cask Grand MacNish.  Ron is pleased with the price and it works just fine in Rusty Nails!

I brought home three more bottles of white that she recommended.

Drove Alpha to work.  Left their house at 2:36, late start partly because she wasn’t ready and partly because I lowered the setting on the lawn mower for James, but we got there on time anyway.

Met a long-time Cape Codder, Jeff, at the work group meeting yesterday.  He seems a good fellow, less whiney than the women participants, who have started to annoy me with their hand-waving ineptitude about websites.  I had to leave about half an hour into the session to drive James home after Peter’s poor Jeep broke down.  I decided to quit the group, family responsibilities being one of the reasons.

Wrote a long memo to one of our Selectpersons who also serves on the Community Preservation Committee for the Town.  I’m greatly irritated by the amount of money that’s been allocated to only 3 families via Habitat of Cape Cod.  She asked if she could share it, and of course, I’m delighted.  Hope it has an effect.

Turns out, I have an infection, likely minor, in the surgical incision.  As a result, couldn’t donate blood today, but Ron did, and got his gallon pin!!!

Got a bunch of first aid-type supplies yesterday and started antibiotics today.

Ron’s doc said she’d accept me as a patient.  I have a call in to their “new patient” representative and billing department to find out if they accept my insurance.

 

 

I think he’s adorable, even with a flashlight between his teeth!

We’ve been struggling for days to understand the instructions that came with our Graber traverse rod.

Ron thinks he finally figured it out, but only after falling off a chair. Fortunately, he landed on my living room “stuffie”, no harm done to man or matter.

In the meantime, I made rice and beans with a side of onions and red pepper, marinated a pork tenderloin, peeled and cut a butternut squash and sauteed greens and garlic. Also did a tiny bit of weeding in one of the vegetable gardens.

Wound looked better this morning.

Ron picked up some great deals on hamburg at Roche.

My doc is dropping my health insurance, so I did a little research on options.

Ron drove Alpha to work and drove Robert home.

We changed the sheets and did the transfer station run.

Ron changed the furnance filter and adjusted settings on the thermostat.

I’ve been thinking about people who have lost a leg and how hard they have to work to do even small things, and today I’m also thinking about Henry VIII, who suffered for many years with a jousting wound that never healed properly.

After showering, I took off the dressing; the odor was horrible, like nothing I’ve smelled before.

The wound had been oozing, and I think the awful smell was from dead skin. I cleaned it as well as I could. Ron brought in an alcohol solution, gauze pads and tape.

We applied antiseptic, applied new bandages, taped everything securely and put on a clean hospital sock.

I’m appalled that no one warned me to look for this.

Gray Cats

Took an actual shower yesterday. Did the stairs multiple times and hauled up laundry. Had to scramble after an errant shopping cart in front of Andy’s.

Drove Alpha to work. She’s managed not only to get herself a job, but to save enough to buy her plane ticket – on her own – after soliciting advice from her Dad. Not bad for the kid!

I’ve been unsubscribing from a pile of email lists. Have been overwhelmed, especially by requests for funds.

Made salad, corn and turkey/spinach/feta burgers for supper.

Good ideas for Fall/Winter cleaning.