10 December 2024
I was right, it was a very busy day. I got out of bed by 5:30 and started the coffee and poured my cereal. I didn’t have time to walk today so I went directly into the half grapefruit and second coffee. By the time I showered and shaved, I had a text from AC/DC Pools that a worker was on his way to repair my pool heater.
He showed up just before I needed to leave for the dentist so I left him working on it. I was about half way to the dentist when he texted me the cost ($309) which included the call out and the part + labor. It beats replacing the circuit board or replacing the pool heater. I’m on my third heater since 1995. The real problem comes with the next gas bill. The water heater, the dryer and the pool heater are all gas and when I turned the heater on today, it was 73°F. That’s a far cry from me swimming at 84°F. I may have to go back to work to pay the gas bill.
Roz was my dental hygienist. She’s excellent and is very gentle and constantly pays attention to what she is doing. I’ve had hygienists that aren’t careful and don’t look at what they are doing and they hurt. Roz is a keeper. D. Palenzuela gave me a clean bill of health.
I then stopped in to mail some materials through the UPS store. I asked the clerks about the car wash I saw on the way in and they highly recommended it. It was so popular there was a line half way down the block so I put that on the back burner.
I made it home in time to get a quick nap in before leaving for the iron infusion. Today was the last of the infusions. I can’t say I’m sorry. The nurses are so nice but I prefer not having to go into the cancer center so frequently. My next visit is to see the hematologist/oncologist, Dr. Velez on the 17th.
I got into a discussion with Pat about Christmas trees and she told me she tried for years for a different tree every year but soon gave that up. One that she did was peacocks made from real peacock feathers. I told her I was told as a child that peacock feathers are bad luck to have in a house. She was horrified. I think she’s going home today and clean the birds out of the attic. Is the idea of peacock feathers in a house a Southern thing?
After leaving the cancer center, I made a stop at Walgreens to pick up a prescription. Traffic has certainly picked up since October and you can’t be in a hurry anywhere on the roads of Fort Lauderdale. For some reason, everyone seemed to be driving very slow today – or they were texting and driving.
Tomorrow is AJ and the tree decorating. I’m stoked to see what he does and how he interprets what I want. I do know he selected some red and gold ornaments and since I have some Scottish blood, he’s doing some ribbons and bows with a tartan flair. Too bad it’s probably not the Agnew tartan. I particularly like the motto of the Agnew clan. “By Wisdom, Not By Force.” I think the Agnew colors would look good on a Christmas tree.
Movie night with Chris and Tucker should be quite festive. The tree may look so real I’ll have to admonish Tucker not to mark it as territory.
Thursday, I do battle with a new Jeep place to replace the left headlight, oil and filter change, lube job and change the AC filter. Who knows how much that will cost me or even if they can get it done in one day. When I do eventually get home, it’ll be time to make my homemade eggnog.
Friday, Nancy and Michel are coming over for nog and the tree and Saturday is boat parade at Secret Garden. After this week, I would collapse but next week is not much better.
Stay tuned!