Yesterday was August 3, 2023. It is now 0112. Yesterday morning I had a mammogram appointment. Thanks to Renee' , it was a good experience. Every person I interacted with at the Dosher Memorial Hospital was friendly and kind to me. Renee' was the mammogram technician and she made sure that the mammogram took the least amount of time possible, and hurt the least amount. She also helped me get dressed when we were done.
When we got to Dosher Memorial hospital, I was about 30 minutes early, so we sat in the Mazda for a few minutes before going in. When we got out of the Mazda, I felt pain in both hips upon standing. Even though we were offered a ride to the front door, we declined. Caleb and I walked, even though it was painful for me to do so. Every step I took hurt a lot. I had to shorten my stride and take baby steps. A much older woman walked from behind us, to way in front of us as she walked fast. I couldn't believe how slow I had to walk.
Overall the appointment went well. I had trouble walking back to the Mazda too. Even though I wanted to stop at Walmart to see if they had restocked their Spring Water, I didn't because it hurt too much to walk. I was able to go through the drive-thru at CVS and pick up his medication. I met Marissa, the pharmacist, who I had met a few days ago when buying Dona Sharon's migraine medication. I did not realize she was a pharmacist until I spoke to her today. She is so friendly!
After that, Caleb and I went home. I was glad to be home where I could sit in the sir conditioning in my old chair. I had to use hape' to try to ease the pain. I began looking for the charger to my heat flash wrist band, and Caleb offered to help me when I couldn't find it. Caleb tore up my work space to find it, and still did not find it. Guess where it was? Exactly where I thought it was, only I did not see it the first few times I looked in the drawer! Now that my workspace was a mess, I had to re-organize my things. It wasn't a bad thing as I have been meaning to do it, and never getting around to it. Now my workspace is mostly organized. I still have to go through all these papers I have collected and throw away the trash.
I went to Food Lion later in the afternoon when I was feeling better. I went to buy a lot of Spring Water, since they were put of stock the last time we went, and it's the only water Dona Sharon can drink because of her GI problems. Luckily we arrived just as a boy was stocking the shelves with water, and he had several boxes of Spring Water I asked to take before he put on the shelves. He let us have them, and we did the rest of our shopping.
I made turkey drumsticks for dinner. They didn't turn out like I expected, but were still ok. The skin was not crunchy. Caleb hated it and didn't eat his. Dona Sharon loved hers. I made her a sweet potato and corn on the cob to eat, meanwhile making myself a zucchini, yellow squash, sweet onion, and baby bella mushroom side dish that I cooked in the frying pan.
Once dinner was ready and everybody had a chance to eat, I took my meds and went to bed.
Today I have an appointment with Google ads support by video call. Ebony, our new housecleaner will be here around 1430, and work with us for 4 hours to get Dona Sharon's room cleaned up so Chris, our beloved neighbor, can put together her new furniture she bought in her room.
I still am working to catch up on the laundry. Caleb is helping me by checking the dryer when I ask him to. Caleb and I worked on cleaning out my room. I did most of the work myself. I took all the clothes that I bought last year when I lost weight that are too small for me now, out of my closet and put them into storage containers and stacked them along the wall. I have 3 full containers of new clothes waiting for me to lose weight in 2 different sizes. I then put the clothes that recently bought, that are my current size to hang in the closet. Now I can see my floor! I don't have baskets of clean laundry with nowhere to go on my floor! I am so happy!
Caleb helped me change the mattress protector on my bed and put the new cooling sheet on it. The next day we changed the mattress protector and sheet on Dona Sharon's bed. I don't call call Dona Sharon that anymore. I call her nana.
Anyway, I began making progress on the laundry room. Caleb tore it up looking for blankets and sheets, and di not put it back the way it was when he was done.
Ebony straightened up the living room for us on Monday. I cleaned up the kitchen and have been able to maintain it to a better degree than I had been.
Nana had Occupational therapy on Wednesday morning. Caleb had his psychiatrist appointment on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Kathy was noticeably disappointed with the way the ABA service treated the situation once I told her what happened. I felt validated in being upset by it. We scheduled Caleb for talk therapy to take its place.
Today is Friday, so it's the last day of appointments for the week. It is now August 4, 2023, and I have been in nutritional ketosis everyday so far this month. I check my ketones before dinner, so hopefully this will make day 4.
I bought a new grooming set for Bella and Bubba. The nail trimmer is supposed to be quiet and easy to use. The grooming vacuum allows me to brush and vacuum the hair at the same time. I also got Bella some probiotic chews to help her with her yeast problems.
I bought Caleb a new pair of shoes, new underwear, and new socks that came in the mail today. He was happy! He doesn't know that he has new shirts coming, along with a spare pair of shoes, and some shorts.
I have had to put my business on hold. I can't keep going at the pace I was. I was giving a lot of my time in trying to take the classes I registered for, and keep up with social media, along with advertising and marketing. It takes a lot of time because I am the only one working on my business. I don't have anybody to help me. I still have to record the Vocal resonance training videos for my library before they get taken down. I might do that this weekend.
I messaged my Aunt Lisa when I saw that she was online. I hope to call her this weekend to catch up. I had to stop chatting before I was ready to stop because I had to get ready for my mammogram appointment.
I talked to my mom yesterday for a few minutes. I like to hear her voice, and sometimes get to video call her to see her.
I should hear about my mammogram in about a week. That's when I will get the report in the mail.
Caleb earned an Xbox gift card by helping me. He mowed the lawn on Wednesday morning, and has been helping me get the house back in order.
I found Harlee's blanket while I was cleaning out the laundry room, and went to ship it to her the same day.
I mailed the response letters to the VA regarding my Aid & Attendance form and decision the same day that I went to the UPS store.
I can't get over how much I hate my haircut. It was cut straight across, instead of maintaining the V-shape I had it in. I can't wear it down now. I am wearing my Army bun that I wore before I knew how to do a big Army bun. I am using the same hair product I used in basic training to grow my hair out faster.
This week was the second week that I walked a mile on Monday. I took a shower and really didn't have a lot of energy to much after that, but I helped Ebony clean the house when she was here. The plan is 4 weeks intervals. So 4 weeks of 1 day of walking a mile, then 4 weeks of 2 days walking a mile, until I reach 4 or 5 days of walking a mile a week. Then I will try to increase the pace and wear my weighted vest to build endurance and muscle.
I am wearing my compression far-infrared tank top under my clothing again, and it is helping me a lot. I feel better overall when I wear it. I want to wear it everyday. I stopped wearing it when I was sweating a lot, but with my new cooling sheet and cooling blanket, I am not having night sweats anymore.
I am going to go through the laundry room and give away what we no longer use to the thrift store down the street from us that benefits the home for women and children of domestic violence. I might have some things in my closet, and from Caleb's room to give away too. I know he still has some clothes that are too small for him that he can give away.
I have to find a way to get Caleb a new bed. his bed is broken and needs to be replaced. I have to help him clean his room up too.
I am going to try these new supplements for fibromyalgia pain when I need them. I am also using the Vibe device I bought on a regular basis. I also updated the schedule for using the Apollo neuro device I wear. I want to unpack the chakra gemstone far-infrared mat and place it on my bed so I can use it. I just don't know how I am going to store when I am not using it after I unpack it.
I haven't been keeping up with my meditations or my self-Reiki lately. Time moves too fast, or I move too slow. Either way, there's not enough time in the day to get everything want to do done.
I will be starting to work with Caleb on homeschooling once we get far enough into cleaning the house and maintaining its cleanliness. It's hard to work on homeschooling with all this clutter everywhere. Caleb is like a tornado. you can tell where he has been just by looking at the state of the room. It's normally in total destruction after he has been there.
I wanted ABA service, Cross River ABA therapy for Autism, to help me with training Caleb hos to clean up after himself, but apparently, they are not up for the job since they "can't" work in my home.
Caleb fell asleep next to me in my bed last night. He has been having nightmares and wanted to sleep in my bed. I woke up this morning and was surprised that he didn't wake up before me and go to his room to sleep.
I applied for homeschool assistance for food. I don't know how long they take to make a decision, but any help I can get to bring this food bill down would be good. I don't know why they changed the law in NC to include disability payments as income when applying for food stamps. Now, I am no longer legible for food stamps, but I still need assistance to keep food in the house.
The whole reason behind trying to build a business is that I need a part-time job I can do on my own schedule that I can work from home to make extra money to pay these bills. I am in so much debt right now, it's exhausting. Stuff costs so much! We can't go without the stuff we need, so I end up having to use credit cards. I want to get out of debt and be able to save money in an investment account. I have to plan for my retirement because I will not get paid the same amount once I am 65 years old. I will be paid less then, and I have to plan for how I will be able to pay my bills. I am currently "unemployable" and paid at the 100% disabled rate by VA, but once I am 65, I will be paid at the 80% disabled rate which is a lot less per month. I don't know why this is how it is, but it is.
I had my appointment with my psychiatrist on Tuesday. We talked about my MST, and I got it recorded on my file. We also discussed how Dr. Rodriguez told me to ask her about my medications because at least one of them may be causing my sexual dysfunction. After talking, I made the decision to stay on my current medications because they are working for me otherwise.
I am waiting to hear from Coach Brandi and Sheila about cooperating in helping veterans together. I think we are supposed to be doing some kind of online interview, but I am not sure.
I haven't been reading my books lately.
I bought a new health watch for diabetics, and it is not accurate, so it is to helpful. It was a waste of my money. I thought it would work to keep an eye on my glucose, but the readings were not accurate when I checked them against my blood glucose readings. The reading was off by 36 mg/dl. The second time I checked it today was even worse, so I am going to be trying to get a refund.
I have had a lot of soda since I woke up this morning. I am sooo thirsty. I drank water and the rest of my Gatorade zero from yesterday too. Man I am thirsty!
It's now 0301, and I should be getting back to bed. I have a lot of work waiting for me in the morning.
One more thing. There is the guy who I started chatting with because I noticed he was a friend of a friend, but all he wants to do is talk about sex, and I am NOT INTERESTED. Sooo not interested! I am thinking I might block him just because he makes me uncomfortable.
Anyway, I'm sure I could come with even more stories about how my week has gone, but I need to sleep.
Thank you for reading, and have a blessed day!
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