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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG KEV!!!
A truer brother I could never find. I love you brother, I always will. God blessed me and my family 20-some-odd years ago when I threw the perfect water-balloon at someone else but NAILED you. :-o)
uh...peace, love and forgiveness, remember...?
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So yesterday was back at work at last. It was a long day and maybe not the smartest of things for me to do, in that having been off all last week recovering, to jump in with both feet and have a long day was tougher than most. I was exhausted when I finally got home and thus I didn't update yesterday.
I sorry.
Saw the primary doc yesterday, which incidentally, was the first day of driving since a week ago yesterday. We made some good progress, though one of the main reasons for going in was that I had had a stretch of days with pretty low blood pressure (79-90/ 40-60) and I'm hypertensive, so that's been weird and, of course, I get into the doctor's office and my BP is 120/82.
Once again, I'm a human experiment gone pathetically wrong.
Grrr.
Anyway, the results of the appointment are:
- We are being referred to a nutritionist to help us with managing our diet (CC and I are the same bloof type and are changing our diet to stay in line with our blood type. So far, I’ve lost 30 lbs (woohoo!).
- My pain medicine has been changed to methadone which has actually worked in the last 24 hours. All the other pain medicine didn't touch the pain. I had methadone back when I was in pain management for my recovery from my back surgery in '96/'97 and it worked then too, so I'm hopeful I can finally get in front of the pain instead of always being behind it.
- We are going to do a CT scan of the adrenal glands to see if there is a visible cyst or tumor that can be identified.
My primary doc is going to consult with my nephrologist (kidney/hypertension specialist) to discuss the BP medicine so they are both on the same page.
It was "highly suggested" that I buy a Medic Alert bracelet (which is something we have already researched and will purchase when the money's there to do so. I think that's it from the appointment. Oh yeah, yesterday was also my first time in the minimally re-modeled Worship Center at work and it looks beautiful for the most part. Some things were not finished which is annoying and the original electrical power to the booth got cut so anything non-audio has no power. Essentially what that means is when we remodeled the sound system 2 years ago, we brought in some dedicated power for audio and video use only to minimize any ground loops or buzzes and such in the system and we kept the old original power to power up the CD duplicators, cassette duplicators, refrigerator etc. They will have to come back and fix it but for now it's an inconvenience and is annoying. The room has been re-carpeted, re-tiled and a pergo flooring installed to replace the once carpeted chancel floor. I'm afraid that they went with the pergo instead of a legit hardwood and lacquer flooring (like a gym floor) for budgetary reasons only and will shortly regret their decision.
This topics is done, more or less ~
CC helped the kids pick out their costumes for tonight and Josh will be a Storm Trooper and Missy will be a "sassy pirate".
It will be a Kodak night, I'm sure. I'll add more when I think of more...
Peace
- w
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Okay…I thought of more…
Tonight was the Trunk and Treat evening at church.
Essentially, a Trunk and Treat event is similar to trick or treating except you go to a parking area (our main church lot) and folks park their cars nose first into the parking place and then decorate their trunks or hatch-backs to be fun and fill them full of candy and treats so the kids who visit can have a very safe controlled environment without the normal trappings of neighborhood walks and the standard catch phrase. It is not uncommon to have the trunks involve some kind of game with candy reward and such. Many times folks bring extra car batteries to power additional trunk lighting and special effects and such. They can get very creative and it's a lot of fun for the kids.
I do think there's a difference between playing a game and winning some candy versus going to someone's home and asking them for a treat to keep from being given a trick. I'll avoid the soapbox for now, but I feel very strongly about halloween and what it represents in my eyes. It's a tempting topic, but I'm tired.
So, on to the evening's activities...
We did indeed have a beautiful sassy pirate and a rather short, but cute storm trooper, including mask. They had a great time, scored a silly amount of candy (some by the jar full!) and our storm trooper even got to go up on stage and be interviewed by our Pastor of Junior High Nick Rose, in front of those watching, Seriously cool of Nicko to do.
I made it most of the way through and when the heaviness/pain in the legs kicked in, I bailed for home and got horizontal which usually helps quite a bit.
CC and the kids closed it down then came home.
It's time to call it a night, so I'll see what tomorrow holds.
God is Good.
peace-
w
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Monday's meals:
B=3 eggs, 2 whole grain toast w/butter
L=Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad from Chili's, iced tea
D=Rice pasta with meat sauce, water
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Tuesday's meals:
B=3 eggs
L=3 TJ chicken breasts, water
D=Orange Chicken, whole grain rice
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