Moving in May, 5/28

I can hardly believe tomorrow is the last business day of the month. That means I have to pull out some money from my savings account to pay the law office for Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. I had to go for blood work there yesterday. I simply hate to go CVSH. They've already sued us once for the breast surgeries in 2007 & I'm still paying for them. I get multiple calls from them for the 2008 bills. Franklin County Medical Center has sued us once also. I don't make enough to pay all of my medical bills, whine, whine.

Mother & I had lunch with a lady in the ward today, a widow. She was depressed & had decided to eat at Arctic Circle. When I picked Mother up from her hair appt., she wanted to go out to Burger King for a sandwich. She hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch & it was after 4. She felt terrible when I picked her up for her hair appt at 1:20. But it was too late to take her to get something to eat because her appt was at 1:30. I suggested Arctic Circle, some place quiet.

Anyway, I haven't seen this lady for months. The last time I saw her was at a Relief Society luncheon. She sat at the table I was at. She & some other ladies were telling me I should have had both breasts taken off instead of just a partial mastectomy. I invited our ward member to sit with us as she was alone. We talked & laughed. Mother felt much better after eating & visiting.

I found out during lunch that this lady has a $5,000 deductible & pays over $500 a month for medical insurance, plus her medications. I feel bad complaining about our situation. After all, we only have a $3,500 deductible for both Don & I.

Mother got her hair cut & permed today & it looked really nice. It had taken 2 and half hours to get it done though. I don't know why it took so long, but it was well worth it.

No formal walk today, I still felt kind of puny after yesterday. I fed the dog & planted my onions. I sat out on the porch in the swing. It's so nice to have it there, just outside the door.

Moving in May, 5/22

I didn't really have anything to post about yesterday, no moving as such. Just a normal Friday work day on Thursday. I did go over to Mother's after work last night so she could have a bath.

Today was a normal Monday or production day on Friday. I got 15.5 hours in yesterday & today. I still don't see how we can only get 15 hours during an issue cycle. But we try. I'll go in tomorrow to finish the last four pages & then back in on Tuesday for a little while.

I walked to Lewiston State Bank at lunch, up the east side of State Street. I crossed at the light & walked back up the west side of State Street to the Subway, back across State Street to the Citizen & back to work. Total time, 1/2 hour. Once I got to Stokes, I sat down on the bench just outside the front door to decide why I'd walked to the bank. Just how much money did I need, sigh. I hate not being able to remember stuff.

I buzzed my head yesterday. I have 1/4-inch of hair all over my head except a few stray hairs around my ears that I missed. The real reason I buzzed it is because I was sick & tired of it. I had asked Don a couple of times in the last couple of weeks to cut it for me &, of course, he's always busy, either with Nick, Runescape or lately he's been working on the siding of the house.

It feels so good to not have that long, at least to me, straggly hair. I was having to pull hair out of my ear after putting my hearing aid in. Once I got it cut though, I was thinking about gardening. You severely prune back bushes to make them grow bushier. I've stopped taking the femara, which has a side-effect of male-pattern baldness. I thought maybe if I cut my hair really short, maybe it'll grow out a little better. All of my mom's sisters have very thin hair, except Mother. Hers is still thick & still has color. The others all have white, very thin hair.

I don't like looking in the mirror & wondering who that ugly man is, LOL. My hair will grow.

Nick had a first yesterday. The very first time he went to the barber all by himself for a hair cut. His hair has been looking like Young Einstein's & so I had $10 for groceries. I asked him if I gave him $10 would he go to Weldon (Cheney) & get his hair cut? He said yes. I told him the $10 was for a haircut, nothing else. If he didn't get his hair cut, I wanted all $10 back. He said what if it's less than $10. I said if anything, it would be more. If it was more, come & get some more $$. He got his hair cut & went right over to Mother's to show her.

Lent, Day 36

We have some idiot racing up & down our street & revving his engine right outside our house. I'm so tired of the "kids" on the corner. I was so psyched Saturday, I thought they had moved, but ... no such luck, as we can hear. He does it at 2 a.m. in the morning. I was talking to a neighbor about half a block away about this neighbor a few weeks ago. He called him "ignernt." It tickled me. Something I didn't expect to hear. It's supposed to be ignorant, but means rude, LOL. Supposed to be Cache Valley-ese, but supposedly found in Canada. Hell-oooo!!! Some parts of Canada were settled by people from Cache Valley.

Anyway, today was much better, health-wise. Again, the attempt to get to bed by 11:30 failed & I made it to bed by 11:55. I was awake at 6 this morning & couldn't get back to sleep. My CPAP mask is ripped & air was leaking. I didn't want to get up & disturb Don. So, once he was up & out of the bathroom, I was in the bathroom & up for the day. I guess I'll have to try Mother's "old" mask again (above).

Speaking of CPAP masks, Mother wore her new CPAP mask (left) until 5 a.m. THIS MORNING!!! Woo hoo!! The longest she has worn it since she got the CPAP machine. She just kept the mask on her face when she got up & went to the bathroom. That's when it has been coming off in the past. Don-Mike told her to take the hose off the mask when she goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night & leave the mask on. She said she did that last night. I asked if it didn't bother her & she said yes, but she hurried. I wouldn't be able to do it, I'd fall or hyperventilate or both.

She said she didn't feel very good this morning when she got up. She'd had a weird dream. I told her it was good for her to dream. People with sleep disorders usually don't fall asleep soundly enough to dream.

I cut Don's hair tonight, almost gave him a buzz by using the shortest guard we have. A buzz will be the next cut, no guard on the clippers. The short hair looked so cool, as in not warm, but not cold , LOL, I was tempted to do it to my own. He actually looks cool, as in sharp, with the short hair too. Could be I'm prejudiced :)

Mother's protime was 2.7 today, within normal limits, keep on the same dosage of coumadin & recheck in 2 weeks.

A work day tomorrow & vet appointment for both Brackin & Prissy. Our vet is in Richmond, Utah. I picked up a cat carrier at the vet's today on our way home from Logan. I'd have forgotten if Mother hadn't reminded me. With 2 cat carriers, ours & the vet's, I can take both cats. Then Don can return the vet's carrier on Thursday on his way home.