People watching

I have tried to post a new blog twice now and been booted off after I finished writing the whole thing. It happened when I tried to use the preview. Not gonna use that darn thing again unless I have everything saved somewhere else! What a pain.


I will try again.
Spent several hours in doctor’s offices this week. I am not a fan of doctor’s offices. That is a big understatement! I hate to wait. I am no good at waiting. I get grumpy having to wait in a doctor’s office if it is past the appointment time. I hate their lousy customer service.

I am getting carried away here. Let me start over and try again.

So while waiting in the doctor’s office, sitting in the mini torture device that passes for chairs, I got bored. I brought a book to read but I just could not get comfortable. So I decided to people watch instead.

There were some real characters on Monday. The little old man and his grandson were too cute. Grandpa was so proud of his grandson. He bragged on him several times. Grandson is tall & skinny, 19 yrs old and is his best fishing buddy. He is also a cowboy. I know this because he wore his cowboy boots, with spurs, to the docs office. Not sure what he was planning on using those spurs on at the docs office. But he was so sweet to his grandpa. He was a good kid.

Then there was the different girl. You know, the one that likes to be different. She had the strangest thing on her head. I tried not to stare but did sneak several peeks. I never did figure out what “it” was. “It” was 4-5 colors, had a feather, and some fuzzy stuff. I couldn’t figure out if it was a hat, her hair or a combination of both. I wonder how comfortable that thing was in the 100 + heat?

I didn’t bother to bring my book Tuesday. I had way more fun people watching and was looking forward to that part of my wait. I was not disappointed. An older woman and her very much older mom came in right after I got settled. The very much older mom used a walker and it took her a long time to get anywhere. BUT she did get there on her own. : ) It didn’t help that she was distracted by the adorable baby boy. He kept smiling at her and every time he did she just had to smile back. It was sweet. Her daughter finally gave up and got mom seated were she could see the baby. He was a cutie and such a ham! He flirted with every female that walked in the door. Kind of reminded me of someone else I know? LOL! It is so easy to lose your heart to a cute flirt. Especially when said cutie is sitting on his mom’s lap with a burp rag held under his chin! I was lost!!

So that is kinda what I tried to post earlier. I don’t remember what all I was going to say Monday. It is just all nonsense anyway. But it is most of what I tried to say today.

Oh! Have I mentioned that I am on vacation this week? I would do back flips if I could.
I don’t think I will even try a cartwheel. It wouldn’t be pretty.

So much cooler tonight.  Such a huge difference 12 degrees and a nice breeze makes.  I ran some tonight.  Still feel like an old cow plodding along.  I get frustrated that I can't go any faster or any further.  Yet.  I am going to keep trying but I don't think it will get much better until after the surgery.  Speaking of.... I still have not heard back from the "docs" office with an appointment.  I hope I can remember to call them Friday.  I get busy at work and forget about things that are not work.....There is always some "emergency" going on that has to be handled right now.  Not in 5 min. but right now. 
I need a break.
I get one next week.
Just gotta make it through Friday.  This is Truman's final Friday off in a string of 3.  I liked it better when I had the 3 Fridays off in a row, much better.  So I am flying solo and I hope it is quiet! 
So looking forward to a whole week off.  Not going anywhere.  We never go anywhere.  I can't ride in a car for any length of time with out hurting and BT won't fly.  We never go anywhere......
Oh well it is a break away from all of the "emergencies", from the phone calls where the people want me to fix their whole lives for them (Even when they admit it took them years to get it that messed up!), from the sick souls that prey on other people then have to come register with me AND last but not least the lawyers that represent them. 
I really need that break.  I need to recharge so that the public can suck more out of me.  Right now I am drained. 
Think about it.  When do people call the police?  When they are having a good day?  Not hardly.  It is usually one of their worst days.  And if "it" is done right there is a report with ALL of the details.  ALL OF THEM.  There are some sick creepy people in this world. 
Insert a big sighhhhhh.  I just have to make it through Friday.....
On a lighter note. 

My doggie pesters me to put fish oil on her food.  She is so obnoxious about it.  She will not give up until I give in.  Do you see her?  That is what she does.  She stands in front of her food bowl and stares at me.  She will wag her tail and stare.  Then she will wag her tail and stare some more.  I almost always give in, almost.

HOT

Tonight's walk was nice, other than the heat.  It was still in the 100's.  There was brief little breaths of wind every now and then but it was only enough to tease me. 
No football players practicing tonight.  And it was the 1st night that there wasn't a family having a large picnic in the park in several days.  There were lots of kids playing at the splash pad but they were all older, mouthy kids so I didn't hang around there long. 

The birds were very chatty tonight.  It sounded like they were scolding each other.  They were gathered in the tress around Friendship park squawking and making lots of racket.  I wonder what had them all stirred up.  I didn't see any cats around......
I had my MRI done this morning.  I have had one before and wasn't worried about it.  I was more concerned about having to fight the traffic on that side of town.  It ended up not being a problem today.  I didn't get stuck in traffic once. Now that I have MRI in hand it is time to see the surgeon.  I tried to make an appointment but his "secretary" did not call me back.  If I don't hear from her by tomorrow afternoon I will call her back.  Definitely a bad sign if I have to call several times just to get an appointment.....  Go figure, I decide to have the surgery and there seems to be road blocks popping up all over.  My neck is starting to bother me more and I think I need to get the surgery scheduled. 

Jam

I was inspired to make homemade jam this weekend.  One of the local stores had strawberries on sale .99 cents for 16 oz.  At that price I had to come up with a way to use them.  The freezer jam keeps the fresh fruit flavor so nicely.  I know this winter I will appreciate it even more.  I haven't made jam in several years so I dug around in my cabinets looking for jars, lids and rings.  I had one box of pectin left but it expired 2 yrs ago so that went in the trash.  A trip to the dreaded Wally World was needed.  After a leisurely stroll, through the crowd on Saturday morning, I found all the needed items and they also had some really cool freezer containers.  Too cool!  No rings, jars or lids needed.  I bought the last 2 packages that were on the shelf and thought I would give them a try.  There were only 4 containers to a package and I needed more than that so I did have to use a few jars.  They were easier to use and if they do good storing the jam in the freezer then I will buy more of them.  2 jars have been claimed already.  One by my youngest Ms. Mattie and one by my nephew Jacob.  We had pancakes for breakfast this morning and used about 1/2 of the partial jar.  YUMMY!  Since I was in the mood and had all that stuff out I went back to the store and bought some Porter Peaches and made them into jam also.  Now that is some good stuff!  LOVE Porter Peaches!!

So now I have fruit loaded with sugar to eat.  Not the best thing when you are trying to lose weight.  I will try to use self control and eat it responsibly.
I was in the mood to make jam but NOT in the mood to clean house.  I tried several times to get some cleaning done with limited success.  Just not in the mood to clean this weekend.  So I took a few of my newer Cd's out, plugged them into the computer, put on my headphones and just relaxed.  I always seem to enjoy a CD better if I listen to it with headphones. 
My walking/jogging was rough this weekend.  It is soooo hot outside.  I pushed really hard Friday night and was very sore the rest of the weekend.  I tried to do a bit extra and went out Saturday morning.  It was cooler but I was so sore from the night before.  I went again Saturday night but mainly walked.  It was just too hot.  I am pretty sore today.  Stretching helped some but I may skip tonight's outside exercise and find something to do inside. 
I also tried a new wine this weekend called Angeline.  Not bad at all.