Repeat Offenders ~ Wednesday, May 15

We have sunshine here today!!! OMG I'm so excited - I haven't seen a clear day like this since visiting Lora. It will even get up into the 60's. Rain returns on Friday, I think. I definitely need to walk outside a bit today. Am working at home so can walk around my development a few times. I have PT this morning at 8:30 so the serious exercise part will be done beforehand.

Good morning Susie and ATF. I had a rough night, up coughing my brains out at 2:30, got back to a fitful sleep at 4 and slept off and on until almost 7. Feeling better today than yesterday despite the night, so at least the general trend is in the right direction. But the coughing is super annoying. It's not a deep or painful one at least so I'm not worried about bronchitis or pneumonia. For now.

Working at home today, doing evaluations, then have to be at the hotel where we're having the joint board meetings tonight by 5:30. I will get there a little early and it's not to far from my house, so no long drives today. Definitely have a few pre-meeting jitters, not sure yet what I plan to say, will try to talk to my counterpart at some point during the day so we can plan this out. Yikes, we're in the big times now!

Fell off my food plan yesterday but tracked it all and it was my birthday after all. Definitely back on course today. We're going out to dinner Friday night but aside from that, I have no major events coming up until I go away to DD on June 9th. Time to focus in and up my game.

Have a great day all.

Good morning all!

Took me a little while to get here today, when I got up about 2 hours ago I decided to start some laundry, and get a couple other household chores out of the way so I'm just getting here.    Yesterday evening DH was feeling a little antsy so we drove into Guntersville and ran by WM to pick up some sunscreen and a couple of other things.  I had a zillion varieties before we moved, but of course have no clue where they are now.  Maybe they were expired and I tossed them?  Maybe they're in one of the few unopened boxes in the garage?  IDK.   While out we also popped into Aldi just before they closed and I found 2 bags of the Horchata flavored coffee that I've been wanting to try.  So not exactly the excursion that I'd planned for myself yesterday, but I did get the things I needed.

Susie - Yes, you do know all too well about dealing with scary eye issues.   This morning he said the flashes are gone, and the floater seems not quite so prominent.  Enjoy your sunshine!  

Andi - Yay for a sunny, clear day!!   Mine is sunny, clear and cool at the moment (55 degrees), stormy weather is supposed to move in around noon today.  Tomorrow partly cloudy and then BOOM!   Friday and Saturday sunny and low 90s.   I totally prefer 70s.  Haha!    My first thought with DHs eye was ocular migraine as well, but mine never last more than a half hour or so.  When he said it had been happening since the night before, I got concerned.  Plus as far as I know, he has never been a sufferer of migraines.  Actually he almost never even gets a headache.

Jana - Well, cripes....Bagels and cream cheese.   While a total carb bomb, at least it's not straight up sugar.   In my life, that is easier to resist, hope it's the same for you.  Girl, you remember what a bagel tastes like, right?   I mean they good, but not great and just sit in your belly like a brick.  So no need to put your body through that, right?     I can't believe that DS is dehydrated again.  What in the world?  Hoping they find what's causing it so that she can put an end to this repetition.  I feel so bad for her.

Robin - yes, I'm rock painting.  I'm not really interested in selling, but am enjoying the process of making them and putting them out, and the prospect of somebody stumbling across them and it bringing a little joy into their day.   It must be getting close to the wedding day, isn't it?  I'm sorry, I don't remember the date.    Yes, it was fortunate that we were able to seen at an Ophthalmology group that specializes in retina care same day.  We had a little help...Lol.    One of DHs best friends from high school is an Ophthalmologist in Huntsville, she specializes in cataracts, Lasik surgery...things like that.   But he called her office and left a message for her.  She called back almost immediately, told him which group to call and which Dr. to ask for.   Then she called ahead to that office and told them that he would be calling, and needed to be seen today if at all possible.  One of the benefits to living in a smaller city, everybody knows everybody.  Also a drawback at times...just try to keep a secret....Haha.   This time it definitely worked to our advantage though.

Our hectic mad dash to the Dr. yesterday and the stress surrounding that has left me a little emotionally drained.   I think I'm just going to take today to relax, do a little painting and keep processing laundry...Which strangely I now enjoy and find relaxing.   

Wow, so much going on with the ROs today!

Robin, I could so relate to the stress you felt about DM, especially toward the end. I remember hoping at times my mom would pass quickly because things were so difficult, but then they pass and it's over, you can't talk to them, hear their voices, ask them about something, tell them about something, just have their presence. So, there's relief and yet such sorrow.

Jana, oh no, DSister in the hospital again??? What causes dehydration? Obviously it's not as simple as telling someone to just drink more water... And I also have little trouble resisting bagels, but the sweet stuff...

Lora, that's so great you have a network like that to get the best care possible and I'm glad DH is already doing better. I don't envy you temps in the 90's - remind me of that when I'm whining about the cold rain again. Enjoy a peaceful recovery day today. No other Aldi finds except for coffee? Dang. I haven't been there since the avocado extravaganza.

Guess I better get back to work. PT was good this morning as always but I'm already eating too much today. I think it's partly nerves about tonight.

Amanda, you sound so much more relaxed, even though you're tired. Enjoy dinner out.

Well here comes the rain. The clouds have taken over the sunshine and it has started to sprinkle.

Susie - haha! I moved to Huntsville my Junior year of high school, but DH has lived here since he was a toddler. He went all through school with the same kids, and then with YMCA activities, sports, etc. Between him and DBIL, it seems like they know every single person. I had a similar mall experience with DH when we first started dating. I had a very small circle of friends. His seemed enormous to me. Ha!

Andi - the coffee was really the only thing I was looking for at Aldi. I'd tried two other attempts to find it without success, so I was happy to snag the only two bags they had. Also, it was exactly 7:54 when I walked in there and they close at 8pm. Lol

Robin - yes, the whole "old friend" thing definitely worked to our advantage. The Dr. also told DH that if he had any other problems or concerns to just call. Even if it was after hours. He said, "DO NOT go to the ER, they'll just charge you a bunch of money and do nothing for you, but advise you to see a retina specialist. And with retinal concerns, time is of the essence to be able to save vision. Call us first, one of the group will call you back ASAP and we'll figure out if this might be an emergent case, and if it's decided that it is, then one of us will meet you here and get you taken care of."

Jana - Good luck on the house. I have to agree that you're taking the right attitude. If it's meant to be, then it will be. I completely understand that the work needed on the current house probably seems daunting. I still fell a little overwhelmed by what all we did on the GA house. But like my old boss used to say, "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

Amanda - Enjoy your dinner out with your friend.

I'm sitting here waiting for a roofing contractor to come by. We had a few shingle come loose on the back of the house in the storm last week. So he's going to give a repair estimate, plus take a look at the general state of the roof as a whole. This is the original, and is 8 years old, so at some point we will want to replace. I think we might go with a colored metal roof. Not sure of the cost of that compared to the normal shingled roof, but that look would certainly work with this style house and I know it's lower maintenance and has about 4-5 times the life span of traditional asphalt shingles.

Good luck with the house Jana. I don't know if your sister would consider this, but how about going to the Mayo Clinic, seeing as this has been going on so long and no one seems to be able to totally figure it out. I wouldn't normally recommend this, however because of what happened with future DDIL's sister, I will. Their father is a Gastroenterologist in a very large practice. She was having issues, and no one could figure it out. They took her to the Mayo Clinic, and they got it figured out. I got more info on it than I really needed to know, but I thought it was pretty interesting.

Lora, although we live in a rather populated area, I do understand how it could happen that your DH should know so many people. When DH was practicing law in the city years ago, the joke was about how he knew someone, did he go to camp with them, high school, or did they shop in my family's store. That was a biggie, and we still use that as a connection sometimes. That doctor sounds like such a nice guy, glad you found him.