March 23, 2009

• Late Update

  This was an insanely full day!  I woke up early and got out of bed around 6 something.  Jesse was so tired from mowing 2 days in a row and I wanted him to sleep in.  Chirper was awake and bothering me to get up and his loud purring usually wakes up Jesse.  So, we (Chirper and me) headed to the den and turned on the news and the coffee pot.

                                        

  I took a quick bath and got dressed for my MRI - had to be there at 10am and it's a half hour drive.  Got there right at 10 sharp.  Jesse took the girls and I told him I'd call him when it was time to pick me up.  Another woman (with her husband) was in the waiting area and nervous as all get out.  She'd had the same procedure done before and was almost crawling the walls.  I asked her about the procedure and she said they make you lay on your stomach with your arms above your head.  Oh!  Oh!  Not another arms-above-my-head procedure!  I accepted the Valium, not because I was nervous, but because I was hoping it would relax my back.  That's when they told me I could lie with my arms down at my side.  AND, as *I* told them, 10mg of Valium does nothing for me - and it didn't.  I chose no music and wished I'd brought a CD for them to pipe into ear phones, but I wasn't sure how things worked.  I'll bring my favorite CD on Wednesday on the off chance they do the same over at the hospital.  I accepted the ear plugs, they moved me into the MRI machine and I was back out in 20 minutes - NO BIG DEAL!!!

                                       

  I called Jesse to pick me up and we left and went to Wal-Mart to grocery shop.  A woman in a church we attend had a sudden death in her family and I needed to pick up things to fix them a meal tonight.  We came home from Wal-Mart and put up the refrigerated stuff and then Jesse took us up the street for lunch.

                                     

  We came home after our late lunch and I began to bake for the family in need.  Several phone calls came in that I had to return once my cooking was under control   Then I realized my cell phone could no longer be charged and the battery was low.  The port is bad (like I suspect is wrong with my camera) but, fortunately, Jesse had an extra cell phone.  With all of these future appointments and my cell phone as my contact number . . . I definitely needed a cell phone.

                                      

  I finished cooking and returning phone calls and then we called to make arrangements to drop off the meal for the church family.  We stopped at Jesse's mother's house after we picked up a prescription for her and eventually made it home again.

                                      

  I am tired.  Jesse is washing dishes - the ones I dirtied while cooking for the church family.  I have no appetite, so I'm eating popcorn and will have a juicy apple for dinner.  Mainly I'm thirsty.  I didn't drink much coffee this morning because I knew I'd have to be trapped in an MRI machine for a while.  After that, we were on the run all day and I never really had a nice long glass of water.  I know!  You're thinking, "If she's thirsty, why is she eating popcorn?"  And my answer is, "I don't know - I just am!"

                                     

  I have a little bit of achiness in that lump.  I had NO PAIN until I started seeing doctors, etc.!  Just kidding!  I'm glad they found this lump to be serious and something can be done about it - but it is tender inside today and I'm sure it's from the snips they took the other day for biopsies.

                                     

  We had a nice surprise, Nikki and her family are coming for a visit April 6 -13.  I go to the surgeon on the 7th, so she will know right away what the surgeon has to say.

                                    

  I sat here yesterday just laughing at Sushi.  She barked and barked and barked at the bottom of my china cabinet.  She went on forever and I just laughed at all the positions she took while barking.  She rolled over, she crouched down, she stood with her face down and her rear end up - and barked, barked, barked! 

  Then I saw the source of her irritation

                               

  Stormy, the cat, had smooshed herself under the china cabinet and was sticking her paw out to taunt Sushi.  Too funny!  The only thing funnier would have been if I could have gotten a video for everyone to see.

  Sushi has bothered Stormy past Stormy's limit and it's hysterical to watch Sushi taunt Stormy and then Stormy takes off chasing the dog all over the house!  She runs with her ears back and her tail between her legs like she's afraid the cat will take a chunk out of her!!!  VERY amusing!

  I'm so busy - and it's not like I don't have a million things on my plate - but I took the time to just sit and enjoy the cat and dog show!

  I'm off to finish my popcorn, find a cold apple, and chill before it's bedtime.  We have strong, tornadic storms all around us.  This could be an exciting night!

  Be Blessed  ~

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