Good afternoon. Reading your posts brings into focus for me that things are winding down toward the arrival of Christmas. I haven't done one thing toward getting ready to go to Dallas on Saturday. At this point I'm not even sure if that's going to happen. My daughter and her daughter (now home from college) are both sick. My daughter has been in bed since yesterday and when she goes to bed I know she is really sick! Their symptoms sound like how I felt the first few days of Covid but they probably won't go to the doctor or get tested. They've both already had Covid several times before. It could be something else. LOTS of stuff has been going around even out here where I live.
Yesterday morning my niece drove me the 65-70 miles to my appointment with the dermatologist. She has a lot of morning chores with her animals and it's always hard for me to get up and get ready to go somewhere, especially that far away. So it was an effort for both of us. Imagine my shock when I went in and and was told they didn't have me down for an appointment. Not then, not anytime. I was pretty sure I had a card at home but it wouldn't have done me any good because the doctor is not there on Mondays and Fridays! The apologetic receptionist said if she were there they would work me in but she just wasn't there. I don't know how this happened but I did find my card when I got home and it did say the day and time for the appointment was yesterday morning so at least I felt a little better knowing the lapse in reality was someone else's and not mine. I make enough messes without any help from anybody else. Well, so there we were. We went and ate at Cracker Barrel and did a few other errands. Traffic and stores were a nightmare. We're not used to city life, especially what it becomes during the week going into Christmas. On the way home we stopped in the smaller town where I go to the doctor and drug store. It occurred to me I wouldn't have enough migraine pills with a regular refill (only get 6 pills at a time) to get me through my visit in Dallas, since I've been taking more than usual lately. So I went to the clinic and asked the nurse to call in extras for me before I left town. (I knew it could take days to get through and make an arrangement by phone). All ended well but I was drained and yes, Kat, I did sleep pretty well last night. Thank you for your good wishes.
The home repair guy came today and was here all morning. He fixed the leak on my roof, worked on the washing machine drain pipe--inside and outside--and the HVAC condensate pipe, and took the shower mechanism all apart to fix the leak in it but didn't have the right fitting so alas, he'll have to come back, after Christmas, to fix that. All this has been like wiggling a loose tooth, trying to get it out, but I'm happy somebody finally came a few weeks ago and returned today, leaving me hopeful he'll come back and finish. I'm pretty sure he will, since he hasn't let me pay him anything yet.
Robin, are you not concerned your pipes might freeze while you're gone?
Squirrel, I'm so glad you got your beautiful snow.
Wilde Woman, happy to hear your rain has stopped.
Kat, I hope you enjoy Elf. I've never seen it either. I recorded A Christmas Story a week or so ago and have only watched less than half of it, in small segments. I can't get into sitting through movies anymore.
Poirot, I remember how your winter was last year. Seems strange that you have such little snow now. I heard early on that it would be a milder winter up your way. But then the same report said ours would be wetter than normal. So far that's been a big miscalculation.
