14 November 2o23
Today is a sucky day. I have absolutely no energy. I barely got coffee and breakfast made. I checked my vitals and everything was OK. My blood pressure was a little low at 97/73. My temperature was normal at 98.1°F and my sugar level was OK at 125 mg/dL. Otherwise, I was doing good to move around the house much less do anything in the house.
I have a recall for my Jeep that I need to schedule and I need to call the pool company about my pool heater and I need to shop for a new internet service since mine jumped about $80 this month. I just don’t have the energy to do it. I can do the Jeep anytime (even though they predict death and destruction if I don’t do it) but it’s been under recall for over a year – they just din’t have a fix for the recall until recently.
As far as the pool heater is concerned, I’m not planning on getting into it any time soon and everything works with the pool heater shut down, so maintaining the pool is not a problem. My pool company will send someone out to check on it when I call but I’m not in a hurry.
The internet cost is high but I figure I can handle that for a while until I get the energy to deal with it. I hate spending time on the phone and computer shopping providers. I know that’s the thing to do but usually inertia takes over and I just let the issue alone.
To add to the mood, today is overcast with a prediction of rain for the next three days. Actually, we need the rain, I need it specifically so I don’t have to add water to the pool and the grass could certainly use a good watering. The only problem is it could be coming from a tropical low which has potential to develop.
Even though Florida has been hit once this year by a hurricane, our area has been spared and I think we have gotten a little lackadaisical about our chances. Hurricane season is not over until November 30th and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has for the last few years considered expanding the season beginning in May and ending in December. There’s at least some chance of a hurricane before the season is over.
My brother Archie has taken to sending me books. The latest is a book by Lewis Gizzard, I Took A Lickin’ and Kept on Tickin’ and Now I Believe in Miracles. I used to read his column in the Atlanta Constitution for many years and have read some of his other books. This was apparently his last book. His sense of humor is missed.
I also enjoyed the comedian Jerry Clower back in the day. He put out several comedy albums in the 70’s. I remember one night as a graduate student going to eat with some friends at The Gin, a great restaurant in Oxford that was converted from an actual cotton gin sadly, it later burned). Sitting next to us was Jerry Clower. We, of course, ease-dropped on his conversation with his table. He was very down to earth and took it with grace when people interrupted his meal to fawn over him. He noticed us and nodded and spoke to us while we waiting on our meal.
One of my favorite Clower stories is “Marcell and the Beer Joint.” For some reason, it tickled my funny bone. It was probably funnier when I first heard it but it still is cute.
Stay tuned! Hopefully tomorrow is better.