Song of the day: “Gold Forever” by the Wanted. Vastly annoying to have it stuck in your head, because of course the chorus is the things that keeps repeating, over and over again.
On Saturday I slept waaaaay too little. Seriously, didn’t get back to bed until almost three in the morning, and then the alarm went off at eight thirty. It was a busy day, with plenty to do. Chores such as laundry preceded feeding the dogs, and then some editing.
Preparing separate meals for tenant is taking quite a bit of time. She really refuses to eat anything that has salt in it, and since we want her eating healthily anyway, that means lots of experimenting with veggie mixes, salmon and chicken, chickpeas, lentils and barley. So far it’s working. She’s eating a regular three meals a day, and it’s the fruit mashes that work best. Such a relief. Sure, we can’t manage to get her to drink her full quota, but at least we’re getting in more liquids than she realizes. Regretfully, she has let herself become so weak, that she is now hardly able to get out of bed anymore. Most of the time caregiver, Big brother or I will have to fully support her and help her to her chair.
Sally is not doing badly, in particular since she is back on double steroids again. Less trouble with her balance, no more nausea, and for the most part she is keeping herself in good spirits.
There was a yard session, involving lots of weeding. Seriously, man, there are so many weeds growing down there, we could start a jungle. Hah. But anyway. Harvested a massive cauliflower, which went straight into the freezer, some more broccoli and some lettuce.
In the greenhouse we’ve got some nice tomato plants going, which we transplanted into the big containers just the other day, leaving only a few for outside, just as soon as the weather permits.
The first pumpkins are starting to grow, so are the zucchinis and peppers. With a little bit of luck we’ll be able to put them out into the yard soon…well, if this weather persists it will be a while yet. Hah.
Got a nice big donation the other day. Including lots of food for the dogs from that store which had a lot of excess this month. The dogs have been really enjoying the treats.
Empera, the Shepherd, is not showing much improvement, not even with the new prescription of diazepam and prednisone. Poor darling. Now she is basically passed out most of the day.
The car is at the garage at the moment. On Saturday we had a near miss while heading back home through the country. Suddenly big brother noticed that the engine was overheating and when we checked, it turned out that all the water was gone. Luckily we had one liter of water with us, which allowed us to head for the river where we got the remaining three liters to get us home. Nothing much we could do about it until Monday, so this morning we took it to town, and were sent off again ‘till tomorrow because he couldn’t find it at first glass. He’d need to have the car there for a bit to find the problem. About an hour later, when we wanted to refill the cooling liquid tank, we saw a small spray of water. So we were back at the garage, at which point the mechanic told us to turn off the engine and that, basically we were screwed for transportation for the day (had to call little brother to pick us up) because there was a major problem in the engine. Not so much the part (that will cost 2 bucks) but the work hours. Jeez. They’re basically going to have to take the engine out, which will take several hours. *sigh* At least we caught it on time, because this could have been disastrous.
Did get an interesting offer from the receptionist. She has a friend who wants to learn English, and since I am working on my Spanish, she thought we might be able to help each other. Got an appointment tomorrow morning, so we’ll just have to see how that works out.
Our fitness this weekend was hauling down eight hundred pounds of dogfood. Been sore for two days now, seeing as carrying eighty pound per trip, and then jogging back up didn’t go as easy as it did before we got the flu. *sigh* Seriously, by trip number two…or more accurately, dragging my butt back up the mountain, I was puffing like a freight train. By trip number four I was seeing black spots and had a to take a five minute breather before taking the last two bags down. Hah. But I survived, did my (not so) fair share. Big brother carried four more bags than I did, darn it. Goes against my feminist grain, I tell ya.
What else? I’m not entirely sure. I am once again drawing blanks. Well, there were the visiting dogs to walk, of course. Hairy is adapting fast, and really, really enjoys our walks in the morning and afternoon. A sweet little dog, but he also makes me want to take out his batteries. I mean it, that energizer bunny has nothing on him. Hah.
Made a large batch of zucchini soup, but I think something was wrong with one of the zucchini’s because it came out way bitter.
Cousin Ed has been busy trying to find a new job. She would love to do something like reception work at a hotel, so the majority of this morning, while we were tackling the garage and finding a Santander bank (had to pay for my ticket, remember) she had her bike and dropped of her resume at several locations. Which reminds me. The other day I trimmed her hair and dyed it. Looks rather nice. A little shorter, a little loser, so it should work well for her when she looks for a job.
We took way longer today than planned, and silly me, forgot to ask grandpa to let my dogs out during the course of the day. So guess what all happened in my cabin for the duration of some odd five hours. Gawd, it was a mess! Not to mention smelly. The whole place had to be mopped twice with chloride and soap before the smell disappeared. Grrr. Poor darlings were all upset when I got home, I tell ya.
Luckily we did an eight page edit yesterday, because today we didn’t manage more than two, darn it. There was just too much going on. By the time we got home from the car debacle, and picking up another donation with the Opel this time round, I was more than ready to call it a day. *sigh* Of course that was before I even wrote this blog. Now it is already one in the morning, so I better hurry and get ready for bed. I got that appointment in the morning after all.
Gotta go.
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