Starts early

 

Waiting room, 7-10-26

Flamingo lily. 

  

S called at 6:15 am, just from ER. Golf ball size lump developed in her breast. They said get a mammogram. She said doc not willing to treat her, no offer of imaging, gave her a phone# for pcp referral.  Her pcp was suspended. She usually got mammo with self referral, by law, she insists and I think she’s correct. She also will check with Convenient Care and I said ask if their docs can be pcps, I heard they could. Also said don’t discuss her complaints about doctors and set her off from calm to rage, starting with “don’t lecture me”. She hung up on me. 

    I associated my absence from RB webs this week , associating my dread of dealing with Stephon who is only one of the many problematic people I seem to deal with all the time, painfully 

     I also reacted to A. It’s painful to deal with his reactions and repetitions and vocal tone. I cut him off often and he feels it, but I don’t know what else to do. Like when I told S, “I’m tired of hearing you talk

     But the day is a beauty, and I’m comfortable at the infusion clinic right now. Met Dave who has been coming here 8 years ,  a frequent flyer he said. Struck me how friendly and patient he is, that people could be if they chose.  Asked my name, great way to engage with strangers. Wish my dear ones would employee it. 

     N will come after noon, and I’m expecting two landscapers to evaluate and quote a fix for the retaining wall today or tomorrow.

Missing my grandson

 

So Five Guys and the Ws 

went to East End Beach

For supper and we beat 

the 91° heat

Thank you, Lord, for your wonderful natural air-conditioning. It was so fine to see so many people out, enjoying the wonderful summer weather, too. Contrasted with my grumpy days lately, including today  

  Thank you for F and her mom visiting me while work was being done on their house. Thank you for the Work who came to your house today and fix the garage door and for Englishmen who fascinated A as they sold us blinds. 

Another encouraging note from Baruch. Bless him, and bless my dear kin IJN

  Fatigued but must say a good day, all in all. 

Start up

  

This evening, C stopped to greet us

C is starting up his own business, washing garbage cans. Good luck to him. 

Active day, started with paper sorting in the garage and a visit from F and her mom before their trip to a butterfly farm. Then Fe infusion to noon thirty and N came to do yard work. I stepped into bucket of stagnant water. Lol. A and Nola stopped in for a visit. We rested up after the yardwork  Before dinner red and I walked and met up with HF and P and then C. Home prepared supper and sat out a few minutes  Did not go to webinar tonight either.  R sent me a note.   Really very achy and tired  seems like all day   

Two men in infusions clinic today:  in pain. Must be cancer., with talk of Keytruda and “port”. One lamented his age and never expecting the change wrought in two years: hiking Rockies then; couldn’t fly tomorrow to retrieve his truck in Dallas due to his treatment today I get it now, dealing with constant pain and unsteadiness. Sympathy for Zac. 

Depression

Love is the topic

 

Leaving   Good bye, dear one

Distinction made between love as sacred impulse and as feelings. Me : to realize I don’t love someone l truly deeply love. R said “parts.”  Depletion and fulfillment. Love draws emotions out of you. Am Igetting this right?

Cause

 

Beauty disturbing the peace 

JC called the police and shoved one of JG’s friends last night 

Departure

 

Missed it!

I saw I’s plane in the air at 6:55 but could not snap a pic fast enough so just got the Air. Ain’t that always the way?  We left the house about 435 and had to turn around to go get the wallet with the ID three minutes later  Arrived in plenty of time with probably too many instructions for him and granddad walked him up to the security line After they rushed off without saying goodbye to me, dirty dogs! Red slowed me down So I thought I missed them, butThey did see me in the terminal entrance anyway. One more hug  Of course I found I had left the car engine turned on. Again  I hate those Automatic start buttons!  Email flurry already this morning. Amusing. We need to rewrite my morning startup. I guess excluding my grandson.

Happy 58 th Anniversary

 

Housefly dying. Rather beautiful 

Hot time, summer in the city

 

Trio

Staying indoors it’s so darn hot. I have saddle sore from sitting so much At the top of my Right leg really hurts. S left early to bed but no hard feelings.  I’m feeling better, not trying to control everybody but the heat is irritating me. 

We finished reading The Hedge Knight. So good!  ALLAN also read Samuel to me today  I and I watched another Korean film, Memories of Murder. Very disturbing film. 

Broke down and wore the shorts

Day to Knight

What a fine hobby. 

Great surprise at the park when S, I and I took Red to the park in the early evening yesterday.  A club of knights was breaking up, but I got a chance to chat with a couple of them while the kids my progeny walked the dog for ten minutes. Fun!

Looks like an old Ser Dunc

Blonde looks like former student, David

LLB employee for day job