Happenings

Good afternoon, Friends. So you would think that since I am home every day I would have so much time on my hands I would be posting and visiting more often. I wish I was. Between pain and feelings it has been hard but let me give you an update of what’s happening. Let’s give it a go…

I’ve been watching the neighborhood, which I couldn’t do while at work, and seen some interesting happenings. I keep seeing this woman, about 60 I would guess, and she comes by to steal plants out of my garden. Now mind you, I know it is growing and has great plants. And I am willing to share. I worry though because she is pulling them off the wall they grow on and disturbing the roots. I don’t want to disrupt what is left after all. Then there is the foreign lady from down the hall. She walks by my porch several times a day. Every time she does, lil dog barks. He is a dog and dogs bark. So one day she stops at the door and says to him "I skin you, I shin you, I skin you." I’m thinking language barrier and that can’t be what she is really saying. The next time she comes by I was on the porch and she tells me her scares her. I think to myself, ’cause and effect lady’. Lil dog always barks at her. Now there is no one lil dog doesn’t like and usually once he gets used to a person walking by he stops barking at them. This makes me wonder, maybe he knows something I don’t.

Saturday the power went out for a few hours. Not sure why, no storms. Not a big deal though it was during the day and I went out and sat with neighbors at the pool. Now while the power is off the fire alarm across from my door beeps. Beep Beep Beep. Try listening to that for hours. I could still hear it at the pool. Finally the lights came back on. About an hour after that the fire alarms go off. LOUD SCREACHING PIERCING sound. So I get lil dog and out we go to the parking lot. Fire drill time. I know if the sound was hurting my ears it had to be hurting lil dog. So we walked to the other side of the complex and waited. The fireman showed up (yep, me without a camera and firemen around). They get the alarm shut off. Seems the power coming back on shorted out the fire alarm box. Then the Beep Beep Beep is back. OMG, called the maintenance guy over he shut it off – it started again Beep Beep Beep, after three times is was finally off for good and now it is getting late.

Good thing about Saturday is the rays won in over time in one of the longest baseball games ever. Five hours and 27 minutes long (no I did not watch it all), Started at 8:30 and ended at 1:30 in the morning. You could tell those guys were beat. Score Rays 9 Boston 8. Ringing the cowbell here. How proud the Cowbell Kids would be of me…

As for the knee… No better. The swelling now extends from the middle thigh down to the arch in my foot. Mornings are the worse. So afternoons is when I can get up and get around. Ibuprofen helps, a lot. I can’t work with it this way. I get bored then aggravated. I can’t stand just sitting here but don’t want to do anything else. I think of all things I want to do, need to do but can’t. But today I have a different view on things… I’m sitting on the other couch. haha

Well I have bored you all enough, I’m sure. I’ll try to drop by this week for a visit with you all. Take care and be well.