15 August 2023
Apparently, last night was a biggie in Atlanta. Notwithstanding my political leanings, 2024 looks to be an interesting year. Maybe that’s why I had trouble getting to sleep. I tossed and turned for a while, very uncomfortable with my new bandage over the bulb insertion. I finally had enough and reached for a Xanax. It didn’t help with the irritation but it certainly allowed me to sleep.
Of course, I woke up with a fuzzy brain which stayed fuzzy for most of the day. I’ve just gotten up from a two hour nap, so I’ll also lay the blame for that on the Xanax.
Hurricane season taught me long ago (think Andrew, August 1992) that it’s a good idea to have duplicates, triplicates, and quadruplicates of certain items in the house. The list keeps getting larger: toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, various filters needed, batteries, light bulbs, you name it and I keep extra to the point that I’m running out of storage. I also have a habit of when something runs low (that I’m not stockpiling for the Armageddon) I reorder it. Hence the very busy UPS driver on my route. It also means there was a lot of recyclable cardboard in the recycling bin this morning.
This week he’s delivered dishwasher tabs, Kleenex (a lot of it) 3 air filter replacements, and will be delivering several other things before the week’s end. You learn that when the power goes out that gas stations don’t work, grocery stores throw away all their frozen and chilled food, the ATM’s don’t work and you shouldn’t be out on the road any way because none of the stop lights function and no one knows what to do at an intersection with no traffic light and no stop signs. Certain gas stations and grocery stores now have emergency generators but you take your life in your hands by going out to them – long lines, irate shoppers, etc.
As you might guess with the narrative above, there are two systems which bear watching in the Atlantic at the moment and the waters around Florida are more like a hot tub than an ocean. At least one good thing has come from the extreme temperatures this summer and that is more and more people recognize there might be something to this climate change thingy.
My appetite is so strange. Food that I like doesn’t taste good and I really don’t have the energy or desire to do a lot of cooking just for me. I like cooking for others but certainly don’t feel up to company, particularly with a bloody tube and bulb hanging from my shorts. The pizza lasted for 4 meals and it did taste good.
Tonight I’m doing Sassanos New York Style Pizza without the pizza. My usual go to at this place is their Steak Super which is basically a Philly cheese steak sandwich with peppers, onions and mushrooms. As a nod to proper diet, I also ordered a small house salad. Their food (yes, I’ve tried other things on the menu) is spot on and the price is competitive with other pizzerias in the area. They also have a pretty consistent delivery person who I tip pretty well so my food is piping hot when it arrives to the point I have to let it cool a little for taking a bite. It beats my cooking.
So far my drain is producing very low levels of fluid. This morning it was 15 ml and this afternoon it was 7.5 ml. Hopefully, fingers crossed, eyes crossed and anything else I can cross, Dr. Burgers will remove the drain on Thursday. The diarrhea is back but manageable (or I can live with it for now). The last thing I need to do is take so much antidiarrheal medicine I become constipated.
I think for the first time in a very long time we haven’t had a heat advisory today. Part of the reason may be due to low humidity. The heat index is only 98°F at 4:45 pm today so that’s a break of epic proportions.
Another night of binging Vera, Tootsie Roll miniatures, and bed by 10 pm. Never a dull moment.
Stay tuned!
