Escape

 

I'm with Maxine. I'd sure like to escape. Today was a roller coaster ride. I've got whiplash from the hills & valleys. 

Tomorrow I'm going to have to go back on the medication or else run out into State Street. With my luck, I wouldn't be road kill. Just scraped up.

I'm tired of trying.

Any guesses?

Up or down? Still going up. Today's total is 2,424%. I asked Don if 2424 wasn't the name of an old song. He said no, the song was named "In the Year 2525." He said the total might be that tomorrow. So, I went off to YouTube to find the song.

I have had 2 visual disturbances today & I woke up with a migraine. I fixed supper & went & laid down. Of course, once I had relaxed, I remembered this blog entry was still up & not finished. I also remembered I forgot to get one of Nick's meds today at the pharmacy. It's one of the meds he needs. He's not gonna feel very good until he gets it. I have one like that. I get sick if I don't take it.

So, I got back up to finish this, & make a note on Cozi (online calendar) to send me an email tomorrow at 11 a.m. so I'll remember to do the things I forgot to do today, sigh.

On Facebook this morning I saw a photo of my aunt's camp trailer tipped upside down & a note that a tornado had gone through Moreland & on into Blackfoot (Idaho) on my cousin's daughter's account.

Maxine Lund's camp trailer 6/22/11 after tornado.

Maxine is on the left holding the child's hand. I'm not sure who is in the huddle between Maxine & the camp trailer. Don said that a tornado warning was in effect for the Bear Lake Valley, this evening, but it had moved off. I remember when we lived in Randolph (Woodruff), Utah, we saw a funnel cloud touch down on Bear Lake back in 1993-95. Don't remember which summer, probably the summer of  '94. I think that's the only complete summer we spent there.

Well, back to bed. Supper was good. The recipe called for 3 TABLESPOONS of lemon juice, so I added 3 drops of lemon essential oil. I could taste it, but Don said he couldn't. I thought it was 1 drop per Tbsp. Maybe it's 1 drop per teaspoon? Hmmm, don't know, I'll have to find out.

Nov. 27, 1970

Yes, Nov. 27, 1970, 40 years ago today, my sister Wanda Odetta Monson died. She was 10 days past her 24th birthday & it was Aunt Maxine's 28th birthday. I remember I was drinking a can of Dr. Pepper & we were listening to Marty Robbins on her new 8-track player in her hospital room at the Logan Hospital. The old one that was up on the hill kitty-corner across the street from the Logan LDS Temple. Wanda said she had to poo only she used the "S" word. Mother called the nurse & she shooed us out into a waiting room. We heard them calling a Code Blue over the PA system. Mother said she bet it was Wanda. I remember when they came to tell us she had died, my Dr. Pepper spilled & I didn't pick it up. I don't like Dr. Pepper any more. I don't like to listen to Marty Robbins either.

Am I grateful for the advances made in medicine? Yes, it goes without saying. We were told 40 years ago lupus was cancer. People don't die of lupus anymore. Wanda didn't actually die of lupus either, she died of the side effects of cortisone. But her diagnosis was Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or SLE.

Speaking of abbreviations, I have to tell a funny story. Nick & I were talking about Nana, my mother. He said Nana couldn't remember something & I said in all seriousity, "Yes, I know. She has CRS."

He, just as seriously, inquired, "What's CRS?"

"Can't remember $h**!" I said.

"Oh!" he said, "I thought it was something official like that breathing disease she has."

"COPD?" I asked.

"Ya, that. What does that stand for?" he asked

"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. And then we, you & I, have SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder," I said.

"Whatever," he answered.

Sibling Party

The sibling party was very nice. Jim & Donna put a lot of work into it. Everyone was thanking me! I didn't do anything except plan it. Jim & Donna did everything else.

My phone was on low battery & so I only got 2 pictures. I should've had a tape recorder to tape the reminiscing. It would have been priceless.

Here's a picture of the sisters, backwards, but they didn't want to move Odetta. My picture was blurry, can't remember why, but I didn't want this picture. They broke up before I could retake it. I took a picture with Onda's camera, then Luana's camera & then used my phone camera. We were trying to get their legs all crossed the same way. So, from left to right is Maxine, 66, Donna, 68, Onda, 76, Luana, 78, & Odetta, 83. Hopefully Luana's & Onda's pictures turned out better than mine did.

Then the men. I made this picture larger because it's not as blurry as the girls' picture. Left to right here is Bernard, Larry, Keith, Dorin & Jim. Jim wasn't going to get in the picture because he's not a brother, they decided to do all the men. I want you to notice Larry. He has the TV remote in his hand & he is watching the TV, LOL. I think the Kentucky Derby was finally being run. They waited for it all afternoon & then people were starting to leave & they hadn't taken any pictures.

I think they took a picture with everyone. The ladies posed with Vaudis & Lucy in it, but I didn't get that picture, then they added me to the mix. I don't know if they did couples or not. I was too busy with Alashandra's baby Zeke by that time.

Moving in May, 5/2

As many times as I ran back & forth between Jim & Donna's house & the party room, I feel like I moved for 15 minutes. It just wasn't consecutive.

Today was the Porter siblings party. It was such a rainy day. Then this afternoon, it cleared off & was a beautiful, sunshiny day. I took Mother & Luana down in Don's car. It sounds like I'm going to have to buckle down & clean out my car because Donna wants to take Mother down to see their cousin Elva Larsen in Brigham City. Luana wants to go too.

Everyone was to the party except Larry's wife Madge. She was sick. Larry rode down with Keith & Onda, Maxine & Bernard. Vaudis rode down with Dorin & Lucy. Lucy drove. Donna & Jim's granddaugther Alashandra came to drop something off & we talked her into bringing Matt & Baby Zeke in to meet us all. They are blessing Zeke tomorrow.

We attended Burkley Balzar's baptism & confirmation this morning in Franklin. I THOUGHT Amber had said that Burkley would be baptized first, but no such thing. Whitney 2nd Ward was the host ward & the host ward's children are always baptized LAST!!

So, once I got over the disappointment & irritation, I decided that I'd just run home & get my rice pudding & laptop. Which reminds me, the laptop is still out in the trunk of Don's car. The rice pudding is a recipe I got from A Year of Crockpotting. Mine turned out very runny. I used skim milk instead of half & half or whipping cream. That may have been why. When I make it again, I'll use more rice.