Daily Notes on Sunday January 18th. A very very Snow Covered Maine. And it's cold.

 The back yard view thru a screen we never took off the windows.  Out the back windows, it looks like we live in a space without inhabitants.  There are animal tracks in the snow.........

We also have a mystery.  Someone is driving a truck into the drive and shoveling our sidewalks. Son is sure it'a truck and not a car.  The Lawn Guy sends a bill if he plows and he DOES NOT shovel...WE know that about him.  

I would give you an image of the improvement on the "whatever" on my chest.  But it's really disgusting. Still red...and now has a scalpel cut thru the center vertically...making it so much more gross. But, in my uneducated opinion it seems to be getting narrower and not as red and puffy.  The meds are working.

I tried out three of the library books I had reserved- they were ALL terrible.....by that I am saying I could not get involved......and the reading was torture.  I tried a few from the book case.....and they are  paperbacks with tiny tiny grey print...I'm way too old for that.....I need full BLACK ink for the print.

Quite a few of my books are going to Goodwill.  Why keep them if I can't read them?????  My eyes aren't going to get YOUNGER.  Most of the books I looked up on Amazon are not available in libraries.  Most not all.  I started out reading Hissy Fit but then I started to recall the deep hole the plot goes into... and the oyster dishes.  That one is not staying in the bookcase.  First 30 pages were funny.

Today is Sunday Pizza.  And Football.  I watched two games yesterday... it sort of breaks my heart when one team loses and they look so...very sad..........Two more today.  Here in Maine the local-ish FOX stations have sort of gone out of business????  One has no listing of programs anymore...if you switch to it and just wait. minutes..a program comes on...the one in the newspaper tv guide.   The other has pay for view (used to be a regular station) and now pay per view.   The Football comes in on the local FOX channel...so it's always a surprise when I can watch the game.  I'm waiting for the FOX News Shows to also box it up and move on.  

I could make some toast......get me thru until pizza at 4 pm.  Six hours....

Bit Late but Better than Nothing.... Daily Notes- January 17th..Snowing.

Well. the computer wants to have the typing centered so we will do what it wants.  I have British Soccer on the tv after watching my PBS Cooking Shows.  Liverpool.   It's snowing here in Maine...Again.

I had a very nice shower this morning and washed my hair...it's getting curly as it grows out. It needs some length in order to start curling and the gal cutting my hair last year was making it way too short and the razor she used felt like my hair was being pulled out by the roots.  And getting thinner and thinner...  when you can see your pink scalp you know it's time to "just say no more"...

My icky skin thing is looking better... and I think it enjoyed the hot shower. Son chose a different bandage for the area and it seems to be happy about that as well. Itches a bit.

Watching British Soccer.  Liverpool in red.  Liverpool hasn't been as strong as usual this season. I listen to the Soccer Chat but it doesn't answer any of my questions.

It's snowing...been snowing for a few days but not accumulating..I mean there is snow that needs shoveling or the snow blower but it's not the usual amount of Maine Snow.  I haven't noticed the Town Snow Plow going by.

I haven't started a book as yet... I have several..but so far the Assassin Spy book hasn't held my interest. Too much description of the train they are on...but perhaps we need that if there is some dangerous shooting or something happening on the train.  I don't care.

I tried to watch a Hallmark Movie...two people meet and like each other but didn't exchange last names etc. So they are thinking about the other person and looking for clues as to what the other person might have said to let them know where to "look"........I lost interest.  I personally lost a person I really liked by never asking for his last name.... I know his parents lived in Akron, Ohio. He went to school at Ohio University.  Another in a long line of guys named James who vanished over the many decades of my Life.   At this point in time- I have to also realize he might have died.  My age group is doing that.

That's it for today...I really am pleased with my hair today...and I am putting the spy book in the rerun bag and choosing something else.  From my own bookcases.

Liverpool just scored.

 

Daily Notes for Friday January 16th. Sidewalks and street are clear...snow on lawn.

 There are things happening to my kidneys...  stage 3 something... my diet has to change.

Doctor and his nurse were shocked by whatever is happening on my chest.   Doctor cut into the area with scalpel. Hoping that would help with drainage.  I now have a much flat-er red bump with a straight cut thru the center. Not as swollen. Still itches.  Hot compresses later (but not too hot). After Library and Grocery.

Right now I am wondering what I can buy with the Friday grocery shopping.... limit or DON'T eat Dairy, Bananas, Potatoes, Yogurt.  Drink water but not too much- kidney overload.  Signs that stuff is going wrong- swollen ankles (yes) shortness of breath (yes)- itchy dry skin- (yes)---shortness of breath we though was asthma- cognitive issues- we thought was lack of concentrating or listening.  It's my kidneys.

Expiration Date- unknown.

Jolly News....I haven't a clue as to what I will be having to eat this week- apples, berries, grapes.  A non dairy creamer for my coffee (if I even want coffee)....made out of rice- I think I will skip this and drink tea---I can eat tomatoes, bell peppers and potatoes.  Also beans, grains, egg whites, salmon and tuna.  Olive oil- NO butter. No animal products (no cheese, cream, butter or eggs).  I don't like salmon or tuna.

I can eat vanilla or lemon desserts....absolutely NO chocolate.  

The "stay away from list"- includes everything I have been eating for decades.  The other list- stuff I have hardly EVER eaten. And really don't want to eat.  Beans, nuts, tofu, grains, egg whites, fish. No animal protein. I like baked beans....pistachios....oatmeal.  Not a fan of eggs or fish.  Nuts aren't really a meal. I can't eat SOY- actually can't eat it....get all itchy.   I'm dressed and ready to visit Library and Grocery Store Haven't eaten anything...

Oatmeal....good thing I like it.

Daily Notes- Thursday, January 15th.....Doctor's Appointment. Snow melting or Rain????

 Daughter has the flu.... Son is taking me to the appointment. JUST NOW informed me.

She was around me prior to knowing she has the flu.....so.........but I don't think she sat on the couch with me... I think she sat over by the windows.   I feel okay.... won't touch anything she touched.

Son now has to figure out where the doctor's office is located.... I'm not much help... I drove into Bath once.....and never again. And that was decades ago.  We could always cancel.  I already had shots at the Grocery store for COVID and Flu.  The visit is usually "non- productive".  Other than blood pressure and weight.  I think they took blood last year....no results were shared with me. Personally.  Possibly with the 'portal".... wherever that is.

Well, I have had my oatmeal. Having my coffee as I type.  Getting to the part of the book where happily ever after looks quite impossible.  Been there... still there.

Noticed wood along the underside of roof on the bedroom wing rotting away....sigh...the hunt for someone to do the repair....endless and usually quite impossible........The guy who did repairs to the front porch roof is in prison now somewhere Down South......

Flu...Doctor.....Rotting Wood... Rain....Greenland........sigh.