Taste Like Chicken Weekend 4/27-28

Linda, good luck with the appointment on Monday. I know you have a list of questions. They always want to make sure the "plumbing" works after any surgery due to the affects of the anesthesia, even if it's not intestinal or urinary in nature. Good news that the warranty covered the capacitor. While at the herb show we ran into a good friend that doesn't live far from the location (she's usually on some exotic trip this time of year so I didn't contact her to see if she wanted to meet us there) and she is having both knees replaced. Apparently she has no cartilage left and they are having to build custom hardware. She thinks it will probably be late June before they schedule her surgery. She's 2 years older than I am. I'll bet that false electors file is getting large. I think I heard something this past week about that. I wonder if they are going to try that stunt again this fall. They should have learned the first time around but they don't seem to be all that smart.

Great news on no blood clot, Chele. But you kind of figured that was the case. I hope you can get into PT starting next week so you can start getting the pain resolved. Also good news on the BP coming down. No pills would be great. Wonder how much of it was related to the pain you've been in. I'll bet your arugula is so much better than what I get at the supermarket. And you have salad turnips--envious! I love those dipped in hummus. What are your plans for those? Sushi at a Korean restaurant? Was it any different from what you get at a Japanese restaurant? Dale taped the ribs and I think it brought the pain level down from a 10 to an 8, so some improvement. I think they feel better sitting up than they did lying in bed. I put a couple of heat patches on top of the k-tape strips after my shower this morning and that's helping some. I think I overdid by quite a bit yesterday. Every right-hand bend in the road aggravated the pain, plus all the getting in and out of the car and carrying plants at the sale. I'm going to wait to change the bed until Dale is home tomorrow to help me pull things off and put them back on. He's at tennis right now, of course. I didn't fall on the area that hurts and it feels like a muscle pull. Ribs seem to be intact. Unfortunately, this type of injury does take time to heal. I hope I can make it to iTone on Monday but we'll see how it goes. Until then, I don't have much planned.

Kathy, we have coolish weather, so I hope you aren't in the 90s. Is the water level of the pond continuing to decrease? I saw my first hummingbird this morning, so I guess I better get the feeder out today.

I slept pretty well but, after 2 days of go-go-go, I'm still tired. So today is a rest day. I plan to put a package of veggie burgers in the oven but that may be the extent of my activity, other than watching baseball.

Karen, were you able to sleep? I hope the pain has lessened and that you are taking it easy. I haven’t seen any hummingbirds yet but everyday we seem together more red winged blackbirds and grackles. They are pushing out the gold and house finches and I haven’t seen a chickadee in awhile. As soon as the veggies get planted the feeder goes away. A lot of Asian restaurants around here serve their home country’s food plus another Asian cuisine. The Vietnamese restaurant we like also cooks Chinese. This Korean restaurant also cooks Japanese. The sushi is really good there but expensive.

Kathy, we are at the same temperatures as you this weekend-low 80s. From frost to AC in 4 days. 🤪

Linda, since a blood clot isn’t causing the pain in my leg, it’s sciatica based on all the places I am feeling pain. I’m sorry to hear your pain level is increasing and you had to cancel lunch. I hope you’re doing better today.

My pain level is pretty low today but that is because I haven’t done anything strenuous and I am B-O-R-E-D. I am looking forward to PT, so I can get moving again.

Kathy, did you watch this week's Elsbeth?

I saw that there is supposed to be a season 2. I hope it's not too hot at your house today, especially with Chele and me being in the 80s.

No cracked ribs, Linda. Just pulled a muscle and am making progress toward resolving the pain. You probably don't need any throws right now with the heat you're having. LOL on being careful what you start with your 7 foot tree. I was afraid that might eventually be the case. It's enough work to do once a year, but you're doing it multiple times with no assistance. Good that you are planning far ahead on getting things done before surgery. Sorry you ended up canceling lunch with your friends. I hope you can get together at least once more before the surgery.

Chele, you're in the low 80s already? So are we, but I didn't think you would be that warm so quickly. I think we only have one hummingbird so far and I've seen it a couple of times today. I might not have noticed the one yesterday (which may be the same one we've had today) if it hadn't flown close to the window to let me know to put out the feeder. I think it might be the same one last year who would do fly-bys if the feeder was getting low. I don't think I've ever seen a Korean/Japanese restaurant, but it sounds like my kind of place. If the sushi is good, I don't mind paying a bit more for it. Glad your pain level is decreasing. Sometimes we need to listen to our bodies and back off a bit. I hope you get a great PT who will get you back to better-than-normal quickly. I used the TENS unit last night and I think it helped my pain level. I'm down to a 4 or 5/10 today, so major improvement. After I got the rib pain settled down I realized that my left arm was also hurting (which may have been from the gym and not the fall), which is probably why opening and closing the car door was painful and not totally due to the ribs. I did sleep well after I got the arm properly positioned.

I stripped the bed and washed everything then Dale helped me put it back on. He also helped with the load of workout clothes so I wouldn't have to lift my arm high to hang up the line-dry stuff. I plan to go to iTone tomorrow but will get a light weight for the left arm and a heavy weight for the right arm and I'll back off if it's too much. Fortunately, the ankle seems perfectly fine. I have a hair cut after class.