February 23, 2105

Wet Chilly Morning, Cold Evening

February 23, 2015

Two or three of these egrets were across the street 

from the office on this cold, wet morning.

This morning I needed to be at the office early.  I had a doctor's appointment scheduled for the day, but could not remember what time the appointment was to be.  I thought I had the information at the office.  I could not find it when I got there, so I asked Ron to call and find out for me.  He tried a couple of times and could not get them on the phone.  After a while, I called and just could not hear them.  He walked into my office about that time and so I handed the phone to him.  He finished the call and then told me that he had already had gotten the answer but had not had time to tell me.  It just showed me I can't make those types of calls without his help.

The drive to work was wet with drizzle, windy, cold, and just plain yucky!  You know how drivers are on Monday mornings?  They seem to all be running late and their driving gets really bad.  Add to that the weather and it was not a nice drive to the office.  I beat Ron there by a long time, so I opened up and got things going for the day.  We stayed busy all day with was probably several customers who had found us closed the end of last week for our trip to Dallas.

It turned out the appointment was not until 2:30 so I worked on bookkeeping most of the morning.  I sorted the bills as to what needed my attention today and what didn't need to be dealt with until next week.  We had asked the post office to hold our mail while we were gone so about noon Ron went to get it.  While he was gone the mailman brought today's mail.  I did get a few checks in the mail; I finished writing checks to pay bills and took them with me when I left for my appointment at the doctor's office to mail on my way back to the office.

During the day at the office two Winter Texan ladies came in for some keys and while Ron cut their high security keys, I chatted with them.  They asked about my Cochlear Implant since I had not seen them in about a year.  They were pleased with my ability to carry on a fairly normal conversation with them.  It is always nice when customers remember and ask about it.  One commented that they could not see it at all.  I told them that usually my hair covers it except when the wind is blowing a lot and then it is because my hair is messed up from the wind.  They are very nice ladies and it was a good conversation.

At the doctor's office, the Physician's Assistant saw me - a very nice lady named Katherine.  She was pleased with my results on an increased dosage of one medication.  Then I asked her about allergy testing and we discussed it for a bit.  It turns out they have an allergy specialist in their office who compounds the serum herself.  Katherine had her come talk to me and then we moved to the allergist's office.  The allergist (Cynthia) went through a lot of questions and answered my questions.  I like her and we have set up to do the testing in a couple of weeks.  That means I have to be off my allergy medications until then.  My allergies have not been as bad this year, but they are always a problem and I am tired of them!  I hope that she can help.

On my way back to the office, I went to the post office to mail the checks I had written and then at the office prepared a deposit and took it to the bank and picked up rolls of coins for the cash drawer.  From there I tried to pick up a package of tortillas but the place I tried was out of tortillas and had closed early.  I went to the utility company to pay their bill and then to my mom's house to see how she was doing.

Mom is making great progress.  At this point, she can tell a difference and it was obvious that she felt better.  The physical therapy office provides van service and she is now using that to go to her appointments.  We visited for a while and then I headed home to fix supper.  I went by another tortilla place which was also sold out.  I am not sure why but maybe due to all the Charro Days activities going on this week.  For those who don't know, Charro Days is a local celebration with our sister city just across the river in Mexico.  We have parades, and a large variety of activities.  Everyone is encouraged to wear Mexican costumes and lots of people have parties serving Mexican food.  So this may not be the week for me to find fresh tortillas.

From there I went to Walgreen's to get milk and bread and it was 7:30 before I got home.  Ron had only been home a few minutes since he had a job at a bank after we closed.  I had bought some Bar-B-Que on the way home from Dallas so we had that for supper.  I unpacked some of the things we had brought home from Stephen's.  I had loaned him some of the plates and bowls we use and so I filled the dishwasher with things I brought home and got them washed and ready to put away.

A little unpacking got done.  I had done some Sunday night and more this morning, but have not finished.  The quilt group cancelled for Tuesday night and that will work out for me.  I may finish unpacking and get a couple of things done.  The weather forecast was not correct on the cold weather.  They did not expect it to get as cold as it has gotten.  Hope my plants survive!