Early morning meanderings

I'm not sure meanderings is the correct word, but my mind is wandering over many things this morning (it's 4:30 am).

I'm wondering why I slept for almost 36 hours straight. I fell asleep in Monday afternoon, slept for 3 hours, got up and made dinner, went back to bed about an hour later, and fell right back to sleep. I got up yesterday at 11:30 a.m., only because I finally woke up and felt I needed to get up, but no sooner did I get up and try to do what I normally do in the morning (take my meds, read the Bible), I fell asleep in the chair, so I figured, I might as well go back to bed, beside we were getting ready for a storm and I love laying in bed during a storm. I tried to read, but fell asleep, dropped my Kindle, and missed the whole storm event.

I woke up around 2:30 -- the phone rang -- and I got up again -- got Alan something to eat -- and went back to bed. Just too tired to do anything else. I promptly fell back to sleep. Arose again at 7:00 p.m. Made dinner and was back to bed AND ASLEEP by 8:30, at least I think it was 8:30, I missed most of The Biggest Loser, so haven't a clue what happened there. Woke up around 11 p.m., turned off the TV and light, and went back to sleep until 3:30 this morning. WOW!.

I hope I'm up for good at least long enough to take us to the swimming pool, the DMV, and other errands we have on our list. Alan's been kinda under the weather as well. So, I'm wondering if something is going around. Has sleeping sickness attacked Cold Spring? Or is it just something in our home?

It's funny when I'm sleepy and reading, I make up the story and read words that aren't there. Does anyone else do that? I'm reading another Karen Kingsbury book (Rejoice) and yesterday as I was reading, I was putting words in the text that weren't there, nor did they make sense to be there, but I could see those words on the page just as clearly as, or perhaps more clearly than, the actual words on the page.

Oh yeah, the doctor called. My kidneys are fine, just a little small. I told her that was because I'm a small person under all this girth. She laughed. So, that's one perceived problem I don't have to worry about. You know, the doctor always gives you worst case scenario, and she really did give it to me: "You might need to go on dialysis." Yeah, like we all like to hear that, don't we? I've had lower than normal kidney function for over 15 years (since my doctors been testing for that) and it's always the same "lower than normal" number. We move on, and pray all stays as it is and doesn't get worse.

Uh-oh, I'm yawning. Does that mean another round of sleepy time? Coffee isn't helping. Maybe another cup?

For those who like Runnemede Remembered Recipes I put up another recipe this morning.

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Home

I can't believe we've been home a whole week and I haven't BLOGged. (Is BLOGged a verb?)

We had a wonderful trip home. No traffic hang-ups, just a few turnarounds because Ms. Garmin wasn't connected. After a couple of wrong turns, it was decided that she needed to be hooked up so we could get home eventually. I knew I had to head North, so we didn't get too lost.

After getting home, I fell AGAIN. Or maybe I passed out. I don't know. All I know is that I was putting the trunk lid down and fell down while doing that -- in the driveway -- on the concrete -- banged my head, but didn't hurt anything else, at least not obviously.

Went to the doctor on Wednesday and found out that my kidney function is lacking -- whatever that means, so had to get an ultra-sound of my kidneys the next day. Results? Don't know yet. I'm not concerned about it, but it does explain my lack of energy.

Then, that night, I almost fell again, but caught myself and in doing so, I hurt my back. Interesting -- when I fall I don't get hurt, but when I don't actually fall, I do get hurt. Hmmm.
I'm glad my phys ed teacher at Triton High School taught me how to fall. I still fall the same way I was taught. Sort of a roll.


The falling part? Well, the next doctor to visit is at the balance center to evaluate my brain, I suppose, to find out why I'm falling. I think it's pill related. But what do I not take? I stopped taking the cholesterol meds and my bad cholesterol shot way up. The good cholesterol is still very good. I don't understand the difference between the two. But am now on a different medication for high bad cholesterol. The only difference I notice after taking that for a couple of days is that I'm sick to my stomach all the time. So, I'm not eating.

That's a good thing, I suppose. After all fasting is Biblical, right? Of course, I'm not being Biblical with the fasting I'm doing, just not eating because of the upset stomach, not to get closer to my Lord. There's something wrong in that last statement. I want to be close to the Lord, and I know there are ways to do that, other than fasting. Like praying without ceasing.

I have a very long prayer list and it gets longer every day, but I don't mind. It gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my meds to kick in. It also gives me something to do in the middle of the night when I can't sleep.

God has been so good to me and Alan. And I thank Him for the blessing of the trip we were able to take. The blessing of spending time with family members I don't see very often. The blessing of supplying all the funds necessary to take the trip. And many other blessings along the way.

I guess that's a ttfn. Be back later.

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More pictures from VA

My cousin Betty, sitting on Betty's Rock along the Skyline Drive. Alan and I enjoying the warm, windy day on the Skyline Drive.

See how smokey the Smokie Mountains look? It was a clear day, but the distant hills and mountains look like there is smoke hanging over them. Yet, when we looked on the other side of the Drive, there were no "smokey" mountains, just beautifully colored trees. See previous post.

Tomorrow if weather permits we will either go to a Civil war battlefield or to the Walton's family home and museum. We'll see.

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Fall in the Smokies

We are so enjoying our time here in Virginia. We drove the Skyline Drive yesterday and in most places it was pretty, in some places it was even breathtaking. There has been little rain so many of the trees were just brown. We saw no wildlife to speak of.

I did see a wooly worm that was black/brown/black. What does that mean? Good winter, bad winter? I haven't a clue. I didn't squish it. I just let it get run over by an RV.

Tomorrow we are going to visit a Civil War Battlefield in New Market, VA, unless it rains. If it rains, all bets are off.

The Smoky Mountains

We're heading for a few days in the Smoky Mountains and I hope it's prettier there than it is here. Our trees are just turning brown. I suppose it's because we have had very little rain since June.

I am not going alone. My cousin, Betty, is coming with us, and my sister is going to join us.

While I'm gone I have someone in the house. I'm so glad to have this person "house sit" for me. And this time, I am going to pay her to organize my attic and clean out my fridge.

So, after a day with a stomach flu (yesterday) I am packing my kitchen pack, which sorely needed an update. And I have a liquor box with dividers in which to pack the canned goods I'm bringing with us. It's also a good place to put the coffee mugs. This way the cans won't get all over the trunk and the jars won't break, and the EVOO won't leak, and the open pickle jar won't trickle its juices all over the trunk.

I'm also finishing up all laundry and turning off the water to the washing machine. I always do that if I'm going to be gone, even if it's only for a few days.

We are having such beautiful weather here and I hope the weather where we're going is just as nice. The resort seems to be very nice, but pictures and descriptions can often be deceiving -- I remember the place we went in the Poconos recently.

Well, I may post something from the resort since they do have WiFi in the condos. And just in case their server is down -- which happens often when I go to a place that promises WiFi -- I'm taking my G3 stick with me.

So, folks, that's a ttfn. I'll write when I get around to it