Today's prompt is " What are your top three wishes?" Health, wealth, and true love are my top 3 wishes.
Yesterday was a challenging day. I had that therapy appointment online. That went well, but immediately after it I had to leave for Wilmington. Traffic was not bad, but I could tell it was getting to be too hot outside. I got to the Wilmington VA early for my physical therapy appointment. Caleb went inside with me. Masks are still required. He brought in his laptop computer and new keyboard that a neighbor gave to him to keep him occupied while I was in my appointment. He was not the only kid in the waiting areas! I was happy to see that I am not the only one who brings my child with me to my appointments. I think a stranger waved to me as I was walking by, but I only saw it out of the corner of my eye. I kept walking, because I was trying to get to the check-in area for my appointment. I hope I didn't ignore someone who was trying to be friendly.
My appointment went well. My physical therapist applied pressure to many areas of my back to determine where I was having pain. Ugh! It hurt! It hurts the most around my tail bone, but I am guessing that was from driving in the car for an hour. I did some new exercises to try to build up my core and relieve some pains while I was there. I really like this doctor. He is easy to talk to. I could talk to him all day. He is super tall. I asked him how tall he was, and he said "6' 7", unless I have shrunk since I last checked!" Wowza! That's tall! I was just amazed at how tall he was. I don't get out much. Things like that fascinate me.
The session was short, as things were hurting. It was hard to swing my body back up from lying on the table to get up. I definitely worked something out! Whew!
I made 4 more appointments before leaving. I wanted to make a dental appointment, but the dental appointment person was on lunch break.
As we were leaving the building, Caleb stopped at the give one, take one library cart. I was thinking. I have 24 copies of my book coming to me. Actually I have 25, but one is already spoken for. I can leave some of my books there for veterans to read!
Caleb was hungry on the way home, and wanted to stop at Arby's. I love Arby's , but I can't eat anything on their menu right now because I am on keto. I offered him some almonds or pistachios that I brought along with us instead. That way I would not be in front of my favorite fast foods at lunch time. There was a storm over us, and I wanted to get home before the rain hit. That was my reason to Caleb for not stopping.
We made it home, and we caught no rain. It was super hot outside. It was another heat advisory day, with heat index of 101 degrees.
I needed a break, and so I went to take a nap. I had just finished a diet mountain dew, so I should have known that I would not be able to fall asleep, but I was able to let my body recover from all that driving back and forth, and the exercises.
I filed for transportation expenses reimbursement with the VA once I figured out how to do it. I should be getting money for gas to travel.
Caleb took out a ribeye steak for me to cook later, and after I got up we went to CVS to pick up Caleb's medications. I went inside after going through the drive-thru for his medications, to get batteries for the grill lighter fixture.
Once we got home, we had to cool off in the air conditioning. Thank God I have multiple air conditioners in the house because my central air conditioner can not keep up with this heat!
I began preparing my steak. Caleb still had sausages left over from yesterday. I made alot of vegetables yesterday too, so I ate them with my steak. I can only have so much vegetables. Sometimes I wish I could have more per day. I can only have 30 grams of carbohydrates a day according to my diet.
This time, I followed my own rules to starting the grill. Caleb opened the propane valve, and we only turned on one burner. I only turned it to medium heat this time, and wallah! It lit, and I didn't get burned! Magnificent!
It doesn't take long to cook my steak as I like it medium-rare to rare.
Dinner was enjoyed, and I took my medications and began to wind down for the day.
I almost totally forgot that yesterday was the launch of the book that I have written in! We made the International Best-Seller's List! I do not know our other metrics yet, but once I do, I will be sure to report.
I do not know how many books I was able to sell. It's impossible to know because there were so many other authors who were also trying to sell our book at the same time. I'm just glad we made it!
I am very proud of myself. I am waiting for reviews to show on amazon.com. I have already been told "Thank you" by 2 readers who read my chapter. It's a pretty awesome feeling knowing that I was able to share things with other through this channel.
Today I have my VA psych eval in the afternoon. I have to drive all the way back to Wilmington for that. It's going to be another hot day too. I wonder what the person who is doing the evaluation will report. I should find it enlightening , I would think.
I am washing my load of laundry so i have my compression far infrared tank top to change into when I am ready to take a shower. Bella still needs a bath. I might give her one tomorrow when there are certainly no appointments.
The yard is looking bad again. I need Jonathan to come mow the lawn once more. I still haven't assembled my electric lawn mower that I bought for Caleb to use. I am just running behind in my projects because I have down days where I can not function. I lose so much time to fibromyalgia.
I am burning some intention candles now, and I burned some sage. I should smell nice and witchy when I go out today. I wish I had the paperback version of my book already because I would be able to share them today.
July is going by faster than usual. I still have orientation tasks to do at Capella University. I am not done with the Dream Builder program that I started. It helps to create a business plan. I am still applying to scholarships. i am working on one that requires 3 short essays right now. You know, some times it is easy to come up with alot of words to use, and others times it;s very difficult for me to find words to use.
I am waiting for a time like this when I have the words to write. Blogging here does not take as much effort for me. I write as if I am talking to myself, reviewing the day.
I have not heard anything more from Dona Sharon. I do not know if she is getting my messages. I wish she would text back accordingly. If my dad could see, I would spend time texting him directly.
I think it was 2 mornings ago that a family member in Brazil passed away. I think he was my dad's uncle. He was the father of my second-cousins, so that sounds about right. It was sad. My cousin Erick messaged me on Facebook about it yesterday. I do not speak Portuguese, and he does not speak English. I saw Wagner's post the morning that his father passed away. Wagner must be Erick's brother, also my cousin. I do not know alot of our family in Brazil. I was most interested in Tia Marley and Tia Rosaly when I was younger because they are Brazilian women who were my second- Aunts. I thought that I would one day like to visit where my dad grew up, but now I think not so much. It is hot there, and I don't want to travel outside of the United States anymore.
I am getting sidetracked so I guess it is time to move on with things I need to get done now.
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