Weekly Musings of the 1st

 

Well, here we are in May already.  Today is the 121st day of the year.  We have already lived another 121 days since we celebrated a new year.  When I think on stuff like that it just boggles my mind at how fast the year seems to slip on by.

This past week I had an appointment to see my regular doctor.  I thought since my last hearing test (which there was some blockage in one ear) might have made me miss some sounds I would have her check in my ears and clear out anything that shouldn't be there.  There was nothing, she said - clean as a whistle.  While there I spoke to the receptionist and asked for the number for the rheumatologist that the doctor referred me to as I could not seem to get the receptionist there to stop making appointments for me that I would just cancel since talking with that doctor made me realize that I (at least at this time) do not wish that kind of treatment and I am trying to make space for one who really needs it.  The doctor receptionist handed me the number and let me know if I still had trouble to let her know and she would make sure it got cancelled.  

With number in hand I called when I got home, funny thing how useless conversations in your head are because when you finally do get to handle things, most times it goes completely different than the way you thought.  This time I got the answering machine, left a message as instructed and got a confirmation email cancelling the appointment without ever having to speak to the person who treated me as if I was a two years old (because I am a senior, she spoke that way to all seniors who came to her desk).  All those conversations, useless.  

Next day I got my usual haircut and it is so much easier to get into place each morning with it being so short and it looks a lot fuller than when it is longer.  I was not a fan of the downtown area of our little town, it has changed.  According to my hairdresser the cities are moving their homeless to small towns away from them.  Sad.  The jeweler I usually go to for small repairs and the like, no longer has an unlocked door, you have to buzz to get in and the entire counter has bars all around it.  You can reach your hand in but nothing else.  They were going to be going on vacation today so I decided to take my resizing of my rings to the jeweler at the same place we get our kitty supplies.  Since my fingers have gotten a more regular size once more and have stayed that way for nearly a year I figure it is safe to get my rings fitted once more and be able to wear my wedding ring on my finger and not on a chain around my neck.  

This is the puzzle I did this week and I have to say, this one was really a lot of fun to do and I was sorry it was finished.  

I, also got working on the border of the blanket having finished off the top of it.  My hands didn't seem to mind it all that much either.  As well, I finished the book of my favourite author about another adventure in Sinful which was just as much fun as all the rest of them.  She really has made a huge variety of adventures and not stuck to a rote thing that most get into after a time.  

Headed back into my TBR pile for another biblical fiction by an author I hadn't read although it is part of a collection of stories by all different authors.  I like that because you get to discover new writers to enjoy.  

 I have read a couple of other authors who have written about Abigail and King David but each have done a different perspective and made me think about it from another view which is what I love.  I may know the story but different people's ideas make me think on it a different way.  So far it is a really good read.

Yup, I know I finished my cookbook but I know my pages are out of order with new recipes that I, of course found the moment I said I was finished.  I have an idea to fix that up with coming week.  

Did some exercises with the watercolours as well and enjoying the playoffs by the women's hockey teams of the PWHL.  The Frost (Minn.) have won the cup the first two years of the PWHL so I am really hoping that another team takes the cup with year.  The women's hockey is so much faster with hardly any fights, just some pushing when tempers flare.  It reminds me of how the men use to play hockey before it became the huge moneymaker it is now.  If you haven't check out the PWHL, truly give it a try, they are pretty amazing. 

Anyway, another playoff game tonight on Prime so we shall be watching.  So, a pretty productive week all around.  

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sounds like a great thing for a rainy day.