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They aren't going to lower a glittering ball to o end the year next week.Well, I'm not in the hospital any longer but in an assisted living rehab center.
My bougt with MERSA virus continues. If English Literature and American popular culture have taught me anything, I should have some metaphysical encounters with a few prankish spirits tonight!
Ghost of Christmases past, present and yet to be will want to rattle my Yuletide sensibilities this evening.
Bring 'em on! I've already been told my left foot should be in a hospital incinerator by now. What could be worse? My family enjoyed Christmas fare of prime rib, green beans and baked potatoe. Here the staff offered up what I imagine is a condemned man's dinner. Tasteless, devoid of aroma, flavor and olor. The meal one asks, as it is being served, "what are the charges?"
And so Yuletide 2020 does not fail to disappoint in its own 2020 manner.
Bring on the spirits, I got nuthin' left to lose!
Merry Christmas to all. We have no place to go but up!
Oh wow. Continued prayers for health and healing NOSMO. Don't know what I would prefer--MRSA or COVID. The latter may be easier to treat.
A lot of us didn't have the Christmas we wanted, but most of has had one better than yours. I think we'll all be staying up at least watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve this year to be sure that 2020 is good and gone.
Santa brought me a super gift, a deal he couldn't pass up for me........To all my CS friends, Merry Christmas! I hope Sandy Claws brings you all the sweet things in life.
I'm glad you are hanging in there. For me...I eat less now, especially yesterday. But I do enjoy a new fav of my own.....white russians.Hi all, just hangin' around the house, not getting much done. Wednesday I made my traditional Maryland stuffed ham now I have more than two thirds of it in the freezer....... Even though Kat and I never really "did Christmas" other than the ham dinner, etc I found I was having a really tough time yesterday but all and all I am doing better, today wasn't so bad. Just fried up some apples, wanted something sweet, a little whipped cream on them and it was good.
I kinda decided to ease up a bit over the holidays, just do piddly things around the house so not getting much accomplished right now, will get back at it after the new year.
God bless you all.
One of my brothers is contemplating moving up here. He's been looking at small cabin plans and wants to build it himself. I suggested he might want to visit during the winter before he sells his place in NV. He's fallen into a funk lately, though. His big plans for retirement were to travel. Well, he's had to postpone his Bahamas dive trip three times now and can't get to his time-share in Mexico, either. He was going to come up here this month and then spend two weeks in Germany with another sister in May. All travel is now held hostage to government whims, though. He's also a lifetime bachelor and has started questioning his life choices, no family of his own, no grand kids, etc. I just wish this whole "hunker down" and self-quarantine bs hadn't been so successful We won't ever see the end of it now that our government masters have discovered how effective it is at controlling the unwashed proles. (off the soap box)Not really Isolated. 4 months after my Mary passed one of my older brothers moved in. though he stays in his room most of the time I do see him every day, and we have some fabulous times fishing this past 4 years. and it's possible he had this thing 3 months back, symptoms come and go, really puzzlingFeel better soon, Ollie! Sounds more like gastro-intestinal than respiratory. That means a whole different set of bugs. How are you dealing with isolation and quarantines?First off happy Christmas Eve.
Not to alarm anyone, haven't felt real good this past week or so. Not that bad but not good. Called my Doctor yesterday they sent me to a Flu clinic. The place was awesome, walk in and no waiting, well about 2 minutes with no one else in the waiting room. Saw a Nurse Practitioner within 5 minutes of being there. She doesn't suspect flu or COVID but did do the Covid test and tell me I'm on Quarantine for the 3 to 5 days it will take to get the results. Symptoms are a pressure type headache and queasy gut... For the most part I seem to be OK had a slight fever last week but only about a half degree above my normal. That only lasted 2 days...
A Merry Christmas to you and I hope you feel better soon, too!
Merry Christmas.
Your CS family is with you in spirit always, Gracie. What did you cook, BTW?Well...turned out to be just another day after all. The new friend I made here at the old folks home was supposed to come for xmas dinner. She caught me in the hall and said she won't be coming. Her son that ignores her called and wants her to come for the day. Probably to babysit, but....oh well. I like how she tells me 2 hours before she is to arrive for the dinner I have been preparing. Not.
So...MrG and I are alone yet again on xmas day. Which is why we never celebrate it any more. Loneliness while everyone else is with family.
Bah humbug.
I fixed marmalade basted cornish hens, fried green beans with bacon and onion, and my whipped yams with marshmellows. MrG ate in his room, I ate in front of the tv. It tasted good, but there was no joy that day.Your CS family is with you in spirit always, Gracie. What did you cook, BTW?Well...turned out to be just another day after all. The new friend I made here at the old folks home was supposed to come for xmas dinner. She caught me in the hall and said she won't be coming. Her son that ignores her called and wants her to come for the day. Probably to babysit, but....oh well. I like how she tells me 2 hours before she is to arrive for the dinner I have been preparing. Not.
So...MrG and I are alone yet again on xmas day. Which is why we never celebrate it any more. Loneliness while everyone else is with family.
Bah humbug.
Santa brought me a super gift, a deal he couldn't pass up for me........To all my CS friends, Merry Christmas! I hope Sandy Claws brings you all the sweet things in life.
Pietta 1860 Colt Army.
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Now I have a near matching set.
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Hi all, just hangin' around the house, not getting much done. Wednesday I made my traditional Maryland stuffed ham now I have more than two thirds of it in the freezer....... Even though Kat and I never really "did Christmas" other than the ham dinner, etc I found I was having a really tough time yesterday but all and all I am doing better, today wasn't so bad. Just fried up some apples, wanted something sweet, a little whipped cream on them and it was good.
I kinda decided to ease up a bit over the holidays, just do piddly things around the house so not getting much accomplished right now, will get back at it after the new year.
God bless you all.
My schedules have been rattled pretty good during my hospital/convalescence days. I find it difficult to sleep. First, this is not a queen sizes plush pillow top Sealy Posturdedic mattress. This is a bag of russet potatatoes roughly six inches longer than I am tall and about ten inches narrower than my shoulders.
The Master Bedroom at the Luxurious Pimplebutt Estate is dark enough to develop film. Here, lights are used to guide planes arriving at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airpor.
At home, if you listen ever so carefully you can hear a mouse peeing upon a wad of cotton. Here, by contrast, is all the stoic silence of a beachside Boardwalk in August, if the fire alarms were first set off and the brakes removed from the 120 year old roller coaster that runs the length of the boardwalk.
But synchronizing eating with the dispensing of pain medication has me in a quandary. They aren't offering me my favorite dishes. I'm turned off by foods with creamy textures. Chief among these are ham and scalloped potatoes, creamed vegetables and the like.
I'm more of a savory guy. As I'm emerging from an induced dream during which I am not only the hero, but have full, unfettered range of motion and no pain but strength, the nurse will come in and offer up lunch of creamed chicken and peas.
My aversion to poultry has been documented.
Other times, just I'm sure my foot has been ensnared in a trap staked out for Grizzly bears, the nurse will acquiesce and give me a pill. A pill of bliss and relaxation. You're getting drowsy now and a filmstrip of our adventures can be purchased in the gift shop near the exit doors found right behind your ever difficult to keep open eye lidszzzzz.
That's when the aid bursts into the room announcing "Lunch!" of an open-faced steak sandwich and fries!
Seriously I do pray your stay there is as short as possible Nosmo.
One of my brothers is contemplating moving up here. He's been looking at small cabin plans and wants to build it himself. I suggested he might want to visit during the winter before he sells his place in NV. He's fallen into a funk lately, though. His big plans for retirement were to travel. Well, he's had to postpone his Bahamas dive trip three times now and can't get to his time-share in Mexico, either. He was going to come up here this month and then spend two weeks in Germany with another sister in May. All travel is now held hostage to government whims, though. He's also a lifetime bachelor and has started questioning his life choices, no family of his own, no grand kids, etc. I just wish this whole "hunker down" and self-quarantine bs hadn't been so successful We won't ever see the end of it now that our government masters have discovered how effective it is at controlling the unwashed proles. (off the soap box)Not really Isolated. 4 months after my Mary passed one of my older brothers moved in. though he stays in his room most of the time I do see him every day, and we have some fabulous times fishing this past 4 years. and it's possible he had this thing 3 months back, symptoms come and go, really puzzlingFeel better soon, Ollie! Sounds more like gastro-intestinal than respiratory. That means a whole different set of bugs. How are you dealing with isolation and quarantines?First off happy Christmas Eve.
Not to alarm anyone, haven't felt real good this past week or so. Not that bad but not good. Called my Doctor yesterday they sent me to a Flu clinic. The place was awesome, walk in and no waiting, well about 2 minutes with no one else in the waiting room. Saw a Nurse Practitioner within 5 minutes of being there. She doesn't suspect flu or COVID but did do the Covid test and tell me I'm on Quarantine for the 3 to 5 days it will take to get the results. Symptoms are a pressure type headache and queasy gut... For the most part I seem to be OK had a slight fever last week but only about a half degree above my normal. That only lasted 2 days...
A Merry Christmas to you and I hope you feel better soon, too!
Merry Christmas.
A New Year is shortly upon us, let's see what changes it brings...
Meanwhile...I made myself a white russian last night. Tiny glass with ice, then milk, then about 3 capfuls of Kahlua. Yummy. Then I went to bed. I SLEPT 8 WHOLE HOURS straight without waking up once. Only I did wake up was cuz I was dreaming I had to pee and there were toilets everywhere but out in the open and all of them were being used and man did I have to pee! Woke up and ran to my bathroom which was NOT being used and sighed ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
So..tonight, I am going to have another white russian toddy!
I have some weird dreams, thats for sure. The ones I hate are the bathroom ones...and the trying to run but I can only crawl..barely. My fav dreams are when I run and jump on a windy night (its always night time) and fly a short distance...land...run...jump...fly again. Haven't had one of those in a long time.Meanwhile...I made myself a white russian last night. Tiny glass with ice, then milk, then about 3 capfuls of Kahlua. Yummy. Then I went to bed. I SLEPT 8 WHOLE HOURS straight without waking up once. Only I did wake up was cuz I was dreaming I had to pee and there were toilets everywhere but out in the open and all of them were being used and man did I have to pee! Woke up and ran to my bathroom which was NOT being used and sighed ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
So..tonight, I am going to have another white russian toddy!
Well that's a subject I never envisioned discussing in the Coffee Shop, but I have lived for years thinking I was probably the only person on the planet who had reoccurring dreams of needing the toilet and not being able to find one anywhere. And yes, when you finally wake up, you make that hasty trip to the bathroom. It is oddly reassuring knowing one isn't alone in such things.
for now.
don't seek pity, Foxy! But I have found a muse in isolation.My schedules have been rattled pretty good during my hospital/convalescence days. I find it difficult to sleep. First, this is not a queen sizes plush pillow top Sealy Posturdedic mattress. This is a bag of russet potatatoes roughly six inches longer than I am tall and about ten inches narrower than my shoulders.
The Master Bedroom at the Luxurious Pimplebutt Estate is dark enough to develop film. Here, lights are used to guide planes arriving at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airpor.
At home, if you listen ever so carefully you can hear a mouse peeing upon a wad of cotton. Here, by contrast, is all the stoic silence of a beachside Boardwalk in August, if the fire alarms were first set off and the brakes removed from the 120 year old roller coaster that runs the length of the boardwalk.
But synchronizing eating with the dispensing of pain medication has me in a quandary. They aren't offering me my favorite dishes. I'm turned off by foods with creamy textures. Chief among these are ham and scalloped potatoes, creamed vegetables and the like.
I'm more of a savory guy. As I'm emerging from an induced dream during which I am not only the hero, but have full, unfettered range of motion and no pain but strength, the nurse will come in and offer up lunch of creamed chicken and peas.
My aversion to poultry has been documented.
Other times, just I'm sure my foot has been ensnared in a trap staked out for Grizzly bears, the nurse will acquiesce and give me a pill. A pill of bliss and relaxation. You're getting drowsy now and a filmstrip of our adventures can be purchased in the gift shop near the exit doors found right behind your ever difficult to keep open eye lidszzzzz.
That's when the aid bursts into the room announcing "Lunch!" of an open-faced steak sandwich and fries!
Well that sounds. . .absolutely ghastly. But it's hard to pity somebody with that great sense of humor about it, and ability to put it into such entertaining prose.
