In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Almost there...
Got a huge Goodwill box with some of the stuff from my attic in there too.
Got a few goodies for my Aunt in another box, including a scale. I got a REALLY nice body fat scale with tons of options on it that I'll probably never use from my friend's father in law, so I cleaned up the basic one I've had for years to give to her since she's not going to take the monstrous one that my Grandma had and she would use.
At first I thought the expensive scale was giving me some sort of body fat index or something because the numbers weren't registering in my head. Last time I weighed myself would have been around early November and I was pushing 180 with all my clothes and shoes on. Once it gets cold out I tend to put on some winter weight. This scale was reading 153 and change. I thought it might be broke until I went up to the one in my bedroom and it said 153 as well.
Just the last week my friend and my aunt asked me if I've lost weight. I figured it was just because they were seeing me in a t-shirt instead of wearing a bulky hoodie.
I know I've been super busy recently, but I eat like a horse. If I weren't feeling good I'd be concerned that something was wrong with me. I'm not sure how you can lose 25 lbs in a little over 4 months without even trying to. If I figure it out, I'm going to patent it.
I think I'm going to take a break from the re-org now. My buddy is coming by in a few hours to drop off his keys so I can paint his daughter's bedroom while they're on vacation and after my aunt gets back from lunch with friends I'm going to walk her through setting up her new cable internet online. I've got some errands to run that I should just do now so I'm not trying to do that when I'm all tied up with other obligations. I can finish the living room tonight and get all the totes out to the garage for organization out there that I'll be doing on a warmer day when it isn't snowing.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Back and in from my walk. Got spat on but now the sun is out. Taxes done and some grocery shopping. Inside chores done too. Having a nice sit down.
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I feel like I'm running in molasses. Doctor appts are using up any time leftover from daily chores, but I still have big scary projects that need doing ASAP. I had a kidney ultrasound yesterday as part of a battery of tests to try figuring out why they're failing. I snuck a peek at the posted results... normal. I also had a OET scan with radiolabled glucose to look for "hot spots" indicating cancer. Going to do my best to NOT look at those posted results, bc I often scare myself. I'm going to let the doctor scare me.
Upcoming, an ultrasound for cancer and a follow-up on the PET scan and ultrasound with my surgeon. A battery of kidney tests and a follow-up with my nephrologist. (If it's like last time, all of the test will be normal except actual kidney function, which will be worse than ever.) A routine cardiogram and follow-up with the cardiologist bc one of the infusions is cardiotoxic. And then a battery of blood tests and a follow-up with my oncologist. Plus I have an ENT appt and I need to pick up my glasses. It all kind of collided this month.
Well, back to running in molasses! I need to finish tidying up the kitchen before working on one of those big scary projects.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Oh BTW SIX, one of the guys who worked for me told me his brother died just two weeks after being dxd with esophageal cancer. It sounds a lot like what happened to your g'ma- essentially asymptomatic except weight loss, then dx, then surgery, then the end. I guess if you gotta go, that's better than some.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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I'm sorry to hear about the health issues Sigs. :(
I hope they figure out what it is and get you back up and running.
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Finished my shopping and did a little more work on the Living Room. It won't get done today, but I'm just about to get there. My buddy came over to drop the key off and said he thought it was going to be way worse than it was and I told him he should have seen it 3 days ago.
Got to see if I'm going to be helping my friend paint this weekend at the rental, otherwise I'm going to get a head start on the mudding/patching at my other friend's daughter's bedroom. I've got to get that done in between going back to my Grandma's house. They'll be home next Wednesday, but I've only got until Tuesday early afternoon to finish before I have to go back out to Grams.
Should be plenty of time. Especially since she didn't want any accent walls, she wanted the room painted white, and she wanted the ceiling painted the same white, so I don't have to worry about cutting in anything but the baseboard, hall and closet door trim, and the small wall mounted TV.
Turns out he's going to replace her fan. The old one doesn't work. Bad news is that I'll be taking that down myself because he doesn't know anything about electric. Good news is that I'll have an easy time painting the ceiling without having to worry about the ceiling fan being up there.
Gotta see if I have any primer lying around. He doesn't have any, and I've got to give the mud a quick prime before painting since there was so much damage up there. Don't want any spots where the sheen is off when I'm done painting.
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Got my aunt all set up for internet. All she needs to do is pick up the equipment and we're golden. I told her I could walk her through it over the phone but she's just going to wait until I'm out there. I told her I'll show her how quick I get it set up and what the cable company would have charged her $100 "installation" to do.
What a deal. She'll get 2.5 times my speed with the modem/router and a TV streaming box for 24 months for only $25/mo with no taxes or fees. We'll have to figure out something else in 2 years though since they raise it to almost $90/mo after the 2 years is up.
All up to date on the paperwork for now.
Going to try to finish the living room reorg now and eventually get myself cleaned up. I think I'll head on over to my friend's house and start repairing that ceiling this afternoon. If I start tonight and my other buddy doesn't need me tomorrow I could probably have the bedroom all painted and maybe even install that ceiling fan before I even go back to my Grams.
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Out for a walk on a day that can't decide if it wants to rain or sun. It was raining a while ago but now the sun is out. Oh well. Need veg.
Also have to remember about the grotty time change over this weekend. ^%&&*^&&&^
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Another reason I am glad I kept my vinyl records. Just found out the lead actor Topol from the film musical "Fiddler on the Roof" died. As a rule I had musicals but I love "Fiddler". I bought the record years ago.
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Oh, thanks for the time change reminder!
BTW, my high school out on Fiddler in the Roof as the school play. It was an ambitious undertaking and they did a fantastic job. I loved it and remember it vividly to this day.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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