Nourishment

 In the last 18 hours or so, we have had several rounds of gentle, nourishing RAIN! 

Two periods of showers yesterday afternoon, and then more very early this morning, and again just before I got up.

There is more on the way, so the soothsayers say!

Hopefully, the drought is over now, and the burn ban will be lifted. 

This past week was low key.  I had my blood draw, and now my hemoglobin is low, as well as my red blood cell count, but the nurse didn't call or message, so I guess they aren't worried about it yet.

I see my doctor on Wednesday for my usual check in, and will discuss it with her and the dietician that day.

In the meantime, I made really good cheese burgers for dinner last night, because there were beautiful beef patties on sale.

I've completed the wellness study, and done my exit interview.  I will miss the incentive to do a work out of some kind every day, and hope to be able to continue on my own.

I can feel and see a difference from my dedication to the project over the past eight weeks! There's muscle tone where there was softness/weakness before! 

Next Thursday, Dave FINALLY gets to see a dermatologist.  He has a few very worrisome spots on his neck and face, and had to wait three months for this appointment, and then they delayed it another week.

My thought is he will have to have those spots removed post haste.

We are needing to make plans for our trip to Chicago for a wedding in May, but we need to get this issue addressed first.

Our Annabel developed a cough this past week, and was hiding on Friday morning (which is HIGHLY unusual for her), so we got her in for a vet appointment.

He thinks it's probably allergy related asthma, due to the extreme dry weather, and the high winds we have had.  He gave her a steroid injection that will last a month, and she has not coughed since.

If her symptoms return at the end of the month, we are supposed to get her back in to see the vet again.... which we REALLY do not want to do. She is a TERRIBLE vet patient.  She gets SO very scared, and lashes out.

Anyway, he listened to her heart and lungs, and there was nothing alarming, so that was a big relief. 

Oh, and we finally got the check from Fed Ex, and donated it to the Humane Society.  That was before we knew we'd have to take Annabel to the vet.  OH well.

I am off to make French toast for breakfast....a rare treat around here.  Have a lovely week!