I've got Mike (middle son) here with a terrible virus. He wants his mummy to take care of him. And Ted's home today as well, working from his office downstairs.
I've got a 2 o'clock hair appointment, then over to Tony's to help d-i-l with kiddies, then home to cook dinner for the guys.
I had to chuckle last night as Mike was watching his "comfort movies", Beetleguese and Matrix, really, really loud!! I could hardly hear the phone ring.
Moore, how's your husband today? What did the doc say?
Well, no babysitting for me today. Little Phoenix had a Dr. Apt yesterday and she has Bronchialitis. So she's staying right at home with her grandma until Monday which is very good, because it's yucky outside down here.
Lucky me I either have allergies or something but I woke up with no voice and a little bit congested. I'm sipping some hot tea with lemon in it right now in hopes of getting my voice back. I shouldn't be surprised it happens at least once every year. I actually feel fine but just can't talk ... bad news if I go for another interview though lol.
I applied at another place yesterday. They do have overnight shifts and I've been told it's actually a considerably fun place to work. So that's good. I bit the bullet and used one of my old guy friends as a reference. Floyd hates the guy (doesn't even really know him though) but I just explained to him that I really want the job, and that if it was Floyd applying he'd give him a good reference as well. He kinda felt a bit foolish then so I guess I Won lol. Some men can be so insecure
If it were me, I would tell my play-date friend the simple truth which is that I need to reschedule because I realized that I have a number of errands to run, and another day would be more convenient. Creating a fictional fever for Gabi isn't the route to go; it won't make you feel good about yourself, it's a bad example for Gabi, and you'll feel ridiculous if you bump into that same friend later today at Target.
KaeEll, you are so busy! I just don't know how you're juggling all of these things. It is funny, though, how adult children do need mom's tender loving care when they aren't feeling well. They turn into little ones again without much prompting. Poor Mike... I hope he feels better soon.
Thanks for asking about my husband. I was honestly very worried because of the way he was describing this sudden onset of stomach pain. I lost a beloved, elderly aunt to an aortic aneurysm, so that's where my mind went IMMEDIATELY. Of course, I didn't want to freak out my husband, so I didn't mention that possibility to him. In the meantime, he was convinced by the way it felt that he had a tumor of some kind. By the time our 3:00 pm appointment rolled around, we were both pretty stressed. I needed to have a blood test anyway, so I decided to take advantage of this sudden visit, and have it done while I was there. My husband was ushered into another room, with my instructions to ask the doctor to order an ultrasound.
I then had the unexpected chance to hijack the doctor for a moment, and tell him my fears. He was very indulgent of the worried wife, smiled, and promised that he would check for all the possible bad stuff...
The initial diagnosis is that it's shingles!
My husband had this condition way back in his teens, and I guess that it never completely goes away. Stress can bring it out again, and he's been stressed lately. I wondered why it hadn't surfaced before, under circumstances that were far more stressful than circumstances are now, and my husband speculated that it was because he was already on lots of medications for his disc issues, and arms which may have surpressed the symptoms.
Our doctor poked around, and found pain in the stomach area that my husband had been complaining about, and also under his left ribcage. There was also a very small rash on his chest which was our doctor's first clue. We started him on medication which, it turns out, is the same stuff they prescribe for herpes! Shingles and herpes are cousins, and shingles is also related to chickenpox. My husband's first experience with this, back in his teens, was apparently excruciatingly painful, and he suffered quite a lot. However, because we've started the medication so soon, it's likely that this case won't develop to that degree.
At least it wasn't a heart attack, a tumor, or an aortic aneurysm!!!
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Well, never thought I'd say this but I'm glad it's shingles. My grandma Loudene got them right after my grandpa died. There's a big poster about them in my doc's office and apparently anyone who has had chicken pox can get them, if left untreated they can really get bad.
Yup you never know Tina, sometimes you have to push yourself to do these little things or you'll get stuck in a rut. Everyone needs some time with adults too so this might be nice for you.
So ok this is driving me nuts, Aside from the Honey, lemon and tea, Kae what is good for this. I am sneezing and have a tickle in my throat with no voice. Nothing hurts though really.
Ack! Shingles is no fun, but not the end of the world. Thank goodness that's all it is! So many of my friends have come down with Shingles in the last few years. Makes you wonder, huh?
Tina, Moore is absolutely right about telling your friend the truth. Friends understand when timing isn't right, and will appreciate being able to reciprocate if the need arises.
Bran, to each his own re movies, non? Neither one of those 2 flicks Mike was watching does a thing for me, but he loves them, lol. He's not even up yet today. I have no idea how late he stayed up, but he obviously needs the rest. My poor baby! He's had his dissertation hanging over his head, classes to prepare and teach, a recording session and a new gig in France in May to prepare for, all the while taking unmitigated flack from the politicos at school. He's not a fan of all the politics in the department as people vie for tenure. It's a whole new world for him. As he says all the time, his PhD is his back-up plan, lol.
I've got Y&R on, but nothing too fantastic today. I'll post a little summary for you, Shelly. Seems we're the only two here watching it at all.
Moore, I'm not really all that busy all the time. Some days are nuts, others, dead quiet. It always seems that there's no middle ground. I lucked out today with Ted working from home so he can keep an eye on Mike for me.
I'm kinda watching. I have about 10 on my DVR that i plan on actually sitting down and watching all the way through. For some reason lately TV has only been background noise for me. I just can't bring myself to sit there for tht long. Add the new babysitting work to it and trying to get something to do to get me out of this house, I guess I just don't have much interest in it right now. Of course that'll soon change I'm sure.
So ok this is driving me nuts, Aside from the Honey, lemon and tea, Kae what is good for this. I am sneezing and have a tickle in my throat with no voice. Nothing hurts though really.
Jess, if you had sudden onset, it would be one remedy, if a slow build-up, another. When Nick and Tony start to come down with throat ailments. I give them, right away, Belladonna 30C, and it knocks it out immediately. But if they don't complain until several days into it, I just give them some Arnica 200C to help them feel better more quickly. That's just what I do. I can't say what would work for you, hun.
As for honey, if you can find some good unpasteurized stuff from a beekeeper, it is so much better than the junk in squeeze bottles from the grocery store. That stuff has been spun, boiled and processed to death. We're so lucky to have a friend with an organic farm an hour away who has a little apiary and sells us buckets of honey every summer.
Oh it just hit and to my luck I have some belladonna 30c in the van I'll cross my fingers and hope it works ... course I have to wait till hubby gets home but oh well lol.
KaeEll, you're reminding me now of the beehives that my father kept on our property when I was a little girl. Fascinating creatures, bees are!!!
We had an acre of land, and the hives were at the very back of the property. I used to sit in front of them, and just watch the bees come and go. One summer the bees swarmed, but still remained on our property; they wound up on the branch of a large dogwood tree (the Virginia state tree, by the way). My father cut down the branch, and put the bees in a new hive.
I used to love it when it came time to rob the hives of their honey because it meant that my father had to get all dressed up in his funny costume! It was always a huge occasion, and more often than not our neighbors would come to watch the festivities. (They also knew that they'd probably be taking home some fresh honey too!) Did I mention that my father was allergic to bee stings? Nothing ever stopped that man!
One year, the bees decided to alter their usual recipe. We never knew exactly which flower or combination of flowers they had chosen, but the honey was almost completely clear, rather than golden. I'd never seen anything like it before, nor have I seen honey that looked like it since then. That was the only summer we had clear honey because our bees never made it that way again.
I learned so much, and very quickly got over any childhood fears of being stung. I knew that bees wouldn't bother me if I didn't bother them. Most of my stings were the result of my barefooted self having occasionally managed to step on them when I walked through the clover. I got to the point where stings barely even hurt me anymore. (I was always barefoot, and still am -- even as I write this -- unless I have to venture out into public. My toes like to be free...!!!)
Did you know that if you put one boxed hive of bees on top of another, with the hives separated only by a thin layer of newspaper, the bees will get used to each other's sounds, and once they're comfortable, they'll chew away the newspaper, and create one large hive? This is something that my father accomplished on one occasion. I can't remember now if it when he rescued the swarm that I mentioned earlier, or on another occasion because I also remember that he bought a queen bee once too...
Thanks for triggering those memories, KaeEll.
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I didn't make it to the play date. I ran to Target and finally got my coffee pot, unfortunately could not find the house for the playdate. It should have been easy, it looked that way on the map. So after I did a few u-turns I called the mom from my cell phone. She gave me simple directions, Black road, to Edgewater, and her street should have been the first left turn. It wasn't. Nor was it anywhere between Black Road and River Road. Just a road named Highland, so I took that. But there was no 615.
It's like the Bermuda Triangle swallowed up her street. I gave up.
I got tired of turning around and driving up and down the same street 6 or 7 times (and with the price of gas now, I just got ticked off)!!
some things are just not meant to be I suppose..... besides Gabi says she doesn't like the little boy hosting the play date.
Then I ran to Barnes and Noble, Online said they had the software in stock. But in that store they said they dont' carry software. As you can guess, I was not happy! Wasted more gas driving out that way! Some days I should just stay home.
sounds like you guys have been kind of busy today. And ugh Moore about your husbands shingles. My sister had those when she was recovering/being treated for her cancer. Horrible.
Today I had a good day at work, somehow volunteered to work until 7 tomorrow night. This after going in at 8. Long day...
