Little Gripes.

 Little Gripes.

 

Grandson got through the procedure, and coming out from under the anesthesia managed to fight off his mom and more than a few nurses. His Granddad Lewis did the same thing every time he came out from under. It was really wild to see Lewis swinging his arms and fighting when he came out of by-pass surgery. The doctor had told us that we needed to convince him to keep the breathing tube in his mouth. Right. That was not going to happen. Jenn said that despite thinking that her son was listening to her voice, he sat up and swung and got her in the tummy. The male nurse yelled for help and four nurses and Jenn helped hold him down until he went out again. Then they had to do it all over again when he began to wake up. Sheesh! And no, they could not find a good reason for the attack he had the other day. But the doctor thinks he can treat him anyway. Deep breath.

 

Got a note from Sharon Dickerson today saying that she has to go back for a pressure check for her CPAP. So very glad that breathing is not a problem for me. That having something over one’s face all night would bug me to pieces. My position in the bed is never the same from night to night. It seems to me that a CPAP would mean one’s position should be about the same each night. Oh well. Hope that they can get it right for her.

 

It was 103 degrees earlier. Not sure where they take the temperature on this town, but can guarantee that it has been plenty warm today. The hens did not even mind when the water was turned on underneath the deck. Whew! And to top it off, we have eight active fires here in Texas. Is it any wonder that it smells like someone is barbecuing? But it is horrible to think of all those homes being burned to the ground. Of course, New Mexico has it just as bad if not worse than Texas. Any way one looks at it, if we don’t get rain and lots of it, we are going to have dust bowl conditions very soon. The last drought we had lasted for five years. We may all start learning how to get water from the air by osmosis pretty soon! But then, the wind would dry up anything we got from the clouds. Sigh

 

Don’t mean to be negative, but sometimes it feels as if we don’t really have that much to make us smile. Maybe an attitude adjustment would include a walk with the dogs or something like that early one morning before it gets really hot. Need to go wire some Beware of Dog signs on the fence anyway. New neighbors will eventually be across the road, so those signs might be helpful.

 

Dr. Blackwell is stopping by tomorrow at noon to pick up eggs. Just about everyone in the family has eggs enough for now. Maggie Sewell and her husband may need more next week. Will have to call her. The eggs collect on the kitchen table near the AC unit, so they never get too hot. Four or five dozen eggs accumulate rather quickly during a week when the girls are doing their job. It never seems to fail that either there are more people wanting eggs or more eggs than people who really want them. Oh well.

 

As usual, this old woman does not know anything worth discussing. Had planned to post a picture taken at Betty’s birthday party, but not sure it will happen. It might be the best picture for a while since a haircut seems to be needed to keep me sane. Can’t stand my hair to be in my eyes. How dogs, chickens, or horses can stand it is beyond me! Maybe it is because they don’t know or have a choice. Hmm.

 

Remembering those who are dealing with cancer, RA, Crohn’s, fibromyalgia, and other stupid things that drive us to distraction. While God made a wonderous creation in mankind, we still have so many problems. Our world has become polluted and dangerous beyond words. Now if we can only turn our ingenuity into creating remedies for the messes we have made!

 

Rest and rejoice in life. You are loved.