HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃👻🕷️🕸️🍬

Well, I had 10 trick-or-treaters this year. I even dressed up like a surgeon. I had on black scrubs, one of those surgical hats (with a Halloween motif) and a matching facemask. I thought I looked good. 

I gave out vegan candy. It is really good. There skittles-type candy and gummies in the shape of Halloween bats and things. They are made with natural fruit and no nuts, dairy and soy. They are too good to have in the house. I ate too many this evening. It was easy when the bag was sealed but on e I opened it, it was all over! 

I did another project and got more work done. That was my day. 

Until tomorrow...

ANOTHER SET OF X-RAYS?

I woke up early today to go to the foot doctor again. She checked my foot and then sent me down for x-rays. This is my fourth set of X-rays in a month. It showed that my right foot is not broken a second time. I must have just twisted it. She says that my left ligament is still wonky.

So the first thing she did was tell me to swap my boots. The big boot is now on my right foot with a break is and the Birkenstock type boot has been retired. I am now wearing the night wrap on my left foot all day long and at night. She said that I can put my left foot with the wrap into a pair of sturdy shoes or sneakers that have hard bottoms. Well it just so happens that my new Inka sneakers have a hard bottom. So when I go outside I can put my left foot in a sneaker. I've also putting my left foot with the wrap in my Oofas. 

It's been just 10 hours and my right foot feels better already. Being protected in the big boot is making such a difference.

So yesterday I went out and my car battery was not able to turn on my car. The battery wasn't dead completely it just wasn't strong enough. Today my neighbor came over with some battery that starts the battery and his trickle battery. After about 20 minutes the car started and I stood outside and let it run for 30 minutes. Luckily a neighbor came by to chat with me while I was standing there. I would have sat down but the boot doesn't really fit in the driver's seat. Now I have to start the car every day this week to charge up the battery.

Until tomorrow.. 

WATCHED ALL TWILIGHT

It was beautiful today. I sat outside for a short bit. It is a bit of a pain getting out back with two casts so I don't go much. 

I finished watching all five Twilight movies. I started the first one on Friday. Watched two and three on Saturday and four and five today. I didn't dnt live it but it did get better along the way. The acting in the first three was bad. I had so many questions like why did Jacob wear such a bad wig? How does a human wear clothes, turn into a giant werewolf and then when he turns back to a human he is wearing clothes again? Where did the Cullen's get all their money? How did they suddenly have a nursery full of baby stuff? Amazon?? Why couldn't the non-human eating vampires eat meat from a butcher? Those are just some of my questions. 

Until tomorrow...

IS IT MY FOOT?

It might be my foot. I have now felt nauseous for two days. Not the whole day but after I do a bunch of walking. It makes me think that my foot is not healed enough and the pain is making me nauseous. I checked and I do not have a fever or COVID. The only thing I can think of is my foot. 

I am only using a cane now (and only outside and on stairs) and maybe it is too soon. 

I spent my whole morning working on invoices. I finished. It is surprising considering I used a new program that sucked! I want my QuickBooks back! Hopefully I get my computer back before the next invoices are due. 

Until tomorrow...

JUMPY ARM AND LEG

I really wish I had something exciting to write today but I had a work emergency that was supposed to take a few minutes turned into hours. I don't like it when work stuff takes up my day off. It makes me feel unbalanced because I was looking forward to that day to get things done.

I did go to acupuncture in the afternoon. I'm finding acupuncture to be very interesting. Many times when I go to acupuncture I get what I call jumpy legs. After she puts the little needles in me, which by the way do not hurt, sometimes different parts of my body get jumpy. But jumping I mean like a nerve is triggered. I haven't quite figured out if the jumpy is a good thing or a bad thing. Today my left leg, where I have the torn ligament, was very jumpy. My left arm, where I think I hit my elbow when I fell, was also jumpy. Next time I go I think I'll ask her if jumpy means good or jumpy means bad or jumpy means nothing.

Until tomorrow...

FOOT PAIN

My foot is still bothering me today so I called the doctor's office. I wanted to talk to the doctor to see if this is normal or not but the receptionist would not put me through to the doctor or let me leave a message. Instead I had to get an appointment for Monday to let her look at it. I have a feeling she's going to look at it and say everything's normal and I would have wasted part of my day to go down to the appointment.

I am hoping that nothing's wrong and I can go on my trip in a couple weeks with no pain.

Until tomorrow...

BOTHERSOME FOOT

My broken foot has been bothering me quite a bit. Today I turned around and I heard a click from inside my foot. Then it started hurting quite a bit. Going to wait and see what happens tomorrow before I call the doctor. I hope I haven't done anything bad.

I'm planning to visit my friend in a couple weeks and I don't want to have a foot that's bothering me. It will keep me from doing anything fun. It will also be bothersome driving.

I got a good report from Lucky's dog walker. She goes with him 3 days a week and walks about 2 miles. He said she just walks and walks and walks. He stops for a break and she continues walking.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG ANALYTICS

 Analytics are so funny. I look at the analytics of this blog every now and then. I remember when I was happy to get 10 people reading this blog. Last month I had over 47,000 views. That is mind boggling to me. In total I have had over 300,000 views. Wow! Thank you so much for reading. 

I did something to my broken foot. I was walking and turning at the same time and I actually heard a crack inside my foot. Now it is hurting. I don't know if I can break my foot again but I did something. I had both my boots on but I stopped using the crutches or cane inside. I will see how it is tomorrow. 

I am back to working too many hours. It is 9:30 pm and I am here with a laptop in my lap. I spent so many months training myself to put the laptop away at 5pm so I can enjoy the evening but this is two nights in a row that I am working WAY past 5pm. I have to do something to stop this. 

Until tomorrow...

RUDE AND OFFENSIVE

Tonight someone called me rude and offensive because I gave them some criticism. They are the type of person who takes on all the work and then complains that no one helps them. I'd call that a martyr. 

Tonight we had a bit of a verbal scuffle. He sent two communications asking If I did something. After a few hours I did the thing but not to his liking. He sent a communication stating he feels like he is the only one working and if we are not going to assist, he will find someone else. 

I sent back a communication and that's when I got a phone call. We hashed it out and I said I might quit. We hashed some more and I apologized for being harsh. He finally started finding solutions but not before he called me rude and offensive. Oh, well. Sometimes I think people mistake straightforward for rude. 

I'm tired after this late night phone call. 

Until tomorrow...

VEGAN SOUP

 It rained today!! It was a light rain or maybe a sprinkle. It was nice to see rain again. 

I decided to make soup. I am trying to listen to the Integrative Medicine people and eat better. It was a bean soup mix and I added yellow squash. It tastes great! 

I basically worked on invoicing clients all day. I ran into a road block when I realized my accounting software is on my broken laptop. Ugh! Now I have to spend hours on the phone with support! 

Until tomorrow...

VEGAN PAN DINNER

 I made a vegan pan dinner. It has tofu, green beans and Japanese sweet potatoes. You season everything and throw it on a pan and put it in the oven. It is a very easy dinner and it made so much I will be eating it for a couple days. 

 My friend's kid came by to help me. He drove me to the computer store to get my laptop looked at. You know, the laptop I spilled tea on the keyboard. The place he drove me to would not look at it but later in the day, I took a taxi over to another store. They are sending it to get looked at. For $30 it is worth getting it assessed. 

The kid also drove me to the dog food store to get some new food for Lucky. She is loosing weight and isn't eating as much. I thought some food that is enticing would help. Later she ate a little bit of it. Lucky is eating but not as much as she used to. Yesterday she walked 2 miles so she is fine!

Until tomorrow...

DAY OFF

 Today is my day off. I tried to do things I like. I sat outside and read my book. I cleaned up the home. I had like four deliveries. Nothing else really went on. Sort of a boring day off. 

Until tomorrow...

SPIRIT DAY

 To continue on the medical webinars, I attended a webinar about Neck and Back Pain. It was super technical and spoke about spine surgery a lot. I didn't get much out of the webinar, to be honest. I have a bad back but I will not have spine surgery. I have family members who are in more pain after the surgery.

Today was Spirit Day and also my anniversary of the day I received the keys to my home. I wore purple for Spirit Day. 

Until tomorrow...

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

 Today was a meeting day. First I had an appointment with my foot doctor. I have good news! I have been cleared to go on my next vacation in two weeks. I was supposed to go zip-lining but that is now off the table. I am okay about that if I can go on the trip. 

Then later in the day I had my arthritis group meeting. They are changing the home page for volunteers. 

Then I had an Integrative Medical webinar. It was interesting. It was most of the things I already know. Integrative Medicine is when your holistic being is reviewed: what you eat, how much exercise you get, the medicines you take, vitamins you take, and your social/spiritual life. She went over different spices that reduce inflammation. It is always good to hear about different ways to reduce inflammation. 

Until tomorrow...

TAXI STORY

Today my big adventure was taking a taxi to my mailbox. The guy who picked me up said he was wondering why someone would book a cab to go a distance you could walk. Then he saw me on my crutches.

My mailbox was stuffed and some of the mail fell back where I couldn't get it. I have to stop by the post office again tomorrow to see about getting that mail and to mail some more envelopes.

Until tomorrow...

DIFFICULT DAY

 Today was a difficult day. I knew I had a thing at 10 am and I convinced myself it was that I was supposed to get a taxi to go to acupuncture. Well, I had acupuncture at 3:30. I took a cab all the way to acupuncture at 10:30 am only to find out I got mixed up. I had to take a taxi back home and then go back again at 3 pm. What a waste of money and time. Plus I got all upset that I made another mistake. 

My previous laptop (that was working yesterday) will not turn on. I have to take it somewhere to get it fixed, if they can. 

I have a super busy week this week. I need things to slow down. 

I was in a bit of pain last night. I had to take half a pain pill to get back to sleep. My feet were throbbing. 

Until tomorrow...

RAW CAPPUCCINO CHOCOLATE CAKE

I did not follow yesterday's blog post. I did way too much today. I did laundry, walked the dog (not far), made a chocolate dessert, made soup, and swept the floors. 

I made a lentil soup using one of those bags of soup mixture. I threw in vegetables and seasonings. 

Then I made a chocolate dessert. It is a Raw Cappuccino Chocolate cake. It is DELICIOUS! 

I ate this slice. YUM! 

Now I have my feet up. 

Until tomorrow...

KEEP YOUR FEET UP

I spent too much time standing up. With my dog wanting to go outside, making stir fry for dinner and and just doing things around the house. 

I need to keep my feet up. 

Until tomorrow...

VIRTUAL REALITY

I didn't work today and I decided to play some games and such on my Oculus Virtual Reality. I like to see the VR tours of locations. The rainforests of Brazil and temples in India. I feel like I am traveling just a little bit. Plus I could do it sitting down. 

I also attended a meeting about setting up a map of the people in our neighborhood watch. I attended the same training pre-covid but I didn't go to the second training and now I forget it all. 

Until tomorrow...

NEUROLOGIST APPOINTMENT

Today was my 6 month check in with my neurologist. It was an interesting meeting. She took done notes about my list of things that have happened: falls, leaving the stove on, getting lost, etc. She is now referring me for more tests. 

I'm going to rest now. I am happy that things are moving forward but I am also a bit scared. 

Until tomorrow...

SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING

Today was a busy day. I was too busy for my feet. I did not elevate them enough. 

I had a school meeting with my ex-foster kid. It was very productive. 

The neighborhood meeting was tonight and I think it went very well. The other co-captains had a pissing contest of who was more in charge. I ignored them and handled my business. The meeting was well attended and our speaker was great. I handled registration, gave the history and thanked my previous co-captain. 

I'm tired from walking on crutches and standing/sitting at the meeting. 

Until tomorrow...

CANCELLED TRIP

I was so excited that my friend living in Europe called me and we got to talk for almost an hour. It was wonderful to catch up. I miss my friends who live far away. 

My handyman came and put together my desk. It goes up and down again. Ikea is picking up the old parts tomorrow. 

I had the arthritis group meeting tonight. We have had two social meetings so far. Our upcoming holiday meeting should be fun. We are doing holiday sweaters and decorations. 

I had planned a trip to Oregon to see my friend next weekend. I spent today cancelling the flight. Since I purchased the insurance I'm hoping to get my money back. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY OF REST

Today was a day of rest. I realized that on Saturday I walked around too much and Sunday I kept my foot lower than my heart for too long. I need to keep my feet elevated. 

I watched a movie called Moving On with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. I liked it. 

Tomorrow is back to work day while lying down. 

Until tomorrow...

UPDATE ON FEET

 I definitely over did it yesterday. My left foot is killing me. It was a nice day and I sat outside for some time and after that, my foot ached. 

My friend's kid came over to help me with some stuff: bringing up a new water bottle and drove me to get my bird, Sunny who has been at the boarding place all this time. I gave him his T-shirt from my trip back East. 

I am typing this on my new laptop!!

Until tomorrow...

DELIVERIES

 Today was full of activity. I had three deliveries.

First delivery was my new laptop. I opened it up and began setting it up. I had my brother on the phone later in the day assisting me with the parts I could not figure out. It is so much easier to get a new computer now than it used to be. 

Second, the parts to fix my standing desk arrived. I think it is a new hydraulics system and motor. My handyman can put it together on Tuesday. 

The third delivery was my groceries. I needed to order some food to be delivered. 

With all these deliveries, I walked way too much. Tomorrow I need to rest with my feet up. 

Until tomorrow...

CANCELLED MY ACTIVITIES

 I bought a new laptop and it will arrive tomorrow. 

I was supposed to go to acupuncture today but I cancelled it earlier in the week. Now I wish I had kept the appointment. 

I have had to cancel my tai chi meet ups. No tai chi until I can walk again. 

Until tomorrow...

CONTINUED PAIN IN MY FEET

 This will be short. I am still in pain from my feet. I am trying to stay lying down but I have a needy dog and it hasn't been possible. I need to purchase a computer because my laptop keyboard does not completely work. It would be fine if I didn't need to type the letters E, R, D, C, F, V, U, J, and M. Also the delete button. When I push the delete button all sorts of crazy things happen. 

Until tomorrow...

FOOT DOCTOR

I started out my day taking a taxi to the foot doctor. I know it is a podiatrist but doesn't foot doctor sound better? 

She is the doctor who did my ligament surgery years ago. She could not believe it hurt both feet. She sent me down for X-rays. Very specific X-rays. 

I went back up to her office and she reviewed the X-rays. The x-ray showed that my right foot break was diagnosed correctly. My left foot was not diagnosed correctly. I re-torn my ligament and my ankle clicks. That means the ligament is loose. She also suspects my left foot could be broken but the X-ray did not show it. My foot is swollen and could be masking the break. I go back in two weeks for more X-rays. 

I am now in two boots. A large one on my left and a small one on the right. 4-6 weeks! 

I cancelled my trip to Oregon. I was going for the weekend to see my friend. The foot doctor agreed that the trip would be too difficult. 😫

I already spoke about one of the co-captains. Tonight was the first meeting where the third co-captain was in attendance. It was not a smooth meeting. The third co-captain (CC) did not read the information so he was trying to remake everything without knowing what had been completed. He is also long winded and had a habit of long pause. A long pause to me, means their thoughts was complete and I can talk. He did not like that and told me to stop interrupting him. I was a bit shocked because I thought we were having a lively discussion. Then when we were hanging up, he made a snide comment about how he hopes I will not interrupt in future meetings. 

The CC2 texted me after and told me he thought CC3 was out of line with his comment. I appreciated him saying that. I told him it is hard to be the only woman in the room sometimes and be heard. Plus, CC3 was super long winded. 

We both agreed this will be a lesson in patience. 

Until tomorrow...

DENTIST

Despite being on crutches, I took a taxi to the dentists office. Today I got my retainer. I still have to wear my Invisilign for two more months while starting to wear my new retainer at night. 

There is some bad news. The night I broke my foot, I was having dinner in my room with my foot propped up. I made myself a cup of tea and promptly spilled some of it on my laptop keyboard. I dried it off and left it upside down to drain. 

Today I turned it on or at least I tried to turn it on. The keys didn't all work and it was a mess. I am sure it can be fixed but that could take awhile since I am not supposed to walk. It is also a couple of years old. For a laptop that gets used all day every day, a couple of years is a lifetime. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY AFTER YOSEMITE

To be honest I spent much of the day laying in front of the TV with my feet up getting phone calls and texts from everyone. Very glamorous. 

Until tomorrow...