Week 34

Yup.  That's what it is.  Thirty-four weeks out of fifty-two in the year.  And all is well.  At least for me, personally, I can say that.  Not so much for some other people I know.

Polar Bear on the Loose - I broke the stall.  I used my Camp NaNoWriMo file on Scrivener and my revised scene cards and wrote a line detailing the conflict for each of the sixty scenes.  If there were scenes that seemed to be missing conflict or having really weak conflict, I highlighted them.  Fourteen scenes are highlighted.  I have a few more things to do, but I made it past that blockage.

750words.com - Still on track there.

Camp NaNoWriMo - I did well with this every day this month until I finished the conflict scenes.  Then, I keep forgetting to go back.  Need to fix that for the last couple days of the month.

Internet Responsibilities - Pretty much the bare minimum there.

Pets - Everyone is doing well.  The kittens turned 11 months today, and Lady celebrated by, once again, turning over and digging through every small trash can in the house.  We tried to give her a name to live up to, but Miss Alley Kat would have been more appropriate.  Sigh.  Yesterday, she carried a tube of Neosporin downstairs.  Last night, she brought it upstairs to me in bed.  I thanked her and put it on the nightstand.  What else can I do?  A few weeks ago, I forgot to put away a stainless steel scrubbing pad from the kitchen sink.  It disappeared.  I have no idea where it went.  A couple of days ago, it appeared on the rug in the parlor.  Thank you, Lady.  I was looking for that.   Hubby calls her the Pack Cat.  Is there any wonder why?

Property -
We got the bottom three boards replaced on the front of the house this week.  Hubby has gotten them nailed in, puttied, and primered.  He still has some puttying to do, another coat of primer, and a color coat.  I don't believe he'll get the color coat put on before he heads back to San Antonio on Monday morning.  On the other hand, he just might do that before he heads out.


Health -
- Weight is up .2 pounds.  It seesawed a little this week -- at one point being the lowest it's ever been since I started this journey at the end of Feb, but ultimately, it swung back up a couple tenths.  I'm not losing sleep over this, but I'm not sure if I should be concerned or not.
- As I've posted elsewhere, the rheumatologist recommended a change in my over the counter meds, prescribed some isometric exercises, and offered me a cortisone injection, which we decided should be given 10 days before I'll need to do a lot of walking for Hershey in October.
- All that is fine, but when I cut Aleve out, my whole body hurt.  Increasing the Tylenol did nothing for me.  I specifically had more pain in my feet, knees, hips, shoulders, neck, head, hands, and wrists (did I miss anything?).  I could barely hold a glass of water last night.  It's nice to know my OTC pain meds do such a good job, and there were no new pains -- just pains the OTC meds have masked for some time.
- I began to wonder if there are dependencies built for Aleve, so I searched on line, and found at least one website that says stopping NSAIDs (Aleve is a minor one) can result in blood clots, so one shouldn't just quit taking them.  Hmm.  Just to be on the safe side, I am going to take one before bed for the next week.  Then for the next week after that, I'm going to take one every other night before bed.  Then I'll quit taking them.  And, if this pain stuff continues, the doc and I are going to have a talk when I see him again on the 22nd. 

In other news -It's been a tough week for a few people I'm aware of.  I know there are always painful things going on, but it seems like they came to a head this week.
- Tammy's Bill getting the news about his processing station shutting down.  Even though you guys have known it was coming, it still feels like a blow to the gut when you finally get the word -- and things are still pretty nebulous, so I think that makes it even worse.
- The lady who boards Millie when we go out of town, was thrown from a horse while giving riding lessons last Friday, and she's in intensive care for the foreseeable future.  I talked to her daughter this week, and, while they have a lot of positive signs -- she squeezed hands and wiggled toes on command on Tuesday -- she lost her right eye and has reconstructive facial surgery - a 16 hour operation if all goes well - scheduled for Thursday.  I'm pretty sure there will be more surgeries scheduled, but they're taking it one day at a time for now.  She was an endurance rider, so she was in great physical shape before the accident, which has to help, but I've been heartsick for her and her family all week.
- A friend of Stephen's, who I've become friendly with, is preparing to lose her mother this week.  While I believe she's been preparing for this point for several months, the moment is at hand this week, so it's bound to be a tough time for her and her family.
- Stephen's life is still in a tough place -- I know it will work out for him, but I still worry about him.
- Like most you, I have many friends and acquaintances who live on the East Coast, so I'm concerned for their well-being with Hurricane Irene bearing down upon them.
- Our town has lost it's second military member in Afghanistan, and his body came home this week, and the family buried him today.  The man had seven children, some of them very young.  That's always tough.  My neighbor was a couple years behind him in school and says he was a great guy.

Just a lot of little stuff (well, not little stuff for the people directly affected, but for me, well....I dunno).  Nothing seriously wrong for me, but I'm a little bummed.