sunday

Today was even more beautiful outside than yesterday.
I spent most of my time outside to enjoy it.

Dad called me first thing this morning. There was a baby deer in his yard. I mean a little tiny baby. I went to his house to see it. Oh my goodness it was so adorable!

The rest of the day I worked in my yard a little here and there and rested in between................and I did a little bit of organizing in my garage... with the doors open.

I ate supper on my back patio with Woody. It was  nice. Mr. Bojangles was invited but he wanted to stay inside. :O)

saturday

Yesterday was a great day mostly because it was so beautiful outside minus the 2 rain showers.
I've been working in the yard laying more grass seed, mowing, and trimming.  I've also  added extensions to my downspouts to route the water farther away from the foundation. I don't understand why the spouts were set up to dump the water right against the house.
The physical activity and the sun are good for my soul. :O)

My dad stopped over to pick up some supper I made for him. Pinto beans and ham, cucumber salad, and corn bread. It was good to chat with him for a minute.

My sister stopped over. We sat on the porch and chit chatted for awhile.

Oldest son stopped by and we hung out for a couple of hours.

My friend Kelly called and invited me over for a lunch grill out for next Saturday if the weather holds up.................................so I'm looking forward to hanging out with her for a bit.

Kitties are doing well. Woody had a fever for a couple of days and was a little lethargic but is fine now.................I swear I think he had Covid-19. :O)~

Thursday

I picked groceries up at the Kroger parking lot this morning allowing them to do my shopping.
Shopping the other day was exhausting so I decided to do it this way. It was much better this way.
My D.O.N. text me this morning asking if I could work this Saturday.
I told her I'm still wheezing and coughing and would not be able to wear a N95 mask for 12 hours, and that I'm still having fatigue that I would not be able to work this Saturday. She hasn't responded so maybe I'm in trouble. I just don't know.

Let me just complain about one thing and then I will shut up.............................all of the hand sanitizer at my work was marked as having expired in 2017. When I noticed all the bottles in the building I could find as being expired I text my DON at home that day and notified her. She didn't respond. I did tell my staff and instructed them to wash with soap and water.
When I first became infected and the urgent care sent me away I called work and asked if they would test me. I was informed that they weren't testing staff.
I called a testing center and they said there was a 2 week waiting list.
I went to a Christ Hosp. urgent care and they treated me with kindness and respect. They checked my vitals, listened to my lungs, checked my O2 saturation and other things. And unlike St.Elizabeth South urgent care who didn't bother to assess my lungs at my 2nd visit, whose thermometer wasn't working properly, who treated me like a bother for being there, and who attacked me verbally for wanting to be tested even though I had had a negative test a week prior......the doctor at Christ understood why I thought I should be re-tested.......and she agreed.........................................so when I went back to St. E for a follow up chest xray (my xray at Christ did show I had pneumonia)( St E is my health care provider so I had to go back to them for the follow up) they talked for 45 minutes amongst themselves about retesting me for Covid to make sure I was no longer infected before allowing me in their facility to get my xray. Now when I came to them with fever, cough, GI upset, abnormal o2 sats, painful eye muscles, and as a nurse exposed to the virus by patients they refused to test me, or assess my condition in any way..........................some ...............................but when it came to protecting their-selves they pushed for me to be tested.........................................................thank gosh for Christ hosp urgent care.

Wednesday

I did a little shopping yesterday.
I did wear my mask and I had my hand sanitizer.
I ended up at a few different stores.
I bought a couple t-shirt dresses, a lamp, 6 pillow cases, and a framed picture of a steer
that I absolutely love.
 I hung it in the living room.
I need to get a table for the new lamp.
I've been looking for the right table since I moved here but haven't been able to find one that I like. I will eventually I suppose!

The Suri voice on my phone I had set as an Australian.
I swear he comes across as a judgmental prick. :O)
 I fired him and now I have the Irish guy. I like the Irish guy. lol

I'm so tired of Cops murdering citizens and of them not being held accountable. It's sickening.

Memorial Day

It was a fun weekend.
I had family over (4 people) for a grill out Sunday.
Everyone was in a good mood and happy I
think to be around other people.

Today oldest son and I went fishing.
Our plan was to do some magnet fishing but we never got around to it.
We did fish.  I only caught one. Son got 10. lol
It was a super nice, relaxing day.

Thursday

I didn't sleep well last night so unfortunately I slept most of this morning and early afternoon!
Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight...

I called off for work for this Sunday.
I'm too afraid to go back until I feel 100% better.
At this point I don't know if I can get reinfected, and neither does the CDC.
So if I can get it again I want to be totally healthy when I get it so that I stand a fighting chance against it.
 It was seriously no joke.
We have 25 cases at my work right now that we know of........not counting employees.     

I caught Woody attempting to urinate in the bathroom sink. I sternly told him no............he jumped off the sink and went to a pair of my shoes and tried to urinate in one of them. He missed the shoe and went on the floor. WTF!

He wanted to take a drive with me. So I invited him. He enjoyed it.  :O)

Monday

My Woody enjoying the outside.

My grand-dog, Manny. He's my oldest sons pup. I love him. He's a very sweet, spoiled, and smart  dog.

My grand-cat , Tye. He's middle sons cat. He can jump higher than any other cat that I've seen jump. He opens cabinets, and doors. I've never seen any aggression from him. I love him. He's sweet.

Mr. Bojangles looking like a seal! lol

The bottom picture is a birthday card from my son from last month. I thought it was a cute little piece of art. :O)

I'm feeling better but the fatigue and poor appetite lingers. Still though I feel lucky.

sunday

I went dumpster diving Saturday morning.
It started out slow. I got 8 jars of green olives. I'm afraid to eat food from the dumpsters but my sister and her husband aren't. I gave them the olives.
My big find though was from Home Depot...........

look at all of these plants! 

I spent the rest of my day

planting them in my yard and in planters.

 There's nothing wrong with them! What a waste to throw them away! To boot, I dropped a few off to my sister and told her how there was many more in the dumpster but I couldn't reach them. So her husband went and filled the back of his truck bed with plants. WooHoo!! It's fun when you score at dumpster diving!

A project I will work on on Sunday is my little vacation spot in my own back yard.

This is my little pool! lol

Tomorrow I need to trim back the plant you see in the back ground, power wash the concrete slab, hang some lights, add plants and Tiki torches.  :O)  It's going to be cute!

friday

I finally had to go get him, carry him home. He's not feeling well. I think it's a reaction to the flea medicine. If he doesn't improve today I will call the Vet.

In pictures it doesn't look like much but it felt like a whole lot when I was planting all of it! As it grows it will fill in..........

thursday

I felt a little like a failure today.
I was on my way to buy flowers when I realized I haven't had
an oil change on boyfriends car since he died.....................and then I realized I missed kitties flea treatment this month, maybe even last month. I couldn't remember.
Boyfriend was so good at not missing routine car maintenance and at making sure I always had flea medicine here to treat the kitties. He was always so good at that stuff.
I right away stopped at the place he always went for routine maintenance and had them do an oil change, and on the way home I stopped and got flea medicine and a a new brush for the cats.
I will try my best not to miss these things as I know they are important.  :O)~

I did stop and get more flowers for the yard.
I wanted to get more mulch but the price was too high. I'll look around and get it later.
I planted some flowers in a bare ugly spot in the front yard. I have more to plant in the side yard but got tired and came in for a nap.

I gave both the kitties a flea treatment and I brushed Mr. Bojangles. He likes it.

I added a flower box to my garage window. I like it!

I potted some flowers. They're much prettier in real life I think!

Kitties enjoying the back porch.

Woody

sunday

It was a nice Mother's Day.
All my adult children visited. We kept our 6 feet distance but still it was nice to
spend time with them. I'm very lucky. :O)
I did not get to the cemetery to place flowers for my mom but plan on
doing it tomorrow.
I managed to wipe all the surfaces  inside my house with Lysol, change the beds, vacuum, scrub the bathroom and kitchen and do a couple loads of laundry.
It needed it bad...........feels much better in here now.......
I need not sleep one minute last night. I couldn't. I cleaned instead.
I'm hoping that I will sleep well tonight.

saturday

I don't know what's wrong with me.
My house needs to be cleaned and I have loads of laundry to do. What I don't have is the energy to do it all, or to even start any of it.
I don't know if it's physical or emotional my inability to be productive.
I just know that since my Covid 19 and pneumonia I feel so fatigued.
I have moments when I feel pretty good but then exhaustion sets in ...............

friday

I sat on the back porch yesterday and soaked up some sun.
I think it did me some good.
I've had trouble sleeping lately.
I forced myself to shut everything down last night at midnight. At some point I drifted off to sleep.
I woke this morning feeling rested.
I need to clean and sanitize my house and I have loads of laundry to do.
I might tackle some of it today or I might not. It just depends how I feel once I get going.

tuesday

My doctor ordered medicine for  thrush today and a follow up chest xray for next week.
I will be happy when my mouth heals!
I napped for several hours today.
I want to just feel normal again. Hopefully I will soon!

I talked on the phone to my doctor today.
There's confusion on whether or not I should still be in quarantine.
What my doctor says is different from what the health department instructed me to do.
I wonder if any of them really know what it is we should be doing.

monday

It was beautiful outside today.
I was allowed to leave my home.
It's been weeks.
I went to the store for some popsicles and fruit.
I wore my mask and I carry my antibacterial hand sanitizer.
I was nervous about being around other people........our new normal?
My lips I noticed were cracked at the sides yesterday.
I thought it was from being dehydrated.
This afternoon I noticed the inside of my mouth and throat are super sore.
I'm sure it's thrush.....
It was too late to call my doctor today so will tomorrow.
I do wish I could bottle the color of my lips right now...........they're a really pretty cherry red. lol

The fatigue I feel is severe. Some of the time I wonder if I'll ever feel normal again.

monday

I'm feeling better and I'm so grateful that I am.
I took my last antibiotic today, and I haven't used the cough medicine for 2 days.
I slept all day today but yesterday I didn't nap at all.

I'm looking forward to a sunny day. Hopefully that will be tomorrow.

Mostly I sleep.
The fatigue I feel is overwhelming.
My family takes turns calling and checking on me then reports back
to the others.
If I need something they leave it for me on the porch.
everything tastes like a mouthful of salt except for my popsicles and oranges.
My temp fluctuates between 99.9 and 103.4.
The cough is painful.