Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Tuesday, Kim is cranky


 Woke up this morning with a throat full of knives.  Took some pain meds and it is better. I don't really need to feel punk right now.  Too much to do to get out of town.  I am going to need a vacation after I get ready to go on vacation.


Here I am trying really hard to be chipper.  It is not working. That bed is not made yet and it may not get there today as I might be crawling back into it after I complete my sewing tasks. By the way these are the pants that I bought at Talbots a few years ago, and I put them on and then could not get them off.  They would not slide back over my heels.  Hubs tried to help and pulled me down the hall trying to get them off my feet.  We finally had to cut them to get them off. But Hubs had a good laugh he kept pulling me all over the house, I could not get him to stop.

I was able to complete two wedding dresses yesterday and get a good start on the third before I ran out of oomph. I also ran to post office to stop our mail and pick up a mailer for a small gift. I also ran to paper co. and stopped paper and left a Christmas check for the carrier. I picked up a few more items for my nieces' Christmas box, as I realized I had purchased way more for the younger one than the older one. Ross had some really good deals. Then home to sew and we had leftover enchiladas for dinner.  I went to bed early.

I still need to hem a wedding dress and do three other alterations.  Just 3!  I am having a hard time convincing myself I can do this. Really, I am feeling okay right now, but I am just not motivated.



Trying to get enough meds to be gone almost a month has been very trying.  Every day it is a new story about how or why we cannot get them.  Insurance company's do not want to pay for more than one month at a time and we need more than a month.  Now some of my meds are controlled and that makes it even harder. I had one that was supposed to be filled before I left for Nampa and when I got back, they said that insurance had not approved it yet.  It had been 10 days what do they need?  Well, I found out I could just purchase the drug it was all about payment. (of course, rotten dirty bast%RDs )  How much $47.00 for 3 months.  I am already charge $10.00 a month so I paid the generous insurance portion of $17.00. Now I realize that I will run out of my most expensive med.  I can pay for the prescription to be shipped to Sissie's early, but it will be $4974.00.  Yeah, I just happen to have that in a piggy bank.  I called my doctor, and they are going to give me a sample to get me through.  Hubs has been having the same issues. We have been at the pharmacy every day and will return tomorrow. All I can do is try and stay in good humor.


All of Thanksgiving except blankets and pillows is stacked on the table in the dining room.  I might get up the energy to get it put back in its box.

Signe' threw away their Christmas tree last year that had seen better days.  She went to buy one and they were outrageous, so she called and asked to borrow our tree as we were not going to put it up.  Then she will buy one after the holiday when the go down in price.  I love that my daughter's sometimes think like me. I am not sure which shed Hubs has the tree stored in outside. He is back at the school again today. He came home after a 12-hour day last night and took some aspirin and went to bed. He took a lunch this morning as he only has an hour, and it is 20 minutes to the school, and 20 minutes back.

I went and mailed my brother's package so that is off the list of to do's. I also stopped to check on scripts and found out I have 5 Albertson's point that have to be used before I leave.  I will check and see if Signe' needs anything. I do not want to waste them.

I also ordered Starbucks gift cards with my Fetch points for my eldest daughter's mother-in-law.  Fetch would only allow me to order $10.00 cards.  Last year I could get a $25.00 one, so I ordered 3 and I am waiting for them to come through so I can print them off and get my last box mailed and then other than wrapping I am done with Christmas.

My neck and shoulders ache so does my bad hip.  Whenever I get feverish it just seems to sink into the joints in my body that are bad. I have some keloids in my abdomen from a major surgery I had as a little girl. There is scar tissue that formed in a couple of places.  As I grew the tissue moved.  One place is high on the right side of my upper abdomen just under my ribs.  The other is on the left side just above my hip.  So, when I get a fever, those spots burn and ache.  It was hell to be pregnant when I got really big as those keloids tore and were painful. In fact, if I gain too much weight on my stomach one of them will just throb constantly, and it makes me so miserable I just go on a diet.  But trust me it is a forced diet.  They cannot remove these as they would just come back and get bigger.  These jeans are rubbing the hip keloid, now I can change pants but what about the artificial big toe joint in my right foot.  I cannot remove that and as it is artificial why does it hurt? Where are my scissors?  I told you I was cranky, and you read this far so ......

Okay I can do this if I set my timer and try:

1. put patches on police uniform

2. put stripes on dress blues

3. shorten coat sleeves

4. hem wedding dress and bustle

5. clean cat box

6. put decorations away

7. pay as many bills as possible

8. go to bed

On your mark get set go!  This still leaves two dress one is easy the other is not and one more bridal dress before we go.  I feel like this year will never end.

Eldest daughter just called and said she had been assigned a shaken baby case.  She was waiting all day yesterday along with her colleagues for the hospital to call that they had taken the infant off life support. She said, there was not a dry eye in the building, even the big burly police officers were in tears. Having done these cases before, she said sometimes it is a blessing as the children have severe brain damage and coming from the homes most of them do, they do not get the care and the resources they need.  Luckily the 3 year old was taken away and will likely never go back. You just have to give these kinds of things over to God, as there is no way to explain this kind of behavior, or the hurt that it brings. I do not like my daughter's job. but she is good at it, and someone has to prosecute, to protect and innocent.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.


Kim


23 comments:

  1. Chores 1-4 can be done with hot glue, skip to number 8. It is funny and incredulous that your pants had to be cut off. Is there a video of the dragging. Funny!
    I have been criticized for saying it is better when shaken babies die. I am glad to hear a professional can say so. When Tommy hears of a baby/child being abused, his solution is to do the same to the perpetrator.

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    1. When I have a fever, my elbows hurt and I have never had an injury or pain in my elbows in my whole life except when I run a fever.

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  2. I totally understand your daughter. The kid cases get to you. On another note, I laughed very hard at your husband pulling you through the house trying to get your stuck pants off…. that is too funny! Cindy in the South

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  3. I'm so sorry for your daughter. I know I'm not cut out to do that type of work, and am very impressed with anyone who can deal with it calmly (or, as rationally as possible). Really hoping you feel better, and that you get your sewing done!

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    1. Well the throat pain is a little better, but I sound awful!

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  4. Will it make you crankier if I point out that today is Wednesday? Hope you feel better AND get all of your work done.

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    1. I really laughed when I realized I had done this. Yeah, that is about where my brain is right now!

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  5. Jre I have a daughter-in-law who was a county social worker in CPS, only lasted a few years (as was usual for that position) due to the nature of the work. Just awful (as you know with your family’s tragedy). She has 6 kids at home now so is a stay at home mom and I’m glad. Before Covid she worked one day a week and it was nice for her to get out of the house! My daughter years ago worked with a young child who had been harmed by her mother who had maunchasans by proxy (intended harm for attention, mental illness) and she was in a vegetative state. So terrible!

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  6. I am laughing at the vision of you being dragged through the house! Oh my gosh.
    Pain in the A with your meds - hope you get it all straightened out.
    Your daughter is a special person to be able to do that job. I could not. I studied to be a social service worker, and the on the job training and what I saw and dealt with, was too much for me. Huge hugs to her.
    FEEL BETTER!

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    1. I know it is a job I could not do. I would go postal.

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  7. I spent a good part of today at the Urgent Care for a sinus infection(+ in my ears)and then waiting on Walmart pharmacy to fill the Rxs. sigh. I think we are the same person in 2 different bodies. I'd pay good money to see Hubs drag you through the house by your pants. lol

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  8. I know this is going to sound weird but could you and your sisters post a thread that connect you all together? I have been reading awhile. I think Sluggy is one of the sisters but am not sure about everyone else. Or put a heading at the top of your blogs "the sisters" it would be so helpful to your new and semi new readers. Hope you all have a wonderful vacation!!

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    1. No, we do not. Sluggy is a sister not by blood but by crazy! Sis will not start a blog and I want her to.

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  9. The unbelievable pain some children are exposed to is the hardest to hear. I hope your daughter is able to leave her work behind at the end of the day. I've had some heart wrenching interactions in my career, but none so bad as that. I hope your meds get sorted. You deserve this vacation to be stress free.

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  10. It saddens me greatly to think about the precious baby.
    Get well, and get well quickly! Both you and Sluggy need to be ready to cruise without taking any crud with you.
    I am laughing again at you being pulled around by the pants.

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  11. I cannot imagine what kind of a punishment would be fit for someone who puts her/his hand on innocent children who can't defend themselves. I could not do what your daughter does. Wishing her the best. On another note, I hope you recover quickly and be done with the last dresses you need to finish.

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    1. I can hardly wait to be done. So tired of sewing.

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  12. Just wanted to say thank you for your love and support. It means so much. Regine

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