How good are things? in These titles mean nothing.

Ten answers:

1. We have what I hope is our last serious snow. Not really deep/three or four inches that’s hung on. Plow hasn’t been by yet. Buick has a date in town for either a new muffler support or a new muffler but since snow plow hasn’t gone and since the muffler is dragging I guess we are waiting for the plow to go by. I trust the county hasn’t folded up its snow removal equipment for the season. We have all of April left.

2. Jim needs the car for his Thursday dental appointment in Rochester. He’s having his gums contoured (my term) and perhaps some bone moving around. It’s local anesthetic so he can drive himself both ways. It and subsequent crowns are scarily expensive but he is using government covid support money (more than $1400) to pay for it.

3. I’m having all sorts of medical situations including an odd feeling place where I had my dental surgery in 1966. I realize that anything that’s held together since 1966 has been doing well and I hope it might decide to last a little longer. Main thing is when I went to the doctor a month ago to have a checkup to get my blood pressure pill renewed, I found out I had diabetes. Apparently that’s a big deal. I always thought I took pretty good care o myself but in the last almost four years since I quit working I’ve gotten very careless. I’ve gained a lot of weight and exercised not at all, so I suppose diabetes is not a surprise.

4. I’m taking four big pills, two in the morning, two at night for the diabetes itself and a cholesterol lowering pill as well. Fun, fun, fun until her dad took the T-Bird away. So I’ve been eating ‘better’, meaning veggies and protein and I’ve been trying to exercise. I was walking up to Joana’s porch to write poetry, but not since it’s snowed. I have a basement stairs routine that including walking the length of the basement and of the upstairs. I’m up to 26 laps and believe it or not that is a bit of exercise. I am down to 190 lbs from previously weighing north of 200. I do not have a good scale. It’s a cheap spring scale - I got tired of digital ones not lasting long - and the numbers are small and close together so it’s kind of a guessing game. I was at the doctor last week and I don’t go back until my birthday.

5. Dog is doing pretty well. Cats also.

6. I went back to jigsaw puzzles with a vengeance. I should write a long entry explaining why they are fun to do. The pictures you ‘create’ often have significance. So I should tell you about them. Maybe. Someday.

7. I have made a FB decision. I stay away except for one visit on the first day of the month. And when I do get there, I don’t stay long. So if anyone’s been missing me, I guess that’s just too bad.

8. I’m less suicidal than I was a year ago. Perhaps because I suspect I’ve brought on my health issues by twists of karma. We always get what we want, don’t we? If not what we want, then

9. I had my first covid shot last week - Moderna - at the local drug store. I go back for my second April 6. My arm was a little sore, only noticed it when I wanted to sleep on it the first two nights, otherwise no effects. I still haven’t been out to eat or to a book store. I try to obey the rules - mask, distance, occasional hand washing.

10. I bought flower seeds at the drug store. I wanted to plant them in the seed starter kit Katie gave me for Christmas - but guess what? It’s too much work. Maybe I’ll get it done before I write here again. Wish me luck.

marigolds
lupines
coleus- I know they’re microscopic but I never tried them before
morning glory
bachelor button
hollyhock

I have/or had hope for this year’s gardening. I’m better at getting up and down than I’ve been for a while and I should be able to borrow Joana’s digging tools whenever I want to.

Blessings to everyone. It’s a wonderful life. We are lucky to be here.