Today I feel a tad bit better than yesterday. I got a few comments from coworkers that they missed my coughing (NOT that they missed it missed it, but missed my coughing...oh never mind) I am on the mend! Oh shush...still not wanting to jinx it.
Um, I gave myself my own medicine cocktail...cough suppresants, allergy meds, high blood pressure meds, and amoxicillin. And at night before bed, Flonase. I think it's working!
Keep your fingers crossed.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Muy, muy Caliente!
O.M.G!!!! We are just not used to this. It was 85 degrees at the back outside of the store today. That is in the shade too. Yesterday was hot, but today was blistering! Did I say O.M.G. yet? It did cool off to about 81 degrees before I left for home, but home is always a tad hotter than work, and the doors have been pretty much closed up all day, cause well, it stays cooler that way. I have no clue what the temperature was when I got home. No way to measure it. There is never a reason to. It generally stays between 55 and 60 degrees, and we don't need to know that. It just is. I am not prepared for hot. If we want hot, we go to Clearlake and bake, but not at home and certainly not at work. I told my coworkers that I was getting ready to get into my Easy-Bake Chevy when I was leaving for home.
When I got to my town, (it's right on the beach) there were cars parked EVERYWHERE! I had to go to my bank and there wasn't much for parking in the shopping center lot either. Apparently everyone and their brothers, cousins, sisters, aunts, moms and dads, plus a few friends came over to cool off. What we call over the hill was in the 100's, I can't blame them, but damn all these people and cars and traffic must have made the temp go up another 5 - 10 degrees.
Naturally, I did not go to my ceramics class again. There's time for that when the fog rolls in. It should be in about the day after tomorrow, like clock work (on most occasions) We get three days of heat and then fog, glorious, cool, sting your sunburn fog. I love fog. It quiets things down, cools the earth and makes me feel better about everything. Sun is good but fog is better!
I'll leave you with a sunset from last night on my way home...
Well, perhaps not...blogger doesn't want you to see my sunset. Raspberry to Blogger!
Maybe tomorrow...when it's cooler....
When I got to my town, (it's right on the beach) there were cars parked EVERYWHERE! I had to go to my bank and there wasn't much for parking in the shopping center lot either. Apparently everyone and their brothers, cousins, sisters, aunts, moms and dads, plus a few friends came over to cool off. What we call over the hill was in the 100's, I can't blame them, but damn all these people and cars and traffic must have made the temp go up another 5 - 10 degrees.
Naturally, I did not go to my ceramics class again. There's time for that when the fog rolls in. It should be in about the day after tomorrow, like clock work (on most occasions) We get three days of heat and then fog, glorious, cool, sting your sunburn fog. I love fog. It quiets things down, cools the earth and makes me feel better about everything. Sun is good but fog is better!
I'll leave you with a sunset from last night on my way home...
Well, perhaps not...blogger doesn't want you to see my sunset. Raspberry to Blogger!
Maybe tomorrow...when it's cooler....
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Don't Want To Jinx It
BUT... I am typing lightly so as not to disturb the goodness that I am feeling right now. I did some initial coughing this morning. But now that I have gotten the "sleepiness" out of my bronchial tubes, I am feeling fairly decent and not feeling like I need to cough up a lung! I decided to take some antibiotics. I don't think those are what is doing it yet, I just started them this morning. But they may be what keeps this thing gone in the long run and then I will be giving Kaiser a (HUGE) piece of my mind. I blame the doctors there for the longevity of this problem I have been having. Really. It all should have been done and over with WEEKS ago. I should not have missed work, I should not be in the dire straights (money-wise) that I am in. I can tell full on that I am feeling better because I am charged up enough to want to take my life back and do it with a vengeance. I AM DONE WITH ILLNESS. I don't even mind going to work today, it will be a good day! So there!
I did not go to my ceramics class again last night. I am afraid to take a chance with all the dust that is there. Since I am seeing a change now, after missing two classes I have a feeling that it is part of what was helping the allergies along. I have purchased a couple of dust masks so that I can partake in the last two classes. One of the classes is a potluck and review of the items that we made though out the semester. The next (and last) class is clean up. I morally cannot miss that class because I don't feel it is fair that I get to join the fun and not the clean up. Then I am done for the summer. I may or may not take up the class again in the fall. I will see just how afraid I am to go back into allergy territory. I will try to continue the ceramics here at home. Once I am on my feet again monetarily, I can have a friend come and re-wire for my kiln. Then I can do it all at home, but there is so much I could learn before then. We'll see. Books are good.
I love my youngest daughter. (I do love them all. You do know that right?) She moved back in and then quietly and efficiently started cleaning up areas of the house that have gone fallow, because I haven't been up to it. I looked around this morning when I got up and saw that she had single handedly cleaned the entire house without a peep. And she manages to do her own thing and nap and play with her horse and take care of her boyfriend's schedule. She is untethered by rigid schedules and timeframes. She just does, as things come up and she is happy. I think her demons have left the building so to speak. Now, if we could just evict the middle daughter's demons, we would all be a little happier.
I am going to leave you with some pretties. These are flowers in my backyard that grow on their own God knows, if I interferred, they would be dead!
Monday, May 12, 2008
I will never ever figure it out!
And at this point why would I try?
Last December on a late night I get a phone call that younger daughter is chasing middle daughter around with her truck because 1) they've been out partying and both are being stupid and 2) there's an idiot (skanky) guy involved and 3) said (skanky) guy has "gone out" with both daughters. Fight ensues, I kick one kid out, should've done the other one too.
Fast forward to TODAY. The skanky guy is God knows where, and who cares anyway, the younger and middle daughter are in the younger daughter's bedroom as I type, painting pictures together. (!!!) (???)
Never mind, I'm not going there, it'll change tomorrow I am sure.
My oldest daughter and I went to the city today. (San Francisco) It's always SO much fun going to the city. I had to get the glaze to finish up glazing my vase for class tomorrow night. The kid had to go to her bank. We got to the place where the glaze is, but we drove around the block several times before we realized that we were where we were supposed to be. That city is so confusing. I never would go there, untill the oldest daughter started working there a few years back. I had to learn the ways around it cause from time to time I would have to pick her up at work. She doesn't work there anymore, but we have sort of figured out the place so when we do go in, we are not totally clueless. Then she took me out to lunch when we got back home. We went to the fish and chips place up the road a piece. I ate way more than I needed to or should have, but it was good.
I am not coughing as much as I have been. But then I have said that before. I am weak and not really wanting to do much of anything at all. When we got home I flopped down on my couch with my remote and tea and promptly passed out for a few hours. This evening has been good, although I haven't done anything but make myself some toast with honey. I promised my boss I wouldn't do anything on my days off, so I'm just keeping my promise. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Last December on a late night I get a phone call that younger daughter is chasing middle daughter around with her truck because 1) they've been out partying and both are being stupid and 2) there's an idiot (skanky) guy involved and 3) said (skanky) guy has "gone out" with both daughters. Fight ensues, I kick one kid out, should've done the other one too.
Fast forward to TODAY. The skanky guy is God knows where, and who cares anyway, the younger and middle daughter are in the younger daughter's bedroom as I type, painting pictures together. (!!!) (???)
Never mind, I'm not going there, it'll change tomorrow I am sure.
My oldest daughter and I went to the city today. (San Francisco) It's always SO much fun going to the city. I had to get the glaze to finish up glazing my vase for class tomorrow night. The kid had to go to her bank. We got to the place where the glaze is, but we drove around the block several times before we realized that we were where we were supposed to be. That city is so confusing. I never would go there, untill the oldest daughter started working there a few years back. I had to learn the ways around it cause from time to time I would have to pick her up at work. She doesn't work there anymore, but we have sort of figured out the place so when we do go in, we are not totally clueless. Then she took me out to lunch when we got back home. We went to the fish and chips place up the road a piece. I ate way more than I needed to or should have, but it was good.
I am not coughing as much as I have been. But then I have said that before. I am weak and not really wanting to do much of anything at all. When we got home I flopped down on my couch with my remote and tea and promptly passed out for a few hours. This evening has been good, although I haven't done anything but make myself some toast with honey. I promised my boss I wouldn't do anything on my days off, so I'm just keeping my promise. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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