Yuck. I started the day out on the back deck this morning but I wasn’t out there for long. The mugginess drove me back inside. The sky is fascinating when it’s this sticky though – the clouds pile up into towers that remind me of the tropics, even though I’ve never been to that part…

Looks like it’s going to be another hot, muggy day today and the temperature is supposed to climb into the triple digits by the weekend. Well. isn’t that fabulous.🙄 The night-time temps aren’t cooling down enough for us to be able to open up the house in the early mornings so we’re stuck inside, breathing…

Ummm… Good morning? I have NO idea what’s in store for the day other than giving the kitchen counters a good wipe-down and maybe even mopping the floor. (!!!) The kitchen floor is… well, it isn’t pleasant and I’m almost certain that it hasn’t been mopped since before I got sick. Yep, pretty nasty. Meanwhile,…

Okay, fast update, since I’m writing this the day AFTER I should have posted it. Here are the highlights: 1. Lauren is feeling much less pain in her toe (YAY). She was able to sleep after seeing the doctor and she’s soaking her foot regularly. Now she’s hoping that the nail falls off soon. 2.…

Today will probably be spent monitoring the damage to Lauren’s toe. The bruising has darkened a bit more and it’s quite painful. The poor kid ended up spending the night on the couch and didn’t get much sleep. She’s had an ice pack on it off and on since she smashed it last night but…

Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’… That’s sort of the way I feel lately. Time is flowing by so very quickly now and it crawled while I was in the hospital. One minute I was pondering the fact that June was drawing to a close and now it’s July 5th. What the hell? Weird. Holy…

Happy Independence Day, everyone! I’m out on the back deck again listening to the cardinals and mockingbirds. According to my weather app it’s going to get hot today but right now it’s very pleasant. We usually attend the fireworks celebration in Landa Park on the 4th but it’s been cancelled because of the Covid nightmare.…

I’m beginning to lose track of the days! Even at the hospital I usually knew what day of the week it was because of the way the patients’ food menu was set up, but here at home I’m a basket case. On Wednesday I thought it was Thursday. Today I was nearly convinced it was…

Eep. I’m outside on the patio but I probably won’t be for long. There’s a yellow jacket that seems to have taken a liking to me, or at least to the back of my chair, and I may have to beat a hasty retreat back inside. Anyway, I’m going to start work on one of…

Wow. The year’s half over and I was in solitary confinement for a good portion of that time! Rory helpfully (?) pointed out this morning that we are now officially on the downside of the year, which is really quite depressing but on the other hand, this year up until now has seriously sucked, what…