Monday, July 11, 2022

We made it to Mike's home on Cape Cod. It is nice to be just the 3 of us here (Mike, me and Justice). Justice was a little nudgy last night in an unfamiliar place so I had to take him out for a walk at 3:30 am. It is SO DARK here at night.

My younger DD received an interesting FB message yesterday from a young woman who my eldest DD took care of in the hospital a few years before she died. She made such an impact that this young woman named her daughter (now about 5 years old) Elise. How amazing to hear how someone felt about her and what an impact she had on their lives this many years later (more than 17 years since Elise passed away). She is the second young person who has reached out to us.

Today is likely a beach day. Before we go in bathing suits we are going to take Justice for a beach walk. I better finish getting my coffee!

Have a marvelous Monday!

My dad's been moved out of ICU. His kidney function is still not great, so they are waiting for it to "wake up". I talked to him briefly and while he sounds weak, he sounds a lot better than yesterday. Poor guy. Running around the deck of a sailboat a few days ago to ICU with the clog of a tube.

Still in moving headspace, so not much to report!

Okay, I'm going to HATE on all of you ladies with your little tiny sleeves! LOL! I have NEVER had trouble finishing a protein drink. Granted when I was a new WLS patient, it took some time to work my way through, but the liquids never felt overly filling for me. Probably because my sleeve is quite long. Now, I can pretty much chug a Fairlife protein shake in a matter of a minute or two.

I am working on my goals for eating this week and yesterday was a brilliant success. Must keep it up....

Moved the inside puppy pen out of the bedroom and into the dining room yesterday. Took me most of the late afternoon to do it, too. Have to move big dog crates out of the living room. Move the dining table into the living room where the crates were. Then vacuumed and mopped the dining room. Next went into the bedroom and broke down the pen. Started by washing and disinfecting the puppy box and sides. Then I folded up the ex pen sides took them outside and washed them. Next was sweeping, vacuuming, steam moping and disinfecting the vinyl flooring, letting it dry, rolling it up and moving it to the dining room. Laid down the vinyl set up the ex pen walls and papered the whole thing. Finished by sweeping the bedroom, mopping where the vinyl had been and putting all the big dog crates back in the master. After all that, I told Ron I felt like I had not gotten enough done for the day because I hadn't groomed Blitz. Ron said I need to talk to the shrink! LOL

It's very warm today - upper 90s. Too hot for the pups to spend the day outside so we brought them into the AC for the afternoon. We'll put them out again for playtime once it begins to cool off this evening.

Not much else here. Off to Seattle for the day tomorrow to evaluate a litter of pups. On Wednesday I'll pick up GOAT v2.0 and get it ready for the weekend in Carmel. It will be nice to get to the coast for a couple of days. I will enjoy the fog.

Me too with the shakes, Devon!

PS - way to go on the clean up!! I'm sweating just reading that!

Greetings all

Its a hot day here by coastal standards. 70 degrees and people will be *****ing. Ceiling fan is going and I am having an icy drink (not protein) so I am comfy.

Liz how sweet to hear from the person Elise cared for. What a nice tribute. Glad you are getting a few slower days.

Jeepers Peps, you are a white tornado! All that puppy cleaning and moving. I hope it cools off so they can get outside. Are they of the age yet where ice cubes are interesting? And trip in the Goat to Carmel sounds wonderful. It is truly a magical place and I bet they put on a great dog show.

CC glad your Dad is out of the icu. Scary for you and uncomfortable for him. Glad he is improving.

I am starting to plan the raku firings I will supervise. Lots of people want in so I am checking with the staff on timing. I checked the glazes and some are dried out so I added water. Lots of junk needs to be moved but it won't be by me. I think I will have a glazing session the day before so stuff is dry and does not blow up. Also a good time to discuss safety when working around an open kiln that is 1800 degrees.

Probably the last of the enchiladas tonight and then I will have to think up something new to eat. Maybe tuna salad on some greens. Speaking of tuna, its soon to be the season here where one can buy fresh albacore off the boats in the harbor. Yummy.

Cheers all. diane s

Beautiful story about your daughter Liz. The pictures you post of that knock out smile, she must have had positive energy to match it. What was your daughter's profession?

CC, so glad to hear your Dad is out of the ICU! What a relief.

Devon, so much accomplished, all in the name of being a good Dad to all those pups. It's so gratifying to think of the outcome: healthy, well cared for dogs that add comfort and joy to the lives of their eventual owners.

Diane, not to make you type forever, but can you explain a little bit more about the firing style you're helping to get started at the studio. How is it different than the standard kiln process? Sounds lime it's higher temps, does that make it faster, or produce a different product?

Today started out well. DH and DS started out in the morning to go on a hike in a state park, I walked to my Aunt's house to help her sort some work things. Super interesting. My Aunt is a medical ethicist. As my brother once said, she's kind of a big deal. She doesn't present herself this way, but when you help her file papers from a project, and one of the people collaborating with her has the name Desmond Tutu, you can figure it out for yourself.

When I got back to the cottage, my son was not well. He started to feel poor during their hike, and went to lay down. DH was worried he was dehydrated, so kept waking him up to drink. When I got there, he was pale, and shivering, hot to the touch. I sponged his head, face, neck and hands with a cool wash cloth, gave him some tylenol and sat with him until he fell asleep again. He just woke up now, and told me he was real sweaty, so he thinks the fever is breaking. And he ate some pizza. He was congested and coughing, so it remains to be seen if he mostly got overtired and overheated or if he had a virus (Covid is in the back of my mind).

How tomorrow goes depends on how DS is doing. Might be a quiet day.

Yikes! Hope he feels better soon! I bet your aunt is incredibly interesting to talk to! Now we know where your get your love of controversy club from! (Was that what it was called?)

My daughter was a nurse in the pediatric department at the big Worcester hospital for the 10 years before she died. Somewhat ironically she cared for many children suffering from cancer, some of whom didn't survive. I asked her a number of times how she could do it and she said that being able to help a child feel better, less scared, or more comforted was the greatest return. She did not like nursing adults because she didn't feel that she could help most of them in the same way.

I hope your son is better today. Yeah, we all think COVID these days for most illnesses.

Imagine leaving an impression on someone that lasted that long! A special woman indeed!

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Absolutely nothing cookin' round here--except, why, oh why is there no a harbor with a boat filled to the brim with fresh albacore......the thought of it all. I guess I could dream....

Time for bed. Sweet dreams, all. Tomorrow is supposed to be about 10 degrees cooler- I was supposed to have jury duty, but (as is usual) was canceled--must find something fun to do.