where did the days go

Heavy dew Wednesday morning and the screen was doted with water droplets.

Damn, a whole week has gone by. Tuesday was my 8 am dermatologist appointment and it was so foggy, visibility was very low and I was starting to worry that I would pass up the office if I couldn’t see the line of buildings but as I got closer to Rosenberg it started to lift and by the time I turned onto the road the office is on it was mostly clear. She froze a couple of actinic keratosis off my face and another thing on my shoulder. I’ve had a dark spot on my right cheek for years which I assumed was just sun damage, couldn’t feel it, just visible, but the past year it had started to grow and now I could feel it so she sliced that off and sent it in for a biopsy. Don’t remember what else I did. Oh, had a nice long FaceTime with my brother and sister in law. He had just renewed his passport which reminded me that I should check mine which I did Wednesday evening and it had expired the day before.

Wednesday was the follow-up with the electrophysiologist. My appointment was at 11:15 and it takes me an hour to get there, park, and get up to the office. I always come prepared, take a book with me, to these appointments because there is always a wait, some days longer than others and occasionally really long and Wednesday was one of those days. I finally got in a room at 12:30 where the tech took my blood pressure, did the EKG, probably another 45 minutes before the EP came in. Any problems?, any questions?, everything looks good, see you in 6 months (requirement of the med I’m on). Finally back to my car at 1:30. I don’t complain about the wait which is usually 30 - 40 minutes, but sometimes delays happen, maybe an early morning procedure took longer than expected, maybe they had to work people in who were having problems. I’ve been going to this office for 7 years, I know what to expect and the staff is really nice. But on days when the wait is very long, grumbling starts in the waiting room, complaining to each other about how long it’s taking. I wonder if these are new patients.

Baby Blue Eyes in full bloom.

After I got the all clear I headed home with several stops to make. Since I was out that way, I stopped at the bigger Michaels across from the Costco to look at their laminating materials, maybe to laminate the book marks. I don’t really want to do that, I like the feel of paper over plastic and they are sealed with a clear acrylic spray but I thought I would try one just to see. Anyway, they only had packages of like 50 sheets of clear adhesive film so, no, didn’t buy it. The saleswoman suggested I might find smaller packages at an office supply so that was my next stop further down the road and I did pick up a package of 12 sheets. After that I had to turn in my old phone at the Verizon store and then finally got home about 3:30. Gathered Paisleigh later to accompany me while walking the dog. 

Thursday morning I went online and filled out the form to renew my passport and then my niece who lives in Albuquerque arrived to spend the day before she checked into her B&B in Houston for the wedding of one of her half sisters. I haven’t seen her since summer of ’24 when everyone came to spread Pam’s ashes, so almost two years. Did I take any pictures? No. I did get my green bean seeds replanted though and all but one of the tomatoes are regrowing after the last freeze and I don’t think it’s going to make it.

Variegated poppies.

Friday I finished the current bookmark and no I haven’t laminated it. I want to do a quickie for that little test. Then it was such a nice day I puttered out in the yard, repotted a few things. Watered everything. It is just so dry here and we are now in a burn ban. Yesterday it was overcast and cool so I took advantage of that and finished clearing the shop yard of winter dead stuff, except for the hummingbird bush which I overlooked so I’ll take care of it today. But before that, Rocky came to see about fixing the shop sink that dripped constantly from the cold water handle if the water was turned on. Also the toilet was constantly running and even though I have a sign pinned on the wall to turn the water off after use, it didn’t always get done. Last month the water bill over there was outrageous. So anyway, the toilet is fixed and the sink is temporarily fixed but needs a new faucet set.

So that’s been my week.