I am anxious to be healed so I have to keep testing how far I can walk without using the crutches. I can walk a few steps as long as I don't try to make a turn. If I do that, the leg reacts like it's weak and I start to fall. So I keep the crutches handy and know I have to wait a while longer before I can give them up. But I have to keep trying. At least I know I AM healing.
The real problem is getting to the bathroom these days. I just can't seem to move fast enough so the liners I have are really getting used up. I just HATE that. It's partly because of the turns I have to make. That causes pain and slows me down. Plus, my room is nice and warm but the Beast turns off the heaters in the main part of the house so when I open my door to go to the bathroom, the cold air hits me like a brick wall. And you know how warm/cold makes your body react. LOL!
I don't know why but it seems like I don't get the feeling that I need to use the bathroom until my bladder is really, really full. So I am using my Depends.....just in case. I've been having stomach aches so I worry about having an IBS attack, too. That's really why I am using them. Those come suddenly and are just awful. But, otherwise, I really don't feel all that bad. It's just frustrating to depend on crutches. They are a real pain in the ass.....
The Beast still hasn't taken my phone to Verizon to get them to fix the problems I have been having. I can't send OR receive a text. I sometimes can't get to my voice mail. I also haven't been getting some of the calls I should have and I only know that from people telling me online that they tried to call me. He's going out to talk to an insurance agent (we are trying to get a better quote on our house and auto insurance) tomorrow so I have to make sure that he takes my phone to Verizon. We've had nothing but trouble with our phones since the Beast went there to get HIS fixed and they lowered our monthly rate due to the Sprint ads on TV. Guess they are afraid we will move to get our bill cut in half! LOL.
I decided that I want a new phone. I've come to hate the one I have although it's easier to text on it since it has a keyboard. But I have to open it and some of the buttons located on it's side make me nuts when I accidentally put pressure on them. I am either taking pictures of stupid things or it starts talking to me and asking me to give it a command! LOL
It's expected to go down to 17 degrees tonight, which is better (warmer?) than last night. It was just awful this morning and I was glad that the schools here had a 3 hour delay start. I worry about Chewlee out in the cold, waiting for her bus. A high of 37 is expected so I have to admit that it's truly winter now. I need to remember that I have bulbs to plant in the spring. Chewlee will love helping to get them planted. She loves flowers and these she will be able to cut to take home to her mother once they bloom. I bought them especially for her.
No package yet from my girlfriend, Carol. She emailed me that I should be receiving it either today or tomorrow. She has me really going nuts trying to figure out just what it could be she is sending this time. She is such a nut...but a truly generous one. I love her to death and I miss talking to her online. She's had company and then she was dog sitting for her son. Plus she wasn't feeling well for a while. I really worry about when she isn't well.
We have a mutual friend...well, friends....that are in England....and they will be getting married soon. They met and fell in love online. She is from California and traveled to England where they are now together. Tomorrow they go to the registrar's office for their license. It then takes 16 days for the banns to be published before they can marry so the date is going to be the 26th of this month. The bride-to-be sent me a picture of her engagement ring which is beautiful and had to be costly. I'm so excited since we both are fond of the groom-to-be. He's a disabled veteran of Desert Storm and was an officer in the RAF.
It turns out he has a serious heart problem now so we would like to see them both be happy. So far they seem to be. It will be lovely to know a couple that met online, fell in love, got married and are happy together. Their wedding will initially be fairly small and the bride tells me they will be having a bigger wedding later on with her family coming in from the States.
Time to post this missive. Love you all. Please keep warm and safe. ***Hugs***
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