Thursday, May 4

Thursday, May 4

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU.

Sorry.  Couldn't resist.  

My sister called me this morning.  I had planned to sleep in for a long, long time, but she called at 9 am.  I was not asleep as I had been up to pee just before she called.  We had a nice chat.  She told me about rescuing a robin from Ricky, her adorable little outdoor cat.  The robin had knocked himself out flying into a window, and Ricky was on him in an instant.  Tammy got the robin as quickly as she could, but Ricky had already pulled out most of his feathers.  The robin did not survive, poor thing.  Either he had given himself internal injuries or he died of the shock.

We talked for quite a while, then I did my morning activities, fed the cats, threw peanuts out to the squirrels and blue jays, and settled down to check out current events on my computer. While I was reading about all the most recent embarrassments to our nation, the Fed Ex truck pulled up.  This driver was an older guy, but he was speedy.  I barely made it to the door before he was there handing me a package.  I was so glad to see the truck as I thought surely it would be my Trulicity for the next four months, but nope.  That comes in a very specific box, and this was a repurposed box. I was just about to slice it open with my box cutter when I saw the address.  It was not my address.  It was for someone named Tanya.  The truck was still sitting on the street, so I went out onto the deck and started yelling at the driver (to get his attention, not to YELL at him). 

It took a while for him to notice.  When I told him that the package he had brought me was not mine, he trotted over to get it and told me, “That explains why I could not find the package for my next delivery.”

He went back to the truck and returned with a Chewy box which he set inside the house for me—it was very heavy because it contained two boxes of cat litter—one 30 lbs and the other 19 lbs.  The 30 lb box is for the three litterboxes in the breezeway.  The lighter one is for the laundry room litterbox. 

After he left, I opened and unpacked all the boxes and dragged the heavy boxes of litter to their proper locations.  I sorted this week’s laundry and got it all washed and dried.  The last load is in the dryer, and I will fold that in the morning.  While I was in the laundry room, I cleaned that litterbox and swept up all the scattered litter resulting from overly enthusiastic feline digging. 

I bagged up the recycling in the main part of the house and the kitchen and took that into the breezeway.  While I was in there, I watered the plants, cleaned the three litterboxes, swept up the mess from the feline monsters, and got the heavy boxes of litter stacked up out of the way. 

I called a small grocery order into Lerbergs.  Sally took my order, so only God knows what I will get in my delivery.  Hahaha.  She is a very sweet person, but she tends to get very confused.  I tried to order frozen pot stickers, and she thought I said “hard something.”  Maybe crackers.  I didn’t get what that word was, but it was not stickers.  LOL. 

Ah well.  I shall savor the mystery and make the best out of whatever I end up with.

I spent a very long time breaking down cardboard today.  I got all of it wedged into a large cardboard box.  Tomorrow I will call my brother and ask if he would be willing to run that big box of cardboard to the recycling center and throw it in the large dumpster.  I don’t think I can fit it in my recycling bin, and I don’t want it hanging around in my living room for a month. 

Later in the afternoon, Lily stopped and dropped off my test strips for the glucose monitor and the bag of frozen carrots and peas I asked her to pick up for me.  I am going to make an experimental hotdish with the hamburger I made the other day.  I am going to sauté some celery, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and sliced mushrooms in sesame seed oil then add it into the hamburger and cooked rice with some cream of mushroom soup.  I will put it in my roaster with chow mein noodles on top and bake it till it is crispy on the top.  It will be a pseudo Asian dish conceived in my warped little brain.  I am just sick of tomato sauce based casseroles. 

I was too tired to mess with anything that complex today.  I had not eaten anything all day except for a couple of cookies, a few Ritz crackers, and one of the bonbons my sweet friend Minoan Miss sent to me.  That was delicious. 

I am going to send her a sampler from a local candy store owned by Greek immigrants for at least three generations.  They make the best candy I have ever tasted.  That’s what I give my family for Christmas and to my mother for her birthday.  The shop was recently restored to its original charming state, including the pressed aluminum ceiling.  Here is the link to the site:  Costas Candies | Since 1919 | Owatonna, Minnesota

It is very interesting to read about its history, and looking at all their delicious wares is fun too. 

Earlier today, I also called the clinic to leave a message with my endocrinologist, Ashleigh, about the Trulicity.  I am hoping she will return my call and give me a number I can call to see when/if they are sending me another four month’s supply.  I am hoping it gets delivered tomorrow.

I watched and deleted a couple of things from the DVR while I worked today.  Right now, I am looking forward to going to bed soon.  I worked hard, and my arms/shoulders/back/knees are not happy about it.  I was hungry all day but didn’t feel like cooking or eating.  I considered driving to Owatonna to get some fish from Culvers or maybe a black olive and mushroom pizza from Godfather’s, but I just didn’t want to put on shoes and a bra and leave the house.

At about 7 pm, made some toast and a couple of “over easy” eggs.  I like to dip my toasted French bread in the runny egg—but only if the runny part is HOT.  I don’t like cold runny eggs.  Peaches enjoys licking the remnants of the runny stuff off the bottom of the dish.  I figure it is good for her.  A little protein is a nice treat for her.

I gets that’s all I have for today.  Nothing too exciting or interesting.