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Post by ginakay57 on Jul 19, 2024 17:52:16 GMT -6
Sandra, the test was being done in the nuclear medicine area of the hospital and the doctor had another appointment after me so I had to wait until I got back to my room to eat. The test showed no difference in heart function after the exercise. In the pictures they could see good blood flow through the arteries. Did see the dead area at the bottom of the heart from the heart attack. Could not see any structural cause for the irregular heartbeats. Came home last night.
Disappointed that there is at least a 40% chance of rain every day next week. I'll try to get the kids to the waterpark at least once. We've been twice so far so the cost of the passes have been met. They go home on Aug 5th.
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Jul 21, 2024 9:04:17 GMT -6
Gina, I understand how you feel about the rain. I have mixed feelings. It's been so dry here, I have been concerned about a fire accidentally starting... you know how close the wooded areas are here. So, mostly, the rain is welcome... except that it's not uncommon for the biggest trees to fall over here after big rains. It was explained to me that if the roots aren't right, they can't hold the trees in the soil anymore. I've seem some after - the entire tree falls over, and the roots most immediate around the tree are still there, perpendicular to the ground.
A neighbor had two HUGE branches - each themselves the size of a medium sized tree - break off overnight Friday. The wood underneath the bark looked healthy. Not sure why that happened.
We went to church early today. We're going to have an early lunch and all go out to see a matinee. After that, I'm going to try to get DH to go to the local bluegrass jam. I went myself two months ago (he was out of town), and last month it was father's day and he wanted to do something else. I want to see if he finds it interesting.
No plans for tonight.
Last night, DH chose for use to watch Father Brown. He and I love that series, and he decided to start at the beginning so the boys could watch it, too. DS1 was working, but DS2 (especially) and DS3 really enjoyed it.
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Post by mountainma on Jul 21, 2024 14:39:54 GMT -6
Sandra, I had to laugh at your post. That sort of thing happens to me, too, and of course I don't laugh, but it's nice to know I'm not the only one!
Gina, hope you're feeling better soon.
I've been fighting covid and am FINALLY starting to feel halfway normal again. Still coughing and fatigued but not nearly as miserable as a couple of weeks ago when it first started. Thank the Lord for that!
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Post by michelle on Jul 22, 2024 7:17:03 GMT -6
They keep predicting rain here, but so far we haven't gotten any. We went from flooding this spring, to a flash drought now.
They are calling for rain this evening and then again on Wednesday night and Thursday. Hopefully we will get some.
Rebekah - glad that you are feeling better.
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Post by ginakay57 on Jul 22, 2024 9:13:59 GMT -6
Michelle, they're predicting rain everyday this week. Yesterday we had thunder but no rain. We had rain last Friday so not in big need of more.
A couple of friends gave me about 5 brown paper bags of pantry food they get from a food pantry to give away. I picked out some things for us since money is very tight this month and next month. Rest of it is going to the church.
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Post by michelle on Jul 22, 2024 11:14:40 GMT -6
Gina, that's a wonderful blessing from your friends.
We have rain. Not only that, it is one of those steady, soaker rains.
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Jul 29, 2024 11:54:03 GMT -6
Today has felt very weird. DS2 left early for work, as usual. DS1 was up because he has some important tasks today. When I got ready to head out (I had an errand to run), I noticed DS3 wasn't "up." Well, yes he is... but just not here. I forgot he's at camp.
So, after my errand, DH and I had lunch just the two of us. I guess the future will just hold more of this for us.
I'm getting ready to go into a three-hour meeting. It will be fine, just long, and it's the last one I need to deal with for this. Both DS2 & DS1 will be home for dinner.
DS1 today is/was taking physical fitness tests for the biggest employer around for firefighters and paramedics. I expect he'll be tired tonight. I don't know all of what they did, but there was a two-hour test in the morning and another two-hour test after lunch.
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Post by michelle on Jul 29, 2024 13:56:03 GMT -6
Good luck to DS1!
This week is a weird week for me. I'm not only getting caught up from being out of town the end of last week, but I'm also getting ready to go out of town beginning on Sunday. Sunday we head to DC for a work conference, and I'll still technically be working, but not really. So I want to make sure that there isn't much for me to try and do other than monitor emails.
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Jul 30, 2024 5:54:29 GMT -6
Thanks, Michelle. I think it was definitely a learning experience. He said he passed, but I know he wasn't pleased with his ranking. He admitted he didn't hydrate enough, didn't even take enough water. He didn't realize he'd be standing outside (out of direct sun, but still) for almost two hours before his turn came around. Sounds like they had to do a lot of things (climbing up and down lots of stories) wearing a backpack as heavy as typical firefighting equipment.
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Post by mountainma on Jul 31, 2024 12:20:52 GMT -6
Our first grandbaby arrived yesterday afternoon! His name is Elias and will be called Eli for short. He is seven pounds and looks just like his daddy. Dd2 had a rough time and ended up having to get a C-section, but she is on the mend. We are all so very happy!
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Jul 31, 2024 14:13:57 GMT -6
Oh, Congratulations!
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Jul 31, 2024 14:18:50 GMT -6
It's been a (mostly) surprisingly smooth day. My first lesson almost didn't happen - the baby of the family was up all night, so the mama slept in (who can blame her) and the alarm didn't go off. But, happily, my next two normal Wednesday appointments had previously been rescheduled, so when they woke up, I could still meet with the student...
And still got dinner set, packed lunch, and even checked DS3's grocery list. He had missed some things that I was pretty sure we already had.
DH & I got up to pick up DS3 to arrive home to find the older two boys had moved the old washer out to the porch (temporarily), carried the new one upstairs, installed it, and are "breakikng it in" (by doing laundry). Mercy it is SO MUCH QUIETER than our old machine - I now wonder if it had been in bad shape for a while!
I have a few minutes before my last lesson shows up - it's nice to have a breather. Popped in here to cuop and will probably wipe something down before that last lesson.
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Post by michelle on Jul 31, 2024 14:22:03 GMT -6
Our first grandbaby arrived yesterday afternoon! His name is Elias and will be called Eli for short. He is seven pounds and looks just like his daddy. Dd2 had a rough time and ended up having to get a C-section, but she is on the mend. We are all so very happy! Congratulations!!!!
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Post by michelle on Jul 31, 2024 14:22:19 GMT -6
Sandra, I'm glad that the boys got the washer switched
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Post by mountainma on Aug 2, 2024 10:26:17 GMT -6
Sandra, I had typed a reply to you and it disappeared! So weird! Anyway, I'm glad you got the washer and that it's a lot quieter than the old one. It sure does make a difference. Do you tend to lose students over the summer and pick up more during the school year? Dh always loses half his piano kids over the summer, then once school starts, he gains more. Some of the ones who quit for the summer don't come back because they want to do school sports. Lately, he's had students who decide to quit and don't bother to tell him. They just don't show up and they (or parents) don't respond to texts, etc.
This afternoon I'll head to dd's to help her. She is in a lot of pain from the C section. She's also tired from getting no sleep while in the hospital. The doctor told her to wake the baby every 3 hours to feed him. So far that has produced bad results with a crying baby who wants to sleep and frustrated parents who can't seem to feed him. This really surprised me because the doctor told us (years ago) to let our babies sleep all night if they wanted to, and just feed them when they wake up. I remember dd2 slept all night long when we first brought her home! It seems much of the advice we were given 20 years ago is the opposite now. We were told to sleep babies on their sides, now they must sleep on their back.
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