It is what it is

After hitting perfect attendance yesterday for 1st quarter I had to take today for a Dr. appt. for my hand. The Dr. made me feel like I had wasted her time coming to the infectious disease place even though MY Dr. sent me there after almost 3 weeks of swelling and soreness he was not able to diagnose. She thinks I had a tissue injury, not a bite or break. In other words, she does not know what happened either. So, I let it go, let it heal and go see a hand specialist if it is not better. Meanwhile, back on a z-pack for the sinus infection. It was a beautiful day so after my appointment, I went to walk "the village" only to find it was closed now except for F-S, so I walked the museum and saw new stuff! It is what it is and it was all about ME day!

Took Lucy to the vet this morning for HER check up and left a house payment! Spent the day doing errands until I was in the middle of the Costco parking lot when the sky opened up. I was soaked to the point I had to come home and changed. Even my socks and shoes were wet. Have not been home in so many Saturdays and not home next weekend that I booked the whole day out catching up. It is what it is and it was a great day! Yesterday's wedding was absolutely amazing. Beautiful bride and family. The reception was the absolute "end". Every detail was perfection! Thanks to my amazing piano teacher and her family.

After flying all day Monday,  Delta delivered and I was pretty glad to see wheels down in the D.  The flights were all amazing, the weather was bright blue sky and I windowed it all the way home with a 4 hour layover in Minneapolis, one book down and many photos.  lt turned out to be a late night (East Coast time), but  I was finally able to sleep about midnight because the next 3 days were spent in math class. I have been to the Dermatologist, the dentist (for regular check and the root canal filling), physical, flu shot, blood draw and EKG.   Ready to tackle the year. The Dr. told me I was in pretty good shape for my age.   What the hell does that mean????   He usually comes in the back door with comments. Looking forward to some sleep tonight but feel pretty caught up on the "jet lag"  and time adjustment.  First day in class I about dropped off several times! Monday is our first day  BTS and we have 3 days of PD.  Have not...

So, after I wrote this a couple of days ago, I accidentally deleted the entire post and am calmed down enough to start again! A week ago today I left Boston after spending a week with Brian & Andrew doing what we do best.  Walking, eating, cooking, eating seafood, watching a lot of tv (Olympics), laughing, staying up late and just enjoying the week. Our favorite activity is our trip to Ogunquit, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean.   We ate our lobster rolls (sans Andrew who is allergic) , spent the whole afternoon just sitting on the beach watching the tide roll in and roll out, snacking and sharing stories.  All too soon it was time to go back to Boston.  We spent the evening checking out homes for sale by the ocean, (on tv).   I did lots of walking, through the parks, neighborhoods, took the T to Cambridge, had long lunches with Andrew (Chicken & Rice Guys), and Brian in Cambridge.  I shopped locally, hit the farmer's market for produce, Brian made l...

Oh what a week or turmoil.   Started the month with an emergency root canal on Monday.   Could not have been worse!   Over an hour on this one and had a bbq to attend so all I could do was drink some wine and take Motrin.  Tuesday was a little better because I had my peeps here for lunch and continued with the Motrin 800.  Wednesday, my face started to swell in the lymph nodes of my jaw line so I had to go on an anti-biotic.   First math class of the summer and spent two days with a miserable mouth.  It felt like my tooth was too big for my mouth.  Today, the jaw swelling started again so back to the Endodontist I went!   Seems that the infection "falls" into the lymph nodes and it takes a few days to settle down.   Math class is over, I have lunch with friends tomorrow and fly day on Saturday...Boston here I come!   Andrew and Brian and me (is it me or I???) are going to Ogunquit on Sunday for our summer lobster rolls and beach fix...

With Otto gone all week, I tackled projects and cleaning and got a lot done but also a bit bored!   It was nice to get a call from Andrew this morning that their flight to Madison with a  layover in Detroit had been missed due to maintenance in Boston and they had a few hours to kill so guess where I spent lunch?   It was so nice to see Brian and Andrew!   I am ready to book my late summer Boston trip to spend some time together.  Well, after quite an ordeal at DTW they were finally on their way and about the time they landed in Madison, Otto landed in Detroit.   They both totally missed a major storm from this afternoon!   It has been a week of sun and perfect Michigan days until this afternoon. In the 90's and tomorrow may hit 100.  More storms on their way.   Plenty to keep me busy here with the basement to clean, painting to do and a couple of projects yet to do.   Am catching up on my "shows" in the evening and staying up way too la...

Well, I have completely cleaned my house upstairs and downstairs.   The only thing left is the refrigerator.   Now it is time to do my annual dr. appt like contact lens, dermatologist and all that stuff.  Foot Dr. tomorrow....double ugh! Been home almost a month now but so busy between cleaning,shopping and having everyone here for the 4th I have not had time to be bored until today. Am trying to do over 10,000 steps a day and walk the dog twice.  Was a very hot walk this morning but every day this week, I have been able to be in the pool with 90+ degrees.   Many small projects completed except the basement cleaning.  It is ALWAYS the basement. I am not sure what I would do in retirement.  I can only read and clean so much.  Once everything is caught up I am not sure about this!  There is a storm looming and Otto is out tonight so I am sitting here, not even able to take Lucy out for a walk.  Ready to travel again or have another p...