Tuesday, July 20, 2021

5 Year Journal Day 297

      Today's prompt is "Write a haiku about your day (5 syllables/ 7 syllables/ 5 syllables)." 

     I woke up early.

     Bella followed me around. 

     Chores are being done now. 

     It is now 6:33 am here. I woke up around 4:00 am. I went ahead and started the washing machine, hand washed some dishes, finished loading the dishwasher, and started the dishwasher. I made a new breakfast of Vanilla blended Greek yogurt and fresh blueberries. It was better than I expected! I did not even need to eat that much to feel satisfied. Awesome/

     Sunday I decided to avoid the Big 4 : bread, rice, pasta, and potatoes. Today is Saturday. It has been a week. I have made it through without eating any of the foods I wanted to avoid. Caleb ate potatoes and asked me every time he cooked them if I wanted some. I kept telling him that I could not have them right now. I wonder if I have been able to lose any weight. 

     This past week I went to physical therapy twice. Once was in the pool, and the other time was in the office. Both had their challenges.

     Today Caleb has to complete his testing. I have to catch up on washing clothes and cleaning the kitchen. Once Caleb has finished his testing, he needs to clean up the messes he created on the floors. 

     Tomorrow we have a play date at the splash pad. Today is going to be all work. 

     Yesterday we went to the Mazda dealership in Wilmington to have the Mazda looked at because the check engine light is on. We had a 7:30 am appointment and got there a few minutes earlier. It is an hour away. Yesterday I woke up around 4:00 am too. I stayed up. 

     We were at the dealership for more than an hour waiting for results. We are going to try replacing the fuel cap as a first solution. I also have some other recommendations to think about getting done soon. I already made another appointment for this Friday coming up at 7:30 am again. I am going to go ahead and get the fuel cap replaced as well as get the front brake pads replaced .

     When we left the dealership yesterday, we went directly to the VA clinic I could drop off my stool sample to the lab. 

     Thursday I went to the VA clinic and had blood drawn as well was given a stool sample kit. I was there for an appointment in the eye glasses clinic to choose my glasses frames, and went ahead and stopped at the lab because I got there early enough to take care of that too. 

     I am having my hormones checked to see if I am in menopause. I am having my stool checked for colorectal problems. I am still waiting for my pelvic exam results. I had my annual physical exam last week. It takes 2 weeks to get the pelvic exam results back.   

     When I got back home after leaving the VA clinic yesterday, I went straight to my bed to rest. I was tired and wanted a nap. I stayed in bed the rest of the day. We went to Walmart around 6 something in the evening so I could buy blueberries to eat for breakfast.

     I made my own version of gumbo for dinner. I had a bag of shrimp thawed in the fridge that needed to be cooked. I used a large bag of frozen cut okra, 2 cans of black beans, 2 cans of fire roasted tomatoes, 1 cup of quinoa, and a 2 lbs. bag of Argentine p&d 16/20 shrimp. I seasoned it with Zatarains' Creole seasoning. It turned out really good. 

     It is now 6:53 am and Caleb is awake. I have a load of laundry in the dryer, a load in the washer, and dishes in the dish strainer to be put away, and dishes in the dishwasher to be put away. 

     I need to finish cleaning the kitchen, then go clean out the hallway bathroom. We have something blocking the drain in the bathroom sink that I need to find a way to clear. 

     There is no water left at Walmart. I have asked my Aunt Lisa to find a way to ship 10 gallons of water to me. Shipping is free when she orders from Sam's Club because she has a membership. Hopefully it is not a problem. We are in hurricane season, and I need to be sure we have water just in case. 

     Tonight I want to make a big salad with the rest of the salad ingredients I have leftover from earlier this week when  made the first big salad. I created my own Red Wine vineagrette dressing for the first time. It was good , but had too much salt. I will likely cook the sausages with the bell peppers because I need to cook the bell peppers before they go bad.

     The other day, Caleb and I watched Disney's "Fluppy Dogs" that he found on youtube for me. It gave me the feels. My mom recorded that movie along with alot of other cartoons on VHS when I was a very little girl. I don't know what happened to the VHS, but I kept it for a really long time. I watched it over and over as I was growing up. The other movies on that VHS are "My Pet Monster" (Monster Max), and Disney's "A Christmas Carroll." 

     Walmart had Care Bears for sale, and it gave me the feels too. I ended up buying a "Togetherness" Bear. 

     I am wondering if I should put Caleb back in regular school. Ugh. So mnay things to think about. 

     I have spent the last of our food stamps. We will not be getting any more. 

     I received the first of the child tax credit payments. It's not as much as the food stamps, but at least it's something that will keep us from being hungry. My debts are so high, I have very little money for food. I am trying to get myself out of debt but it is a slow process. I need to find a way to bring more money into the budget, but I cannot work. 

     I already started buying school supplies for Caleb. I need a math textbook to teach him pre-algebra. 

     My work space is a disaster and needs to be organized. 

     I have been trying to stay on top of my stuff so I can also help my dad, but it is too much to do for one person. He needs someone to make calls  for him , and send emails. He also needs to get his documents together and file claims. I cannot do everything he is trying to get done. I am overwhelmed by the stuff that he needs done. I have taken a break from things, but meanwhile, he needs to have appointments made through the VA to repair his eyesight and get him psychological care. He needs to speak to a therapist on a regular basis. He is trying to fix his credit so he can move out of the motel he is living in and buy a house of his own. 

     I already helped him get the vehicle he wanted. Now he needs to get his eyes fixed so he can drive the damn thing. Sharon needs to get her eyes examined and glasses replaced so she can renew her driver's license and put the vehicle in her name on the title and registration. The temporary tags will expire soon, and my dad has not received the title yet from the dealer he bought from. 

     I am trying to figure what is the best decision for Caleb for this school year. He has gotten his Covid-19 vaccine. I just don't know. 

     Meanwhile I still have to file the paperwork for social services regarding Caleb's suspected biological father. 

     I have so many books that I have not had the energy to read. I have not even done the last of the meditations in my program with Magdalene Rose Temple. 

     Caleb was supposed to go on a filed trip on Tuesday, but he doesn't want to go as much as I thought he did. He would rather go to my physical therapy at the pool with me. He was supposed to go riding ponies in the water with a group of kids his age, led by adults. It was going to be a whole day activity. Oh well. 

     I was reading about this diabetes' reversal program that I bought. It is mostly juice based, where I have to make my own juices throughout the day. I think it requires too much work. I also think that I can take what I have learned from the e-book, and apply it to my situation in  away that suits me. So far, I am already doing better than I was. 

     Yesterday I did most of one of the exercise programs that my physical therapist told me to do at home. I did the exercises while I waiting at the dealership in the waiting area. I could do everything there except the one where I have to be laying down. I even got my 6 minutes of walking done! SO, a pat on the back for that. I have to do the exercises twice a day, and only did it once because I went to bed when I got home. Today I hope to do better.

     I am now on 13 units of slow acting insulin a day. I have been referred to pre-bariatric surgeon appointments. I don't know if I wrote about all the things that have happened since going to my annual physical exam. I don't remember. I don't think I will go through with the surgery, but the advice from the surgeon could help me lose weigh naturally. I have an appointment with Leann Grossman, my dietician at the VA, on Monday morning. We will discuss my diet and what needs to change now that I am on insulin. I need to know about how carbohydrates I can eat a day, and lose weight. I also need to know what type of carbs I can eat safely as a diabetic. 

     Caleb is begging me to give him his bike back. He went to take Bella for a walk since it is early, and not too hot outside yet. It has been 100 degree heat index the last 2 days, and maybe more, but that's all I've heard on the radio. 

     

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