Morning, Gents!
Hope everyone had a good Easter. I'm currently on my last day of quarantine and I'm happy to report that all inhabitants of this house are still talking to each other...without the use of expletives, though I have spent a lot of my time in my office, so that helped. Today's a local holiday, Patriot's Day, so the Mrs. and the DD don't have school, but they are off to school for the day to rehearse for the school musical that opens this coming weekend, The Little Mermaid Jr., that my DW is directing. Since they're going to be gone for most of the day, I'll venture out of my office and into my chair to catch a movie, or two. Then again, I might inspect the inside of my eyelids today. Ah, choices. Been spending a lot of time in my office reading guidelines for the medical coding certificate I've been studying for. And let me tell ya, you've not read anything as interesting until you've read medical guidelines. Quite the page turner. (Me looking down) "Oh look, sarcasm is oozing across the floor. I should pick my feet up before they get covered in it." Seriously, all's well on this end. Been taking some time to clean and organize, as well as study. We did head over to the in-laws house see everyone from the curb, and to pick up our Easter meal that DMiL made and wrapped up for us.
Evening Gentlemen (I use that term loosely),
We got home from Disney last Sunday night and I am finally getting caught up from being gone a week. After our experience with JetBlue just getting to Florida (well JFK really), we were nervous about getting home. It was mostly uneventful although they did damage DW's suitcase beyond repair. Of course, we didn't notice it until after we got home and checked the next day, so they won't do anything about it. JetBlue has a nice product with the planes and service, but I have not been impressed with the customer service. I had heard nothing but good things about them before but now I am not sure I will ever use them again. Unfortunately, the choices from PDX are limited.
Dude, read your post on Jet Blue, so sorry to hear went through that.
When we left Florida last Sunday, it was a perfect 72F and sunny. When I woke up on Monday, there was 2" of snow - the first time it has snowed here in April, ever. Since then, we have had rain, hail, more snow, more hail, and more rain. I need to get my vegetable garden planted but the weather is not cooperating.
Ok that's just wrong.
Had a good time at Disney. We took our time and did a lot of things we usually skip like the movies in Canada (I think I saw your house pkondz) and China. The Kid found a dagger in the China shop she just HAD to have and was even willing to buy it with her own money. We had an awesome skipper on the Jungle Cruise who told some new jokes; I learned the Boa Constrictor is 24 feet long, but only 23 when it is cold outside.
Glad you had a good time. I love that you took your time, I'm thinking of doing that when I head down with my family. It has been years since anyone of us has been down there, but my thinking is that we're not going to see and do everything, so why not just take our time and enjoy what we can. And since I won't be heading down with the family, I'm thinking of doing stuff I normally wouldn't do.
Went to my annual Cardiologist appointment today (why yes, I am rather young to have a pacemaker). All is well, but he wants me to have a stress test. I have no desire to run on a treadmill until I collapse. I have a policy of not running unless I'm being chased by a bear, and even then, I only have to be faster than the other person.
Or chasing a food truck.
Kidding aside, be safe, my friend.
And here I thought it'd be more like George Costanza and it would be like 2 feet long and have to say but it was cold!!!!
You may already do this, but in case you don't...trust how your body and especially your chest feels and make sure you make your doctor listen to you.
Why do I say this?
A doctor not listening killed my son. No, that's not exaggeration.
He had had pacemakers since he was a child. He got a new pacemaker. He kept telling the doctor it didn't feel right and aomething was wrong. The doctor kept doing diagnostics on.the PM and.kept saying it's working fine. He wouldn't listen to my son that it didn't feel right in his chest. When they finally took him to the hospital and opened him up, the area around the PM was so infected, he ended up getting sepsis and was gone a day and a half later.
Oh, man, I'm so sorry hear that, Doc.
Morning, boys.
Strange day today. Dad's 91st birthday. I'm going to pick up his gift (curbside pickup so I don't go in the store) and drop it off on the front steps. I'll say hi, of course, from a distance, but I'm in no shape to sing Happy Birthday to him. Gonna miss not going out to dinner with him and my mom. My sister flew in from Toronto so she's there to help celebrate, so that's good at least. He'll feel special.
That's not the best way to spend your dad's birthday, but at least you got a chance to see him from a distance.
It's good to be back (I think.)
The Kid wants to spend her 18th birthday at Disney this year. Problem is, her birthday is on Christmas. Aside from the extended family not understanding why we would want to be away for Christmas and New Year, it is one of the most expensive weeks of the year. Well reasoned arguments not to go, or so I thought....
... The Better Half has already booked hotel rooms for that week.....
Uhhhhh congratulations?
It has taken a while, but I finally learned this. My PCP is really good at this. My cardiologist, not so much. I have requested a new cardiologist but apparently it is not so easy.
I don't know where you live, but keep up the work on changing cardiologists. You have a right to have your opinion/concerns heard.
That's terrible.
