Departure Friday

Worked all day at home getting everything ready for trip. Kind of depressed, wanna stay with Gracie and the chickens and not take the long long long flight, and the boat......

KR brought the charts to Westernoff office.

Kurt came home and we had dinner together.

We drove to the office and Kurt drove home.

See you soon

We got to the airport way too early.  Kurt says TSA is going to take too long but it was not true.  We waited and my baker's cyst was acting up. I had seat 63 DEFG, and I was even hungry I ate the served food.  I had pork fried rice and KR had seafood pasta.  I laid down to sleep on the four seats and soon went to sleep.  KR didn't want to change seats when I got up to pee.  Eileen ONeil was behind me on her way to Cambodia, then India. 

Landed and had to call Lovely as we didn't know her address.  Which country in the world insisted on knowing where we are in the landing card?  TAIWAN !!!  Alan picked us up right on time.  Weather looks clear and i could feel the humidity.  Coughing still a little.

Working Thursday

I OVERSLEPT!!!

The day after my review I am almost 10 minutes late.

But that is ok, half of the patients didn't show up because of the rain.  There was a big pond at our driveway entrance.

The day was slow, and we were able to get a lot of "clerical" done, discussing the schedule, etc. 

I even had time to go to El Super for some lunch of guava pastry, and then after work had a meeting with Dr Weston and his office manager Regina.  Dr Sata was in the office for a few hours too.

Cough is still going on.  ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

I even drove my last patient, Vincent home with his brother and mom.

It rained all day till about 3.

Adele returned the car

They got a new used car.

Wednesday

The rain continues, except it is actually misting, not pouring like yesterday.  Everything is wet and saturated.  I am tired of this.  I actually got up at 5 15 and went to the yoga class.  Amy is sick, and the substitute speaks too softly, and I guess I realize I like Amy's mumble jumble with mercury in retro and all, the happy self affirming stuff she goes on and on about. 

So when I got home, KR was gone, surfing, and Kurt was gone, school.  I puttered around trying to watch several more tips on how to pack for the trip.  I went to pick up cups and coffee filter from BNT South, the greenies, and then to the bank for money, then KR cooked lunch and had himself three beers.  I went to CVS to print the passport photos.  You install this app and take a selfie and take to self serving photo booth and it prints 2 2x2 for you for about 45 cents.  WOW and WOW

I had my performance review with Dr Sata at 2 at Panera Bread on Hawthorne.  Lasted over two hours.  Shopped at Ralphs but only got some blueberries.  Came home and KR took the dog somewhere for a walk.  It is still raining.  I went to the Y for a little workout and walk in the pool and then steam room and sauna.

Tuesday, interview with W Weston

Got up to no rain, and made it to the exercise class, except it was not Jody, but Tim.  I only gagged a little, and left about 10 minutes to cough.  The cough is getting better, but still lingering.  KR and I went to drop off the TV stand, and then to get chicken food.  He picked up the meds at Costco.  The Ciprodex was over 200 dollars.  How do other people afford this kind of medicine?  Today's high was 58 and tomorrow suppose to rain most day too and high of 62.  I am tried of this rain.

I had the chat with Will.  We can work together.  He talks a LOT.  We are going 35/65, BUT with me paying the lab bills.  Which can be over 100 bucks per crown.  Unless I find someone cheaper to make it, but if we use Louie it would be over 100 bucks per crown. 

We had gluten free pizza for dinner.  It was ok, nothing special.  Kurt came home and went straight to bed.  Hope he kicks the bad habit.  Three more days til leaving.

I watched a bunch of videos on what to bring and not to bring.  We will be celebrating mom's birthday so I am going to bring happy birthday banners too !!!!

Off to bed at 8

Monday

I make it up early enough to go to yoga.  Twenty minutes in, gotta go cough.  Came back and finished class.  Then coughing starts.  Not bad but not as good as yesterday.  Rains all day.  Steady and continuous.  Kurt goes to school.  KR had bible study, then meeting about Men's Retreat, then visit Alan at hospital, then shopping at Costco then MD visit with Curt.

I vacuum and wash all the floor mats and is generally not doing much.  Still tired.  Tried to nap, but could not sleep.  Chickens do not like this rain.  PC gave me a green egg today, and first in at least a month or two from her.  Still getting the tan egg which is prolly from Buffy.  Love my chickens.  Hope for less rain tomorrow, but I think will rain all day.

I took a shower at home and went to bed about 8

restful Sunday1/13/2019

I still seem to need so much sleep.  KR goes surfing and I do laundry.  Two loads later, and I am just without much energy.  I went to mom's to get the boxes ready, and three boxes are ready to pack up after KR weighs them this week.  Prolly about 40 pounds each.  I also planted the pointsettia in mom's yard and took the Christmas decoration down and brought the recycling home.

I rode my bike around a bit just to get some exercise.  The cough is better.  No spasm to speak of and little phlegm.  I did make it to the exercise class and jacuzzi and steam room and sauna.  Should have done this weeks ago, would have fully recovered by now. 

I packed up all kinds of meds for the trip.  Hopefully I won't need any of it.

It is a little past 7 and I am going to bed.

Church Saturday

I keep getting up each day and praying that this is the day I stop coughing.  Well, guess today is not the day.  But it is getting better.  My head did hurt a bit from the Friday night fiasco, but overall pretty good. Diane texts that she is coming to visit her chicks and will come and visit.  I go to the YMCA and walk in the pool a bit and then sauna and steam room, getting back just on time for her visit.  She brings Percy, so nice to see her.  It rained a lot last night.  So Gracie and Percy plays only a little.  We sit and talk and I tell her about Friday FIASCO !!!!

Kurt and I go to farmers market, slim picking.  KR walks the dog.   Kurt makes fried rice with my precious three eggs.  Jon Liu comes and visit and we talk for over an hour.  What a bunch of nice people I have met on BNT and tomorrow, Sunday, is the sprout day, so sad for me. 

KR had Royal Family in the morning, then had a meeting at church with Mike and I think the home group about the Velazquez, and then came home for a shower and then host.  He was at church like all day. 

Kurt and I go to church and they have tacos and I drive to Nyssa Lou house to pick up a phone case and then to Ralphs for gum for Lovely.  I came home and went to bed pretty soon.  Seems like I need so much sleep from this cough.  The up side, I guess if there is an up side is that I am now 116 pounds, no appetite and just no energy for exercise either.  Will try to go to the Sunday weight class tomorrow.

Resting Friday

At least no work today.  I spent a big part of the morning cleaning the garage, and taking some stuff over to mom's.  A week from today we will be going on our vacation, and I am still coughing and having a sore throat.  Seems like there are hours in which I am ok, maybe while the meds are working, and then there is the in between time I am gagging, coughing, sneezing and blowing, just miserable.

KR went surfing, then I went to pick up some dishwasher pods, and some cookies and gum, and when I got home, KR was getting ready to walk the dog.  He must have tested the BAC and it was at or below .03.  Didn't ask me to go.

LONG LONG working Thursday

I start on Thursdays at South Bay, and today was so so exhausting.  I got there about 5 minutes to 7 and the 7 am pt didn't show up.  The day was super busy and quite a bit frustrating.  Too many patients are not getting enough anterior x rays, and the echarts are not complete enough.  If I complain, maybe I won't have a job.  Is that a good thing?  We have performance review next week and I am eager to hear what the staff have to say about me.

Lunch time even though the staff had time off, I spent most of the time writing charts.  I saw Mia and Morgan Vargas in the afternoon and after I was done with Mia, Maria said a patient's mom called and that a patient was in pain.  Turns out I had to take out #T with so much hyperemic pulp that it bled like crazy.  The mom and Maria went on and on discussing about the tooth, and who should pay, and I just wanted to start work and get it over with.  My cough was still really bad and I had to spit all day, and when the coughing spasm comes, I just can't help but cough and cough.  I have been on steroids for three days now, and nothing seems to help.  Last night I got up twice from coughing, but not too bad.  Just seems like the day time I have a tickle in the back of my throat and I just need to cough and cough.

Will Weston still has not called me back and I have patients I need to see soon.  Mary Fulbright called me today and wanted to see me.  After talking to her she thinks Torrance is too far for her to drive soon so Dr Rees gave her a dentist that is right across the street from her.  I told her I have known her half my life and if she needs to see someone closer, she should see someone closer and I will still be her friend.  So nice to have patients that see you as a friend after all those years.

I got home about 5  after picking up the animal train from Eleanor Michael, around the corner.  The Buy Nothing Torrance group is splitting up into maybe four groups as the member list is getting too large to have just one group.  I am sad about that as I like many of the people I met that are in other areas, so it will be a strange transition. 

I went to the YMCA and sat in the sauna and steam room and jacuzzi and walked in the pool for about 10 minutes. 

When I came home, I had KR blew on the BAC and it was .06 which meant he was driving over the legal limit of .08 hours earlier.  He had four IPA's today, and said,"he didn't think he was buzzed"  And that from a drunk person, of course they don't  I was pretty upset, but just need to pray more, as he is in God's hands.  But I dont like to think that he is going to hurt himself or others by driving drunk, or hurt Gracie if she was in the car with him.

I went to bed early, feeling coughed out

Chillin' Wednesday

The mind says get up and go to Yoga, 6 am, but the body says NAH

Cough woke me up once last night so I went downstairs and took 2 small tsp of the codeine.  Seems like that is the only thing that helps.  I just don't wanna take meds anymore.  Kurt is off to school, KR goes surfing.  He has not been drinking and driving, and my mind is so much at ease 

Taking 30 mg of prednisone today.

Tuesday office meeting

So KR goes surfing and I walk Gracie.  But right before we got to Doug's house on Juniper, she laid down and refused to get up.  I meant I could not drag her to go, so we just came home.

I am still not feeling well.  Started steroids yesterday, prednisone yesterday, per Dr Lee order.  He said to start on 40mg and see if I felt better tomorrow, if so then go 40/30/20/10.  If not, then go 40/40/30/30/20/20/10/10.  Well, our old bottle from 2015 didn't have enough pills, so I had to fax them another request for prescription.  dang dang dang

I rode to Wendy's to pick up a dress, but did not look good on me, except got a few pairs of slip on's that I can use for the backyard, as my alley pickup flip flops broke and the other pair I found is too too small.  Will even take one on my trip. 

I spoke to Will Weston to see if he thinks I can work in his office, as Jeff is too busy and I need to see a couple of emergency patients.  Like Claudia's friend Iris and she needs a crown.  Also needs to see Anne Cannon for a crown too.

The office meeting was suppose to start at 9 but didn't til 10 and we went til 1 after the OSHA thing with Jaime.  I think I remember him from last year.

Stopped at the store on the way home and bought a bunch of food.  KR was asleep.

I went to the YMCA again to sit in the jacuzzi and sauna and steam room.  Feels so much better but for some reason all afternoon and evening I had the shakes, and with resting pulse of about 100, way too high.  Feel jittery, and anxious.  I just want to be healthy again !!!!!!!!!!

Went to bed about 8 30

Monday already????

I had the best night sleep last night, without coughing awake or spitting or anything, maybe a few squirts of the sore throat med.  So, I thought today is the day I would be well

WELL

I am not well still.  I got up with no energy, and then coughing started, spasm of the bronchus it feels like.  I finally called Dr Lee who said need to try Dulera an inhaler, and steroids to start 40 mg today, and if I don't feel better tomorrow, do 40 again, then 30 / 30, 20/20, 10/10.  If I felt better to do 40/30/20/10.  I am really hoping I would feel better as I have OSHA and office meeting tomorrow. 

Sigh

Doug comes over and brings the THC thing and the tincture for me to try.  Hey, it can't hurt, right?  Shirley comes too, and Doug gives me a bunch of statin med.  The steroids or something makes me shake and I feel tense.  I gotta go to the sauna and steam room again tonight.  I went last night and felt much better.

KR is trying, blowing on the BAC for me.  We finally agreed no driving at .03 or higher, which I think is still not right.

Sunday and I just can't get out of bed

Still coughing and coughing

Got up in the middle of the night and took some meds.  The rain finally stopped this morning.  I did laundry, and went to north Torrance to pick up some Eyelash yarn, and tried to do some crochet, did not work.  Will need to find some really fat knitting needles and try to make a scarf, as the yarn is so pretty but hard to work with because of the 'lashes'.

KR went surfing, and text me that he wanted to show me his BAC after he came back to prove that he didn't drink.  I told him just to take a pic and send as I was on my way home.  He didn't want to so I came home.  I also stopped to get these nail jammer thingys for Abby to try on her nails also in North Torrance.  I love Buy Nothing Torrance, but they wanna split, and I just don't think it would be as fun then, but I am not the admin.

Kurt would not get up to go to church, so KR says he needs to go on Tuesday.  He slept til about noon.  He spent the evening with Corrina last night, said he had dinner over there too.  Said he didn't make a fool of himself. 

I then went to get my first Lularoe leggings.  They are so soft and beautiful.  Melanie Murata gave them to me and I have them on now.  I went to the exercise class while KR took a nap, and then I also sat in the sauna and steam room.  It really helps.  I am going to go to bed soon so I can try to go to the yoga class at 6 am.  Have not been there for THREE whole weeks.  I have been sick for that length of time, just this darn cough.

Saturday and it is raining

This morning dawns cold and gray.  Paper says gonna rain and it started about 4.  I do laundry, and hung them out to dry for a few hours, but had to bring everything in.  KR walks the dog and then goes surfing, but does not surf but drinks the new beer he buys.  He also bought a tree from Lowe's and plants it where the papaya tree was.  When he got home his BAC of .06.  Which means his BAC was at least .08 when he was driving from PV to Lowe's.  I told him that I do not want him to continue to jeopardize our team, as even if it is not his fault and he gets into a fatal accident the police will test his blood.  Why would he want to take that chance?

He then GAVE me his word that he would no longer drink and drive.

I also said that the limits of our health insurance can also be reached quickly if anything happened to him and he needed medical care.

I was actually thinking of MARRIAGE COUNSELING

and

I was thinking of divorce, so that I would not end up in the poor house if he runs into someone.

and

How can he tell our kids not to drink and drive if he is not willing to follow his own advice?

We go to church and I am still coughing.

Had an coughing attack almost at the end of the sermon.

I cook taco meat and we come home to eat.

Kurt works at Instacart and goes out with Corrina.  Movie??

Friday 1/4/19

So I am still coughing, still on Zithromax.  Rode my bike to pick up the Yule Log, something you put in fire place and makes colorful flame and smells nice, also picked up 5 boxes of Christmas cards.  I make chicken legs.  Kurt has school.  Said something about he can't take three classes as it is suppose to be too much so we shall see.  He also said that he should not pay rent this semester, Winter, and said we said ok.  hmmm

As the weather was really nice, I sat out in the garage in the sun for a bit and fell asleep.  We went to Patty's for Bible Study, and that Mike is really something.  Mike Gooch that is.  He has so many things prepared for us to study and ponder on, and I am so blessed to be in that group !!!! 

We got home at 10 and I took some Theraflu at Pattys house and went straight to bed.  Cough woke me up in the middle of the night.  I am praying hard for change of this cough and cold.  Don't even wanna go to YOGA as last time I went I started gagging and coughing.

Did laundry, as Kurt has lots of things to wash. 

AND I just realized we forgot to use a Wahoo coupon.  I hate that when it happens.  Nothing like FREE FOOD.

Bought Kurt a few pairs of underwear from JCrew this gift card I got from someone on Buy Nothing.  What a great group

1/3 Overslept

I thought with Zithromax I would be feeling better but last night I used a whole box of kleenex.  I also didn't get up til 6 30 and had to rush to get to work.  Suppose to get there at 6 45 but didn't get there til 7.

Work was busy, and I got out of there by 12 50 and went to Superior to do some meat shopping, as we were out of meat.

KR came home and had a nice time with Jon Remy and Dick too.  He was rather pissed when I asked him to do some meat dividing before he napped.  I think he is drinking too much.  Yesterday Wednesday, he had 4 beers at least and was up to .10 on BAC.

I need to not count and let God work his magic, and be patient.  So I didn't say anything more.  He says I look at him like he has been drinking.  Well, he has and he does not realize how rude he is when he drinks.

I dropped Jen's chair off and picked up some pumpkins and dropped off the camcorder at Erica's, and cooked kalbi ribs.  KR decided not to eat and I am still coughing so hard.  Went to bed at 7 30

So glad I don't have to work tomorrow

1/2/2019

Had a terrible night sleep last night, kept coughing and waking up, so this morning I decided gotta take some Zithromax.  I had to work all day in Lawndale and I thought if I cough and cough the patients would just get sick too.  Well, Yvonne was not there, and it was absolutely CRAZY !!!!!!

I think I clean much better than Angelica, and the amount of time they give me to do the patients is just not enough.  I need to talk to Dr Sata.  Maribel's niece and nephew were there and she would like me to take a lot more time with them, which to me means I should take the same amount of time with EVERYONE.  Someone is special and EVERYONE is special.

I was there almost all the way through lunch to finish the charting, but we got done early so I left at 5 30.  KR had the day to himself and cooked the pumpkin.  I have to work tomorrow too, but making money is nice.  Except still coughing.  Going on three weeks almost now.

So I am going to bed at 7 30 pm.

Gonna keep this up.

Weather is nice.  Today is Wednesday

The remodeling at WLA dental society has not started, but soon.

January 1, 2019

A new day dawning.

So new year resolution

KR says to loose 5 pounds and read the Bible more.

I say to pray more consistently and exercise more and to let go of the small stuff and let God be my controller and worry less.

And maybe, just maybe blog daily so I know what I did or didn't do??  Would I wanna do that?

Yesterday New Years Eve.  We went to Patty Ackerman house and had a nice time.  Tony Joanne, Jaclyn, Rica, Ron, Cris and Emily, Mike and Carole, with Paula, Peter and Leah, Stephen, baby, and Chelsea Mike, Koltun and Abby and Zack, then Alex Tracy and kid and of course Leanne too.  We had lots of food, great conversation, and we left just after 9 and made it to bed by 10.30

This morning we walked fire trail, and it was cold and crisp.  Then I rode my bike around, and picked up the scented candle and a tree stand and a dog step for Gracie when she is older.  KR drank a bit, 4 20 and .10 so he did not go walk the dog.

Mary came by for some lidocaine for Benito's dog.  She is such a dear.  I also picked up a great train set, wooden, and I will bring to Lovely, she could prolly give to Ariel and Robert.

Watched a bit of Indiana Jones.  Saw the part where they were in front of Petra. 

Watched a bit of Rose Bowl and the Twilight Marathon, which happens every new years day.

Kurt did not go out, says he didn't have any money and his friends were meeting at Hermosa, so he stayed home.

I actually really enjoy having Kurt here, and would really miss him when he is gone.

SOOOOOO

what to do with Kurt and what is my prediction?

He does not get into school and is shipped off to Taiwan.

He does get into school and hangs in there and gets a loan and make it to school and get some kind of job.

Tyler says he was suppose to Venmo me 100 bucks but have not.

Will is suppose to Venmo me 3-400 by a few days ago but he has not.

Auld lang syne