Angioplasty

Last Thursday, my husband went for a checkup at the cardiovascular center.  He had a stress test and the doctors were concerned.  He was admitted to the hospital and the following day he had a heart cath.  Two stents were placed in his LAD about 15 years ago and then another placed over these two in the last couple years.  The cath showed that he had a blockage below the stent, so he had an angioplasty and another stent was placed.  Already his body had started to grow blood vessels to go around the blockage.  My husband finds it extremely difficult to lay flat on his back for six hours so that the site in his groin where the cath enters will stop bleeding.  He was discharged on Saturday and went to work on Monday.

A Room for Jeffrey

This summer one of my daughters married, and the other headed about 50 miles away and is living in a dorm of university.  The minute she began her college adventure, I decided to rabbit-proof her room, so that her three-year old Angora rabbit, Jeffrey could hop around.  I removed all the electrical cords from the outlets and put them away.  My husband cut pieces of plexi glass and used vises to secure them to the sides of the bed.  Jeffrey liked to hide under the bed, but once she is under there, she refused to come out, thumping her feet and waiting to chomp with her teeth.  I put the bottom of her chinchilla cage on the floor, provided her with both her water bottle and a bowl of water and rabbit pellets and timothy hay.  I let her free and she hops around all day until it is time for bed.  I then show her the bottom of the cage, encourage her to hop into it and into her box and secure the top. I noticed her nails were a mile long, so today we went to the local pet store, but the groomers only do dogs and cats, so we went to our vet, and the tech cut her nails. 

Good News!

My daughter's fiance's stepdad fixed my tablet.  It is like getting an old friend back!  My photos, the kindle applicattion, blogspot... He is amazing!  My daughter and her fiance are in the city.  One week from today, Friday, they will be married.  Best wishes to them both!

Helpless

My boss and her family are going through a very sad and difficult time.  Her husband has been in and out of the hospital for the past three weeks.  He has cancer and a high level of calcium in his blood.  He did improve enough to go home, but then her grandmother became ill and passed away this last Tuesday.  I talked to my boss today and she told me that tomorrow the family is meeting with hospice as he only has one month to live.   I will work for her tomorrow and help out in any small way that I can.

Aloneness, frustration or personality issue?

I guess I have been my own boss for too many years--for ten years as a preschool teacher and six or so as an elementary teacher.  And now, I am all alone at the floral shop three days a week.  So one could say that for most of my life, I have been alone.  And I have decided, that I will refrain from situations that cause disruption in my life and seek out company that I enjoy.  There is no sense in exposing myself to so much conflict that I want to pull my hair out!  Communication is difficult because the person speaking uses words and the listener attempts to hear and understand the message.  And there are so many ways that the message can be misconstrued.  And perhaps the conversationalists will have to agree to disagree, because they both have their opinions and "never the twain shall meet." This is why I enjoy the occasional encounter where I am "on the same wavelength" with another person.   I, and the person I am speaking with, leave the conversation with  a feeling of connectedness.   Perhaps I live too much "in my head" so to speak, in the fictional world of my writing  Or maybe it is just a personality issue or frustration?  I don't know.

Parent Orientation

It doesn't appear to be cost effective to repair my android tablet and keyboard dock.  I am waiting for a price quote on repair on the tablet only.  The port on the tablet is the problem, so if I have it repaired will it solve the problem?  I did not backup my photos on a flash drive, so I would lose them. 

I am currently writing two stories.  I have been working on a love story about a 60 year old woman who moves to another state to pursue a relationship with a man about her age.  I enjoy Carolina and Rafael.  In the novel, they have just rebuilt a stable that burned down when a tree caught a power line and landed on the stable roof.  At the same time I have written the first chapter or so about a woman, Sue Lynn, who celebrated her 60th birthday.  While living her real life, she has decided to write the story of her life as she wished it would have been.

Yesterday, my husband and I drove about 50 miles to attend parent orientation at the university.  It was well organized--muffins, donuts and coffee to start, welcomes from the university and the city, talks on study abroad, class schedules, billing, finances.  We missed the afternoon session because we met with a financial advisor.  We were there so long we got a parking ticket.  Also, I got a call from my mother's home aide.  My father had understood that I was coming over to cover the gap between aides.  Of course I couldn't because I was out of town, so my mother's aide stayed late.

Camp NaNo

November finds many writers participating in NaNo--National Novel Writing Month.   I planned to write last November but developed bronchitis and an ear infection, so had to bow out.  In April and July writers can participate in camps.  Writers type diligently, obviously hiding their inner editor in a closet, and rack up 50,000 words.  4 more days until July Camp Nano!