This and That

Last night the itching that I had on my back turned into little red spots with blisters. Yikes, I have shingles again! Second time this year. I have been taking L-Lysine every day to ward them off, but I am not surprised. Mac isn't the only one being anxious about his current prostate problem. Plus I have had very little energy lately, in fact I told Mac on Saturday after I came back from the gym that I was having trouble swimming as the water was hard to push. Now I know why I was tired enough after yoga.

One good thing about having very little physical energy is that I was able to launch my FAVORITE WOMEN project. I picked out my favorite 23 women and put them on notice that I will be needing some contributions from them. That took about 3 hours in front of the computor. I have even started to write up the paragraphs for the book which will explain why they were chosen. Beth has sent me a bunch of photos to use and I will get her page done first.

I had a nice Skype call to Shannon and her family today. We talked for about an hour. They will be home soon and we are almost done getting ready for their arrival. Shannon was mad at me for not reading her blog lately. She said that there were no comments. I know what she means as I never get any comments to mine. I like writing it anyway. It is a diary and I use it as a memory jogger when I do my scrapbooks.

I did a little research and found out that the Orthopedic surgeon that comes to Greenville does take my insurance this year. He didn't take it last year as it was only BC/BS but this year it is Medicare plus blue and that makes a big difference I guess. Anyway, I cancelled with the GR doctor I was going to see tomorrow and I am now going to schedule an appt in Greenville with this guy. I hope I can see him before I am unable to walk, but I would rather be going to him, than 4 or 5 round trips to GR. I wish that I had looked into this sooner. The last knee shots were in December and they wear off after 6 months or so.

I got a lot of ingredients and I was going to make a curried vegetable dish tonight, but when we finally got home after, (lunch at Ponderosa, 3 stops to see if we could get Mac's glasses fixed, the Library twice (had to go back because I left the key to our safety deposit box inside a book that I returned), the bank to clean out our box, Walgreens for the photos of Beth, recycling of the newspapers, and finally Meijer where we took back cans, refilled our giant water bottles, did some grocery shopping, drove home and unpacked everything) I was pooped.

I don't know if it is the medicine or the Shingles but I am going to go to bed now and tear into the two NYT sunday puzzles I xeroxed at the library. My dog Rascal will curl up beside me I'm sure.