Taste Like Chicken Monday 3/11

Chele, how are you feeling? You've been treating the bronchitis for a week now. Do you feel like you've made a week's worth of progress? Hope the tax appointment went well and it didn't wear you out too much.

Love the cartoon, Linda. I think most of us can relate. How are the allergies doing? Was the pot roast as good as it smelled?

Kathy, you have a good plan for the week/month. Was the weather conducive to an outdoor walk today? I hope you will get your paperwork you need to get so you can get all that completed and behind you. I had heard this morning that the president was going to cut a lot of social programs from his budget so he could find over $8 billion for his precious wall. Since he thinks climate change is a hoax, I'm not surprised he is trying to cut the EPA. Like you, I hope he doesn't get what he wants. I'm aghast that he actually said at his weekend fundraiser that Democrats hate Jews. You just never know what's going to come out of his mouth next. And he is already giving deregatory nicknames to Democratic presidental candidates. Talk about acting like a 3rd grader!

How were the quesadillas, Liz? I agree with Kathy that I might have temporarily misplaced the phone over the weekend. Is your organization that authoritarian or are these people just not confident enough to do their jobs and need to defer decisions?

Becky, I hope you had another nice day. We had more rain. It started out OK but started raining as soon as I walked out of the doctor's office and I had rain all the way to the therapy center and the grocery store and it finally slowed down some on my way home. I keep seeing Austin on the news because SXSW is going on right now.

The doc released me. The stitches in the left foot were supposed to be dissolvable but had not dissolved, so he took them out. I get to start back to Osteo next week so I'll go back to Thursdays. I have an 11:30 appointment followed by a 20 minute Hydro Massage appointment at a spa a couple of miles from there. My GF who started going to Osteo has a Hydro Massage as part of her package and says it's wonderful. I hope doing it will help my muscles to not get as sore. The new sandals worked well but I will need to be able to wear closed toe shoes to go to the gym this Thursday, but can probably use my Crocs. I'm hoping that now that the stitches are out that there will be less pain and perhaps less swelling eventually. I did spend 20 minutes on the NuStep and also used the weight machine. Those weren't bad in sandals but I wish I had actual shoes when I had to be out in the rain. I plan to behave this week to get my feet(s) healed as quickly as possible.

Thanks for the start, Karen. I am glad you got released and the stitches out.  Did you hightail it from the doc to the NuStep? A hydromassage sounds good. I hope it helps. How is Dale doing on his marathon training?

Kathy, I hope the financial stuff is taken care of soon. I hate that stuff. 

Liz, I guess we should call it St. Make You Crazy. I hope it is a better week.

Becky, I hope you got your errands done without too much rain.

Linda, you got a lot accomplished. I hope Micki has calmed down from yesterday.

The taxes are done and we are getting a refund so “yay.” It was a nice sunny day in the 40s so we drove over to Starbucks for something hot to drink. I am feeling better. It has been slow going, I think, because I had a cold along with the bronchitis. The chest feels better but my sinuses are still congested. No naps today, though, so that is progress.

Linda, it does feel SOOO good to have no stitches. I have beenable to wear a pair of Crocs this afternoon with only minimal pain. The HydroMassage isn't exactly in water. It's almost like a heated water bed of sorts. Here's a link . I'll bet there is a spa with these in your area somewhere. I was surprised to find one at a place I pass by on my way home. They offer 10, 15, and 20 minute sessions and are essentially priced at $1 a minute, so pretty reasonable compared to a personal massage. I'll do a 20 minute first and see if I want to cut it back to 15 but may keep it at 20 minutes. Yes, pets are in many ways easier than kids. I see everything that DB/DSIL have gone through with their kids and now their kids' kids. The toughest things about pets are when they get sick and when we lose them, which always happens way too soon.

I did sort of hightail it to the NuStep, Chele. Didn't have to go far, however, because they are only a block apart. Dale is in the process of tapering his training and seems to be doing well on the higher protein diet I recommended. Congrats on the refund. That's always a nice thing, but extra nice this year because, due to the new tax laws, a lot of people who thought they were aren't. I'm happy you're making progress. Just accept that it's going to be slow, but that's going to have to be the process to recovery.

Becky, in the minds of a lot of people, there IS nothing going on in TX except SXSW. I have beeen amazed at how many news shows have people broadcasting from the events there. I'm glad you're far enough away from it that you don't have to deal with the crowds. I think, instead of passing the resolution in the House that led to the "Dems hate Jews" comment would have been to sanction the representative who made the inappropriate comments in the first place, but apparently they weren't willing to do that. Are you able to take something to relieve your back pain, other than not walking? It seems to be bothering you more than it was. Is it the same old problem you've been dealing with for years or has something changed?

I'm planning to try some yoga in the a.m. Z Living has Namaste running continuously from 6-11 am, so I'll catch an early show (they are all different) and then hopefully do 15 or 20 minutes on the rowing machine, feet willing. Dale said he was going to set up my Vibe Plate but if he did, he didn't tell me. I would love to start doing 10 minutes a day on it tomorrow. Anxious to get back into it but I promise I won't push.