Tomorrow morning, at 6:30am, the Beast has his eye surgery scheduled. That means we have to LEAVE the house at 5:30am to get there in time. It's only 25-30 miles away to the hospital in Gadsden but going down the mountain is kind of slow because it's busy. Maybe not at that time of the morning but the Beast isn't taking any chances of being late and perhaps missing out on it. I'm elected to go with him in case he can't drive afterward due to eye dilation or some such thing. Besides, the hospital rules say you must have a driver.
So I will be pulling my carcass out of bed at about 5am, maybe earlier, getting dressed, grabbing some coffee and off to the hospital with the Beast. I'll take my Ipad with me so I can at least read one of the books I have downloaded or, if the weather is nice, I may just crawl into the car and grab a little more sleep. I'll have to wait and see what I feel like. I'll be heading for bed shortly because morning will creep up on me. It won't even be light at that time of the morning. It will be by the time we get to the hospital and that usually keeps me awake.
I may sneak off to Aldi's there in Gadsden since it's been open for a while. I would love to get a bag of their frozen, uncooked shrimp. As I recall, it's cheaper there than it is at Walmart. Walmart always makes the claim of matching prices if it's lower at another store but Aldi's doesn't advertise locally here. It may once the new Aldi's here opens up but, until then, I will just have to figure that it won't be the same brand anyway so there's the excuse not to match prices. I just have to remember to grab the cooler to help keep the shrimp cold until we get home. We now have plenty of ice to put into it. Did I mention that the ice maker started making a lot of ice the day before the repairman showed up? Figures, don't it??? LOL!
One of the reasons I want the shrimp is because I want to make some shrimp scampi. Since I have been feeling better, I've been doing more cooking. The Beast is happy about that. I made some Matzoh ball soup today for our lunch and then made corn, chicken wings and cottage cheese with pear halves for our dinner. One of the Beast's friends from church came over to borrow the pressure cleaner tonight. That entailed the Beast putting the ball for our trailer on his hitch since he had one that was smaller than our trailer needs. He also had to show the guy how to use the pressure cleaner so he wouldn't damage it. He had to use the trailer because they couldn't find enough room on his truck to fit it inside due to all the stuff he had in it and the shelves on both sides of the van.
It made me think about sister Cee asking about the trailer. When she buys her couch and chair, she's going to need it. Tara has a hitch on her van so she can attach it in order to get them to her apartment. I guess Keith and Mike will be elected to bring it upstairs. Some places deliver but she found a nice couch and chair at Big Lots and they don't deliver. Figures, right? But she knows what she likes and I gather the price is right, too. That's important.
When I made my matzoh ball soup, I did discover an important fact. You do NOT use peanut oil for the matzoh balls. The Beast didn't seem to mind it but I could taste the difference. All he has in the house as far as shortening goes is either Crisco (not useable) and peanut oil. I told him to pick up a quart of canola oil or something else because we have a lot of matzoh ball soup mixes left. He shrugged and said he would but I think HE thinks I'm nuts. I just happen to like my matzoh to taste like it should and not like peanut oil. For most things, it's okay but not for that as far as *I* am concerned.
I DO add a few things to my soup base that you won't find in a Jewish restaurant. I cut up some celery and green onions (sometimes regular onions) and add it to the base. I started doing that when I made it for us when the kids were still at home. It was a bit more filling and added some taste that the kids liked. I did, too. The Beast got used to it. I also add a touch of garlic powder and cayenne for a little *snap* and the cayenne is good for you, too.
I felt really good today and was on my feet a lot more than usual. I didn't get that *must sit down or I'll fall down* feeling. I had a low blood sugar episode yesterday but I was in the kitchen at the time and grabbed the sugar and took at teaspoon full of it. I just stood at the cabinet until I felt better and grabbed some toast and jelly. I have no idea why I had that happen since I HAD eaten not too long before. I guess the lack of carbs? I AM trying to balance my diet out and, for the most part, haven't gotten that *tired and must nap* feeling afterward. The doctor said I shouldn't get that feeling unless I am not eating properly. So that's why I am watching my diet and trying to make sure I eat a balanced meal.
I'm going to make up some jello and have the Beast pick up some popsicles for me. I have to start on the clear liquid diet on Wednesday and take that crappy liquid to clean out my system on Thursday. Yuk! Luckily, I like chicken broth and won't mind drinking that for my nourishment. We also have plenty of my Sprite Zero's in the house and I have my cinnamon tea. *Grin* I do love that tea. I would drink coffee but I don't like it black. I'm supposed to avoid any milk products and I think my creamer counts. I'm just glad I've used up my French vanilla creamer or it might be too tempting....LOL!
It's supposed to be cold tonight and there's a threat of thunderstorms. Figures. Oh well. Nothing we can do about that. I sure hope other areas of the country are doing better. I'm really tired of all this rain but the grass sure looks good. It's nice and green. I haven't checked out the weather channel today so I have no idea what's going on all over the country today. I've been a bit busy today and really had no interest since I was just enjoying our good weather. It was nice for most of the day after the thunderstorm we had last night.
My daughter, Buttmunch, called me today to find out how you knew if you were going thru the *change*. I told her some of the symptoms and it turns out that she, just like I had, was suffering from really bad night sweats. I used to sleep in dorm shirts and it got so bad, I was changing mine two or three times a night because I was just soaked with sweat. And my poor pillow! I had to keep a spare because it would be so soaked on both sides. I was washing pillows almost daily along with my dorm shirts. Even the top sheet would get soaked. She is finding the same thing and upset because she is only 47. I reminded her of the good part of menopause. No more periods. LOL!
She's going to pick up some black cohash to take since it helps and may even help her with her night sweats. It did me when I finally started taking it. We did have a few laughs over some of the things we discussed. I was glad to hear from her because I needed to laugh.
It turns out that the Princess has decided to have separate parties for the two kids. Chewlee will have hers at the campground since they will be camping out for that weekend. Then Gunner will have his own first birthday the following weekend even though it will be a couple days early. At least I think that's what her facebook page said. Since it's his FIRST birthday, that should be fun. I remember the Princess' and how she had cake and frosting all over herself and her high chair. It was chocolate so you know how funny that had to be. I can hardly wait to see what Gunner does with HIS cake.
Love you all. Heading for bed now so I won't be cranky in the morning. The Beast went to bed almost two hours ago. He's such a wimp nowadays. Be good. Be careful. ***Hugs***
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