As usual, not the best night’s sleep, or rather, not sleeping, with dex, but I got through. I’ll just take a nap later.

The chimney sweep went well and cost $225, but it was worth it. I was going to pay with Apple Pay, but he didn’t take cards, so I paid in cash from my home money. That was fine, but I used one of my very crisp $100 bills, and they are hard to get at my bank. I’ll try next week to see if I can replace it.

My son is coming over after work. He’s back in the office one extra day a week, as the State is mandating a return to the office. He’s not thrilled about it, as he lives 40 minutes from the office and he’s driving the truck. Anyway, he’s going to get a pizza and come visit for a bit.

After seeing the eye doctor, he put in a prescription for an eye drop for my dry eye syndrome. It’s VERY expensive, so I checked with AI and there’s a prescription place called Blink RX and apparently they will try to get the lowest cost. When I checked, it was $300 a month, so I can’t do that, but AI seemed to indicate I should be able to get it for about 1/2 that. If it is, I will try it for a month. I should know by next week. My eyes are definitely a problem with watering( which is dry eye syndrome) even though it sounds the opposite. I have to always carry a hankie and wipe my eyes, so if this works I’d be thrilled. Yes, I’ve tried Systane Ultra and it doesn’t really help.

Next week is packed with appts too, including the dentist. Not thrilled but that’s what it is. It’s also the fall equinox and Barclay’s birthday. He’d have been 76. I’m thinking of driving up to Tahoe, but there’s been so much road construction, and there’s a huge fire that’s close to I-80 at the Nevada line. So it may not be the best time. If not, I’ll do something to celebrate his BD. I’m still trying to find a hotel to stay one night but so far nothing has ticked off the boxes I want. Or if they do it’s $500 a night which is not in my reality.

Anyway, I don’t really have anything on my agenda today. I’ll look around and see what needs attention.

Well, I’m back from my Velcade shot, and it all went well. So I am thankful that those oncology nurses at infusion are just so nice. I was going to do a bit of shopping at Nugget but decided not to.

After swimming yesterday, I went over to TJ’s and got a few things, so I’m set for now. Also, I just didn’t feel like stopping anywhere. I’m thankful that I am listening to my body and, if I don’t feel like doing something, not doing it.

So I’ll take my dex later and chill out.

Update: did some random chores like hanging my daughter’s tool belt up and getting a piece of bamboo and making a new stake for my ficus tree, which has grown a lot. I guess one thing to be thankful for with Dex is those little annoying things you keep looking at and don’t do anything about, get fixed.:)

I’m thankful to have little fires outside in my new fire pit. It’s small but works for me.

What a sad day for America. All those innocent lives lost. I’m glad tRump wasn’t at ground zero. He’d probably say some assinine thing about himself.

It’s also my sister’s birthday. Happy birthday, Heidi. Even though she’s not here, it’s still worth remembering. She’d be 78.

The heat wave we’ve had should end today. Then we’re back into the 80’s and 70’s. Nice fall weather.

I went down to the pool yesterday, and it was mellow. The Coast Guard was there, but they only used 2 lanes. I got a lane to myself for a bit before someone joined me. I came straight home.

Today, I have to do a bit of tidying, and I’d like to get the floors mopped. My son might come over after work, as he wants to spend the night in Rubi and then get an early start in the barn. I’ll probably use a frozen pizza for dinner unless he wants something else.

I had a rough couple of nights on my CPAP machine, and last night I recorded 1 event per hour. Very unusual, as it’s usually .3 or less. I’m not sure if my mask was not fitting right or what. But I’ve been on this almost a year now and have never had that AHI score. I’ll check my mask this evening and see if it’s leaking. That’s one reason for a higher AHI. But I do feel tired this morning, so?

I woke up yesterday not feeling very well. Not sure what was going on. I had a bit of a sore throat, was feeling lousy overall, and had a headache. This morning I feel a bit better but still off.

I did push to go for a walk, and it was really nice. Just me, for a change! I didn’t overdo it and will consider going to the gym later. I’ll see how my energy is and whether I still feel off; I may wait and go to Mahany early this week. I’ll see how I feel in an hour or so. I did go to the gym and just did weights. Didn’t do the treadmill. Also didn’t stop anywhere and came straight home.

I just had ramen soup last night for dinner, and didn’t feel like much else.

Today, depending on how I feel, I want to start the kitchen zone and do a regular vacuum. I send Robo and Bender around almost every day, but sometimes the Dyson can do a little more. When I went to Costco, I bought the Swiffer wet cloths because they were on sale, but they’re not specific to the wet mop I bought. I guess, I’ll keep them and use them with my other mop that holds a microfiber cloth. The price was right being on sale for $15 for 54 cloths. I did check amazon and they do carry the right ones for the Swiffer wet mop so I’ll order those soon. They’re not very expensive at $10 or so.

Tomorrow is Labor Day, so I will not go to the pool. I try to avoid the freeway on holidays. Actually, I’m not sure they are open, but they probably are.

Menu-wise, I pulled some chili from the freezer, but now I’m not sure I want that today. I also have some leftover chicken to use up. Chicken soup? I’ll just have to wait till later and see what we want.

A few misc pictures. The Sun Egg is one of Elsa Beskow’s, so I thought I’d show you her art work. I have always loved all her stuff.

The other are the faux flowers I put out for fall. Most of these come from Ikea, which I find has the most real-looking ones.

Our temperatures have really dropped and now the house is cold. So weird. I actually turned on the propane heater just to get the chill off. I don’t want to start a fire quite yet, but it is supposed to rain in the next few days, so I might have to.

I have the chimney guy coming on Friday, so I probably will wait and see what he says. I’m pretty sure the stove pipe is fine and just needs a cleaning. But better to be safe.

Tomorrow, Today, I go to Sacto for my appt, and then I was going to go to the gym on Friday early before the chimney guy comes, but apparently the whole Mahany complex, library, gym, etc is going to have some electrical repairs done, so I guess there will be limited use. So I guess I’ll skip that.