A SLOW DAY

It was an ugly 102 degree day which left an overnight low of 70.  It got so warm in the house that the AC ran most of the night.  You know what that means ..... Nancy got no sleep and is a grump this morning.  Kitters tried to change the atmosphere by sleeping on the bed.  It worked.  Oh and by the way, we are up to lizard #13.  

I started the day out right with a 2 mile run , admiring the sunflowers along the way.  I asked my phone what those weed-like sunflowers along the road were called and it said weed-like sunflowers.  Really?  

Running always puts me behind my schedule, but I sure feel better when I take the time.  The good news is the after burn the next day is getting better also.  Spending the extra time to stretch afterwards, helps too.

 

I was stalked by Kitters the rest of the morning.  Everywhere I go, there she is.  She can be sleeping on the chair when I sneak into the laundry room on tiptoe ... and when I turn around, there she is!!

The only thing on the menu for today was a doctor's appointment.  I haven't been to one in years basically, and since I just weaned myself off one of my long time drugs, I thought I should check in.  It was made all the more difficult by the fact that NO ONE is taking new patients.  My old ones retired and closed down shop.  I've no idea what happened to the medical records, but apparently they were destroyed.  More on that later.

It's been so hot that sleeping doesn't come easy.  I have one set of sheets that are the coolest and the best I've ever had.  I checked the tag to see they were actually Hotel Sheets made specifically for Walmart.  Least that's what it said.  I checked online and found what appeared to be the exact same ones.  It took two weeks to get them, only to find out they are HORRIBLE.  So very thin, not "crispy" and do not have the heavy elastic bottom to keep them on the bed.  How disappointing!  The only good thing about them is the color!!  Note to self ... go to the store and buy your sheets.

So on to the doctor story.  He was East Indian, but wasn't I surprised when he spoke English just like me.  It helped that he was a gorgeous man besides ... maybe in his 40's.  I had to give him the highlights since there were no records to scan, then asked about my blood pressure.  It's not bad, but not as good as a spring chicken.  

I was shocked to hear him say it was good I quit taking one of my meds.  Because I'm a runner, my heart rate is VERY low and it was making it lower.  On the other hand, he wanted to change the one med I'm taking.  He says mine messes up your electrolytes.  Well can't I just get more electrolytes?  He changed it to something my friend took for two years that caused her legs to swell up, lots of leg cramps and other ugly problems.  

Ummm that will probably be a no on that one.  He prescribed it so I suppose I'll have to go pick it up, but I doubt I will take it.  I don't trust doctors much ... especially after CoVid ... so we'll see how it goes.  I think you have to do your own due diligence.  I'll do more research on the matter and see what comes up.  So far it seems to me that all those drugs used to lower your blood pressure have bad side effects.  Anyone else have problems like that?

Back home, I look out the window at Cooper's shrub all day long.  I went out to be sure it was still doing well.  It's full of buds and starting to bloom once again.  It makes me smile every time.

Dinner was nothing spectacular.  Tomatoes and leftover stuff just to clean out the fridge.  A tiny piece of cheesecake with plum jam topped it off.  I have to find out the name of those plums because that's the best stuff I've eaten in ages!!

There were more evening clouds, but unlike other places, no beautiful sunset colors appeared.  

Just because I didn't do anything else really FUN on this day, I did find this picture of our ancient hotel, built in 1928, now made into apartments that are probably being trashed.  It used to say HOTEL TIOGA on top.  The lights change color every night.  On this night however, the red was pretty appropriate since the local Fire Department was doing practice runs at night in all the big buildings in town.

Apparently that is done so if a REAL fire appears, they will already know how to get in, where the stairwells are and how the place is set up.  It makes it faster to get inside and do their job.  Anyone else's fire department do this?  I mean really ... how smart is that??

That was it ... a rather boring day to be sure.  It won't be much better today since all I have scheduled is a haircut.  Oh the fun!!  It would be SO much more entertaining if I still had this boy to keep me company and play steal the toy.