WENT TO SEE THE RA DOC TODAY

I went to see my RA doc today.  She says I need to reduce stress, take better care of my neck, sit at my ergonomic desk, and get more sleep.  Wow, if I could do all that, I would have to stop working.  I do have to get better at reducing stress.  It is a catch 22.  My feet hurt too much to walk the dogs so I don't get the relief from walking the dogs.  Any ideas?  Let me know.


Until tomorrow...

FLARING? YES OR NO.

For the last few days I have been really tired. Falling asleep watching TV, kinda tired.  Falling asleep at 2:30 in the afternoon.  Then yesterday my left foot began to hurt. Then today my left middle finger began to ache. Then the bottom of my feet began to feel pain. Seems like all the signs are there.

Until tomorrow....

BRENDA'S BIRTHDAY

Today was Brenda's birthday. She turned 55 today. We tried to make it special but today was not a great day. First I had a work thing that took all morning. It was not a pleasant work thing either.

Then we went to my neighbor's Celebration of Life. If you remember my neighbor's husband passed away unexpectantly a month ago. It was a charming ceremony. We stayed for two hours but then we needed to leave. We had not had lunch and were starving. We took public transportation to the gathering and on the way home there was traffic.  We thought we would never get to a restaurant. Finally we got to the restaurant and it was not open yet. We ditched that idea and went to another place. We ate a ton of food. Then we went across the street to the market and got a small dessert.  When we got home we watched a movie "Snitch".  The day ended on a good note.

Until tomorrow...

ANOTHER RENTAL CAR

My car is in the shop again today. Last time they forgot to replace my brakes. So today my brakes got fixed. That meant I got another rental car. I went to the same rental place because my body shop has a deal with them. Since it had been one week since the last time I was there, they recognized me. Actually I think they felt sorry for me. They remembered me as the van lady. (Last time they only had a van and a truck available. I took the van.)  This time I got lucky and got a fancy car. A Nissan Altima with keyless ignition. How fancy is that? Frankly I find it scary. You mean I can start a car without a key? And the key can leave the car and the car can continue running. Wow!  All I can think is how many ways I lock myself out of a running car with that set up. 

This car was nice and drove well. Basically it got me where I needed to be for the whole 1 gallon of gas I used.  My car is fixed and the brakes feel fine. Safety is my first concern.

Until tomorrow...

ORACLE TEAM USA WINS!

So exciting!  Oracle Team USA wins the whole kit and caboodle!  The whole shebang!  The whole enchilada!  The whole series!

For those of you who didn't see it.  The race was nail biting!  At the start Team USA gets off the start and immediate dips in a wave.  Uh oh!  Will they recover?  Yes!  That could have been a disaster. Right away Oracle Team USA gets it together and pulls ahead.  They have the faster boat and they took off and never looked back.  They outran the Kiwis (Team Emirates New Zealand) and the Kiwis could never catch up.  Team USA finished 500 meters ahead.  9-8 Oracle Team USA!

USA Today photo

Now they are giving out the 34th Cup and soon the decision will be made where the next America's Cup will be raced.  I think it should be on the West Coast again!  I am hooked!  It would be cool to see it in person.

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AMERICA'S CUP FEVER

Today I worked at home so I could watch the America's Cup race on TV.  It was so exciting to see the boats come close and see Oracle win twice.  Tomorrow is the final race. Whoever wins, wins the whole thing.  It has been a good, but long, run.

GO Oracle!

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WORKING MY BUTT OFF

This past weekend while my brother was visiting, I had a big project to do.  I ended up doing it after everyone went to sleep.  I worked from 10 - 1 on Saturday night.  9 - 1 on Sunday night and then got up at 6:30 am to finish it up.  I am kind of exhausted.  Almost falling asleep now watching TV at 10 pm.

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VISITOR IN THE HOUSE

My brother is visiting this weekend.  His partner was here for a while but he left this morning.  My brother has helped get some things accomplished.  We got my bike hung up.  Today we hung a shelf so I can put my bike things in one place. My helmet, lock, lights, etc.  They all need a place to live.  Now I just need to get the front wheel back on correctly!

We also ran a bunch of errands.  Costco, Lowes, supermarket.  I got the ingredients to make a really good salad for dinner.  It is a Mustardy Kale Salad with Roasted Sweet Potato and Apple.  It was super easy to make and took no time at all.  Brenda was not so convinced when she saw it being made but she ate more of it than anyone! 

He was great taking little Lucky for a long walk.  Lucky loves going for long walks and I can't always take her.

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WE HAD BABIES!

Yesterday Brenda went down to the pond in the backyard and thought she saw fish babies.  She called

me and told.  I was not sure I believed her.  Baby fish?  Nah.

Then today I went to feed the fish and there was a flash.  It was for just an instant out of the corner of my eye.  If Brenda had not mentioned the babies, I would not have even thought about it.  Then there it was again.  A white flash.  A baby fish.  About the size of a piece of orzo pasta.  Then I saw another flash but this time it was orange.  Another baby fish.  This is so exciting.  At least two baby fish!

When we moved into the house I had a pond expert come and clean out the pond.  At that time we had a lot of fish; about 27.  After he cleaned it out we had some babies born.  It was exciting but we didn't notice them until they were much bigger. Probably because we had some many fish.  This is just so exciting because they are SO little.  My babies are having babies.

It is also exciting because after I cleaned the pond I mentioned to Brenda that we should go buy some more fish.  Now we don't have to.  Our fish have had baby fish!  I guess cleaning out the pond is worth the trouble if we get baby fish out of the deal.  Or maybe it is just a coincidence?

Until tomorrow...

RENTAL CAR

I had to take my car in to the shop today to get it fixed. Over the weekend I was driving at dusk and I turned on my lights. When I usually turn on my lights my dash lights also come on. This time I got nothing. Complete darkness. It was  weird driving and not being able to see the speedometer or clock or odometer or radio.  I have a manual transmition so it was weird to not be able to see my tachometer.

So into the shop it went. I had to get a rental car for the day. The rental car place ran out of cars and I

Had a choice between a truck and a minivan. I chose this giant Dodge Grand Caravan minivan. It could have held half of my family!  I felt like I was driving a school bus.  Huge!  I normally drive a little red convertible.

Anyway, I made it home alive and with no accidents. My dashboard got fixed. Next week my breaks need to be fixed. If it isn't one thing it is another!

Until tomorrow...