Saturday 10/30/21

It’s been two weeks since I posted anything. I regret that. I want to be able to look back on this blog as a diary, of sorts. I want to remember this year. I don’t want to forget.

We had a lovely trip with my little brother and his wife to Branson. I had a wonderful time and I felt like I got plenty of rest. However, I slept 18 hours when we got home. I rested up for four days and then David took me to Las Vegas. Stacy was out there and I wanted to see her, so we made the trip. The flight on Southwest was absolutely horrible. They delayed our flight three times and then they canceled it. I was so mad. We didn’t get to the hotel until 1:30 in the morning.

I went up to the room and slept quite often, but once again, I was still exhausted when we got home. We landed in 50 mile an hour winds. It was quite a ride. When we finally pulled up into our driveway, it was obvious that the neighbors had cleared the branches off of our driveway so that we could pull in. We found quite a mess here at home.

A year ago, we booked a cruise with friends on Carnival, out of Galveston. It is a one week cruise and leaves next Saturday. I got insurance when I booked it, so I can cancel if I need to, but I want to go so very bad. I have  felt kind of puny since we got home from Vegas and I’m worried. I have three doctor appointments this week, so we’ll see what happens. I had the MRI of my elbow, and it showed a pocket of fluid in there that’s not supposed to be there. But that’s it. The orthopedic surgeon told me that he was stumped. My oncologist increased the dosage of my fentanyl patch, and it’s helping my elbow and back pain. The ship’s capacity is a little over 50%, because so many people have canceled their cruise. So, it ought to be a nice vacation and not crowded at all. Everyone has to have a Covid test within three days of sailing, so I really don’t see a problem. We have a balcony and I just love to sit out there and read and do my puzzles and watch the water.

I’ve been so tired and my throat is sore, but that just could be from the plane trip and the dry air in Vegas. It always makes my nose bleed out there. I don’t want to disappoint our friends that we’re traveling with, either. I guess I’ll just take it one day at a time. 

I don’t want to waste my minutes. I want to enjoy them all.

I still sleep a lot, but I am well enough now to do the dishes and the laundry. I make about half of our meals now. David still does most of the work around here.  I thought I would be better than this by now, but patience has never been a virtue of mine.

Well, to be Frank, I’d have to change my name.

We should ban pre-shredded cheese. Make America grate again.



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