Rainy Days and Argo

The rain the weather folks promised arrived on schedule.  We decided to use the bad weather as an excuse to go see a movie.

We saw Argo.  It was good – very suspenseful.  After the movie we then had some yogurt for our snack, hit the grocery store and headed home.

I did find out that the River Run is on Mar 7th, NOT Mar 2.  I have an additional week to train.  Somewhere in my feeble mind I thought the run was the first weekend in March and never really noted the date.  So we get to celebrate Penny’s birthday at home on the 4th and with the kids the weekend of the 7th.

Tummy Getting Better–Ugly Weather

I’m back to about 80% now after almost a week of being under the weather.  Coincidentally we have had nothing but rainy weather for the last part of this week.  Tomorrow, Sunday and Monday are still supposed to have some rain.

This year I again signed up for the Gate Run but did little training for it.  I had mapped out a 1-month accelerated training regime to get me up to the 9-miles of walking required.  I was doing OK until I got sick.  I got in a 3-mile walk on Thursday and a 5-mile walk today but 5-miles was all I could do.  My plan now is to rest a day and try for 7 miles on Monday and again Wednesday.  That’s the best I can do before next Saturday and the 9+-mile walk.

I didn’t accomplish a lot this week but at least I feel better tonight than I have all week.  This coming week should be much better.

Ups and Downs

The past 2-weeks has seen its ups and downs.  Penny had oral surgery; Christy got a new job; Kathy is preparing to move to Jacksonville; we spent Valentine's day weekend in Jacksonville; Penny cooked; we spent lots of time with our grandkids and family ; I got sick.

I had a bad Sunday night and a tough time driving back Monday night  and I still feel weak and have an upset stomach tonight (Wednesday).

We had Friday to ourselves and did some shopping and got stuff for the meal on Sunday.

We watched Sophie and Lucy all day Saturday. so Karen and Tim could go to work and then go out. They went to as many Oscar nominated movies as they could fit in. We took the kids to breakfast and lunch, went on an explore and saw a pair of Osprey building their nest and did a little shopping.

  Penny also  made final prep for the meal she would cook on Sunday.

Sunday was a great family day.  We had the complete immediate family – daughters, husbands, grandkids and grand-animals  (well, except Colby and PJ).  Penny’s meal was wonderful.  We ate, we celebrated Christy’s job, we laughed, we played; in short we had a real family gathering with the new generation taking the reins and beginning new family traditions.  It couldn’t have been better.

Here are some pics:

I got sick that night and since we had volunteered to watch the kids on Monday Penny had to step up and take over everything.  All I could do was hurt and sleep.  She stepped up and did what was needed without complaining.

I got up for a while and tried to help out but only ended up lying down and taking an unplanned nap.

The plan was that I would drive back on Monday night and that unplanned nap revived me sufficiently to make the drive.  The drive was not easy.  Fortunately the traffic wasn’t bad.  My body was just achy and I was still just beginning to get some liquid back in my system.  I was glad to make it home.

I’ve done a lot of sleeping since I’ve been back. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

The Tooth the Cracked Tooth and Everything About the Tooth

 

My poor wife, Penny, has had a miserable time.  It started 2 weeks ago when she lost a filling while we were on the road.  We stopped at CVS and got temporary filling material for her and went on to the Florida Lighthouse Meeting in Tampa.

We returned home the next Monday and made an appointment with our dentist.  She sent Penny to our friendly oral surgeon who promptly extracted what turned out to be a cracked tooth.

Penny also needed a bone graft to make sufficient bone thickness for a soon-to-be tooth implant.  That meant going on a liquid or very soft food diet for about 3 weeks.  That’s not a big problem it just means a little planning to try to stick to our diet and keep things soft.

Any time Penny has work done on her mouth it sets off her other health issue.  She also was in some pain from the surgery and taking some pain meds. The strongest pain meds gave Penny an upset stomach so she quit taking them.

Penny began having periodic chest pain and by Sunday just after half-time of the Super Bowl it was disturbing enough that we went to the Emergency Room.  That began a 3-day hospital stay where Penny got injections, inspections, detections, neglections and all kinds of stuff that.  The worry was that Penny was having a heart attack and since she is a woman and heart attacks in women are manifested differently than with men, the doctors had to check Penny’s heart with every test known to man before giving her a clean bill of health.

Penny’s heart is OK, but 3 days in the hospital will wear anybody down.  The thinking is that she is having some sort of gastro intestinal issue – TBD.

Penny’s been tired and hasn’t been able to do any quilting this week and I’ve been taking care of her needs.  She went back to the oral surgeon today and her mouth is healing fine.  Soft food continues for another 2-weeks.  Penny has been taking things in stride and actually has been calmer and more patient about everything.