Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Good morning,

DD#2 had hernia repair with mesh inserted. Surgery took about 10 min. But she developed an infection and went to ER for IV antibiotics. She had an allergic reaction to the vancomycin and they started her on pills of a different medication. Hope it clears it because an infected mesh is a mess. I feel sad for her because she wanted a baby but is the least ready for care of another human being.

DW, DD#1 and baby Adalyn just left caring for DD#2 and are here at the house helping me wor****il later today. Not much work but a lot of baby holding going on. Adalyn is starting to hold her arms out, with coaxing, to come to Pop pop. Just melts my heart. She went over to visit my mother last night and she waved bye-bye for the first time. It made my mom cry, in a good way. Early milestones in development right and left.

The house is starting to look like an end is in sight except for paint. The broken granite looks like it will be glued back together without too much damage showing.

Eating is a little better. Seems like if you do not buy crap food you are less likely to eat crap food. Alcohol use has been a little out of control but I am still buying it. I justify it because of the pain. Especially now as I tend to over do the work side of things until it is too late. I had planned to wean off by the 4th of May because pain management does not like alcohol use and narcotics. I do not know if they test or not. Weight remains up and is purely alcohol calorie related.

The dogs have been with me all week. China the pit bull is more my dog but they both really love DW more. They check on me in the night and then return to their beds in the LR. I took a nap the other day and China crawled underneath my bed. Bumping her head the whole way. She slept there until I got up. It was LOL funny.

More later, David Peace seeker

Weight 117.2, calories 936. Weight is slowly sinking. I need to keep not only junk out of the house, but also wine. There is also a link to my extra calories and wine. Not the calories in the wine itself, but my tendency to eat snacks after having a couple of glasses. Not having SIL in the house imbibing every night has been helpful.

Great to see you starting the thread today, Dave. I'm sorry you deal with so much pain and it amazes me how you can accomplish so much on your projects with it. I only have a bad shoulder and I seem to be able to talk myself out of lots of things because of it.

I love to hear about Adalyn! She is just as enchanting as she looks. How can you not melt? He development included learning early how to wrap people around those tiny, adorable fingers.

Today I take Chiquita to the vet. It will be interesting to see what they think. I imagine they will draw blood to check for kidney function. She is definitely continuing to be more lively with Justice around and seems to like him. She also appears to be letting him be more dominant which is a first for her. She was always the dominant one with former housemates (cat, then Duchess). She doesn't get upset when he tries to eat her food (so I have to watch closely to keep him away).

Have a time effective Tuesday!

Yay that Justice and Chiquita are becoming fast friends. Hope the vet visit goes well for Chiquita!

Yes it did! Chiquita has gained 2 pounds over the winter which puts her back to a normal weight.

Hello from Zion!

Yesterday I smelled fear and it literally stunk. That means I stunk. My first hike at Zion was Angel's Landing and the Park makes a big deal about it being too crowded, too strenuous, don?t go if you fear heights, people have died.

The thing is, the NP's exaggerate. If the say wear hiking boots with lugs, really they mean don?t wear flip flops. Strenuous hikes are only moderate, if that. And if they say 8 miles, it is probably closer to 7.

So, I am scared of heights but totally trusted Zion to not put me in harm's way. I was wrong about that. When it got ultra steep and the path was narrow with drop off on one side (always) or both sides (sometimes) there was a chain to hold on to. Except when there was no chain. I went from being worried I would get back to town to stop by the grocery store to wondering if I would see my family again.

I could have gone back but I am stubborn with a fear of missing out. How dumb is that? So I kept on, getting stinkier and stinkier.

Obviously, I survived my own version of exposure therapy. Not sure I would ever do it again. Almost no pics because busy fearing. Eventually, I will post what I have from the the flat part on top. That was the only time I looked down. But for now, not enough internet to upload pics

more later, the sun is up!

Shel

Wow! I am PETRIFIED of heights. I would not be able to handle a lot of your hikes.

When I was 19, I worked on big construction sites like lock and dams. I was terrified of heights. Started out working in the mud and slowly worked up to 100 ft in the air. With time I was more concerned I would have to climb down 100 ft to get my tools if I dropped them than getting hurt. Young and dumb.

You are living proof that exposure therapy works!

I would freak out! I hate the second step from the bottom on a ladder.

More accidents happen at less than 8 ft.