Not much....

Not much to report on this week.

The three day weekend (due to Monday being a holiday for us) was lovely.  Aside from Dave not feeling well, of course.

We got Dave to urgent care on Sunday afternoon, and missed the march.  He did NOT have the flu, so that was good news.

He's feeling better now, just still dealing with a lot of nasal discharge.

I, thankfully, never caught the virus from him.

The four days at work were long and tedious.  It's funny how short weeks can feel so long!

Yesterday, Dave got his Christmas gift massage, and I got my regular monthly massage.

I missed December, though, because the therapist was dealing with family issues.  I am sore today because of that missed session!

Went to Yoga class again yesterday.  I am really liking it.

Then, last night, we finally got in the hot tub for the first time in several weeks.

You'd think that, between Yoga, a massage, a couple of delicious cocktails, and the tub, I would have slept really well.  Sadly, I did not.  BUT, there was no reason to get up this morning, so we stayed in bed until after 8.

After our massage appointments yesterday, we stopped at Kohl's to use my 30% off coupon.  I needed to replace my worn out walking shoes, now that my foot feels better, and Dave wanted some long sleeved t-shirts that are nice enough to wear to work.

Nike's were on sale, so I have new shoes, and hope to start walking again this week.  The hospital across the street from work has a tunnel that I use in when the weather outside isn't ideal for walking.  I only have to be outside for a few minutes.

Today, we are going to see "The Wizard of Oz" on the big screen, and then there is a general meeting at the dance studio that I really should attend.

As someone who has worked the front desk on and off over the years, and who is a key holder, I should show up.

It's right at dinner time, though, which is highly inconvenient.

I have to cook a meal because that's how we get some of our lunches for during the week.  I plan my menu carefully, and have to cook what I planned so that we have our left overs.

OH well... whatever.  I'll see if Dave can fill in while I am out.  He's somewhat capable of simple cooking techniques, if I give him lots of instruction, HAHA!

To march or not to march...

The Oklahoma version of the Women's March is today at the capitol.

We made our signs last night, and planned to go, but Dave started feeling sick late yesterday.

Sore throat, stuffy head.

This morning, unfortunately, he's worse.  He's saying he is achy all over, he has chills, and his head hurts, too.

There is no fever, though, so it's possibly NOT the actual flu.

He's going to go back to bed after we eat breakfast.  If he still feels as bad after that as he does now, we will go to urgent care to get him tested.  If it's flu, and he starts tamiflu today, IF we can afford it, he'll be in better shape than if we wait.

He got a flu shot this year for the first time, to protect his dad and me.  Hopefully, if it IS the flu, he won't get really sick.

Anyway, I think we missed the march last year because it was wet way too cold out for me to stand in the wind for hours (with a compromised immune system due to constant chemo).

Yesterday was in the 20s with 40-50 mile per hour winds, but today is clear and sunny, and should be in the 40s.

Still cold to be out in for hours, but not like if it had been yesterday, and I am no longer on chemo!

I COULD, in theory, go alone....and that is on my mind as a possibility.  It kind of depends on if we are going to urgent care this afternoon or not.

Tomorrow is a day off for my office, so Dave took off, too.  Glad we don't have to worry about work on top of him being sick.

Fortunately, we got all of our errands done yesterday, and all that's on the plan for today is for me to do a couple of cooking projects.

If I don't march, I can take care of Dave, and read, and practice some of the yoga I learned yesterday at my first ever real yoga class.

Hibernation mode

It's a very rare thing that I sleep past 7 or 7:30 on the weekends, no matter how late we stay up.

This weekend, though, we have both slept late both days.

I got up at 9:15 yesterday, Dave at 10:30, and today, we both got up at 9:30.

It's been lovely, but it DOES cut in to our available time for doing all of our weekend stuff.

Our good friend Jules came over last night for dinner.

I was supposed to make a Moroccan tagine dish in the new clay baking dish she gave me for Christmas (brought directly from Morocco by her Moroccan family members), but I hadn't researched how to season the pot until it was too late to start for last night's dinner.

The seasoning process takes many hours, and we didn't get back from errands until 3.

SO, I made our special meal in my dutch oven, and it turned out beautifully.  Now, Jules will be forced to come back over another time so we can break in the tagine properly!

In the meantime, I will spend today seasoning it.

Dave got it in to soak for me yesterday.  He used the cooler and the hose to fill it up.   Just like we soak the Christmas eve ham!

Once it dries, I need to put it in the cold oven, bring it up to 300 for a couple of hours.  Then, it has to cool in the oven completely before removing it.  Then it gets a coat of oil.

Other than that, I will be making a roast of beef for tonight's dinner, with roasted cauliflower on the side.

Dave still has to go take care of his pop, and I have some chores to do, but it will be an easy day.

I think the weather has been the reason for our hibernation mode.  It's been cold, windy, dark, and damp.  I am bummed that the snow storm that stretched across the region was far north of us.

Oh well...

The visit to my doc's new office was kind of a fiasco.  The process of checking in and all went fine, but, for some reason, they didn't have the medication for my injection!

My doc was very apologetic, as was the staff. 

That means that I have to go back on Monday, and that means that my employer is flipping out, and requiring me to provide a doctor's note!

Do they think I am playing hookie for one hour?? I only need to take off ONE HOUR!

It's also HIGHLY ILLEGAL for them to require a doctor's note from a person who has a valid and active FMLA form on file.

They CAN'T question me when I use my FMLA time to go get treatment for fucking cancer....

BUT, I know better than to speak up and defend myself.  It results in hostility.

Unbelievable. 

SO.. I will get the stupid note, and turn it in, and I will give a copy to the new-ish HR department, and advise them that I should not have been required to provide said note, and would she please file it with my FMLA paperwork.

The most ironic bit of all is that MY BOSS has cancer. 

Does she have to use FMLA to take weeks off for every chemo treatment?  Probably not.  Does she have to produce a doctor's note when her appointments change unexpectedly?  Probably not.

I really hate my job because of this kind of bullshit, as I have testified to over and over in these posts....but I need to keep it for now.

Ugh.

Slow news week at The Roost

I've called my residence "The Dragons' Roost" for a long time.  I even had a fiction blog when I lived in the condo that featured The Roost as the residence of the primary character, Brightwing.

Not much going on around here today.

This past week saw some real winter weather, and I got to shovel some snow, and we got to go to work late on Friday (with pay, and without being penalized!).

We had sleet first, that piled up so that it looked like grey snow.  The sleet itself was so big that it almost qualified as hail.  It looked like little smoke-filled bubbles, or moonstone beads, on the ground.

Then, that froze, and on top of that, we had heavy, wet snow.

If it had been cold enough, we probably would have gotten about 8 inches of snow.  However, since it was so wet, we got about 3 inches.  I completely enjoyed going outside as it fell.

I miss winter!!!

Dave still hasn't gotten a call about his stress test. 

We thought maybe there was no call because of the holidays, but we are past that now, and still nothing.

He will just find out when he goes for his check up at the end of the month.

I get to go to my new cancer clinic this coming Thursday.  I look forward to seeing it, and to hearing what my nurse and doc have to say about it after their first week.

This morning, I am going to try baked egg cups.  I have some paper thin Spanish ham (like Prosciutto, only from Spain instead of Italy), and look forward to breakfast!

It will be an easy day at The Roost.  Enjoy your Sunday, and GO BEARS!