I had a phone conversation today with MM, one of my oldest friends.
We went to high school and college together. He was a laugh a minute--or probably 15 seconds.
He was wilder than me--but aren't most people. But we were attached at the hip for all those years.
He reads my blog (bless him!) and wanted to ask about my health.
Things have been popping into my head ever since the call.
Old memories are a treasure.
Thanks MM for stirring my memories.....
My office has an air-conditioner and I had to put on long sleeves to keep the chill away.
I'm always colder than Bern.
Tonight with the widows open, I'll wear long-sleeved pajamas.
She'll wear shorts, a tee-shirt and not much cover.
I'm not sure which of us is lucky....
I went to the heart doctor today and met with his physician assistant.
PA's are better to see. They take more time and answer all questions.
She was great.
I was in the exam room with her and Bern and our son, J.
It went well.
She gave me 'water pills' to shrink my ankles and legs.
I start them tomorrow--can't wait. If it gets them down I'll walk a lot better.
She told me that I'd 'pee' a lot.
A doctor wouldn't say 'pee'.
Love those PA's!
My son and his--what shall I call her?--"girl-friend"?--are coming to see us today. He and his wife are separated, their 2 twins are off to college in the fall and the youngest (a junior in high school) is shared by both parents.
Seems to be a friendly end to a marriage.
The reason for his coming is to go with us to my cardiologist tomorrow. J. is very out-spoken and critical. I hope he doesn't go for the doctor's throat....
We've never met her and this is a weird time for first impressions since I'm an elderly, foot swollen man with a cane.
We shall see.
I pray it goes well....
Bern, who is a weather channel junkie, tells me tomorrow will but hot--but with rain!
We really need rain.
Bern mowed the lawn and said that everything was dusty.
When she blew her nose it came out brown!
So, hopefully, tomorrow will bring rain to CT.
At least I'm hoping, if not yet 'praying'....
Praying about weather might not be the right thing to do, considering how many things and people need prayer.
This is sure blowing up!
Trump and dead Epstein have the nation in turmoil.
I have no idea what the truth is.
Truth is not the strong suit of either T or E.
MAGA is shaken to the core.
Trump has no idea how to handle it--nor do any of his staff.
No surprise there!
Sit back and watch it burn....
Enjoy the ride.
So, I didn't go to church--ride or no ride.
I was having bowel issues and my swollen feet made it hard to walk. So I cancelled on Trinity.
The weekend was uneventful. I stayed upstairs, read, watched TV more than I want to.
Enough about me.
TV is bad because so many terrible things are happening around the world: floods and forest fires, cuts to needed medical supplies, ICE out of hand, tariffs to be imposed on our global friends, Ukrain and the mid-east, a Republican Party that has lost it's integrity and a president who has lost his mind.
I need to read more though I read almost two books a day and Bern has become a regular at the library....
Life is spinning out of control.
Alas and alack!
