It hasn't been the best of days here lately.
Nothing earth shattering just the blasted foot not healing. Actually on Wednesday it was worse again so I was scared of having to go back to the hospital so I babied it extra and Thursday it was better.
But I am still nowhere near being able to do anything I use to do.
Hubs was out of town for 2 days so even less got done around here. And little things were blowing up while he was gone and I just couldn't physically take care of things.
Sigh.
And now the Chihuahua is sick. I noticed her eye was closed today and a bit swollen and then pus started coming out of it.
And we are going to the reunion tomorrow so she's going to have to wait until Monday to go to the vet. If it gets worse while we are gone, #2 Son can take her to the ER vet down the road but still, that's another worry on my mind.
We had trouble booking a motel room for this reunion.
The location is so off the beaten path that there is not a chain motel/hotel for 50 miles in any direction. The only motel is an old family run one in the next town over which has been there from before I was on this Earth. If they had a listing, words like "old" and "dumpy" would be the highlights for it. lol
With my foot condition I put off making a reservation until last week as I still wasn't convinced we'd be going.
In between the time I first found their website and 800-number and last week, they stopped paying for the website and it disappeared. And the 800-number was disconnected.
Great.
But we found the local number and yes, they are still in business so if I don't get back online(of course there is no WI-FI there!)by next Monday, someone please come looking for me in Keysville, VA. Hopefully the motel clerk is not a chap named Norman with a penchant for bird taxidermy.....
I am thinking I'll need a wheelchair at the reunion since it's outside and I can't stand for long periods of time and they'll probably just have folding chairs strewn about the place.
Trying to find a loan or rental of a wheelchair has proven difficult. The place that loans them out for free for short periods of time never returned the message I left(figures)and the one place that rents them is all the way on the other side of Wilkes-Barre and while I could have driven myself there, I couldn't have gotten myself from the car into the store and back again.
But luckily, my sister in-law has one for her mother, who won't be needing it this weekend, so they are bringing it for me to use on Saturday. Bless there little old hearts......
I also had to make a dish to bring to this shindig. Having to stay over on Friday night meant I had to make something today that would keep with possibly not being refrigerated the full time beforehand.
So I settled on my mother's Pineapple Salsa recipe and Tortilla Chips. The salsa will stay cold enough for the ride down in a small cooler and if there is no dorm sized fridge in the motel room, we can pack ice from the motel into the cooler and keep it chilled overnight. Hubs can run into a local grocery store on the way down tomorrow or Saturday morning for the tortilla chips and I can take a big plastic bowl to put them in.
This dish got selected also because it was something I could make while seated at the kitchen table after I had Hubs gather all the ingredients.
Now I just have to pack and get to bed. Tomorrow I'll attempt a shower as I don't want to offend Hubs on the ride down.
I'm nervous as hell because besides my brother and his wife, I am not going to know a soul at this thing. I had hoped to bring the computer and be able to get online to access my Ancestry files and tree while there so I can engage whomever is interested in the family genealogy, but I doubt that they have broadband or dial-up at the plantation house and I don't have satellite internet.
So I am bringing a photo album of pictures and I'll take my camera, a pen and a notebook and hopefully will make some meaningful family connections.
I am nervous and sort of depressed at the moment so I have to try to get my spirits up before we get to this party so I am not a downer when I arrive......I am sure there will be plenty of time to BECOME a downer once the festivities get going. lolz
At least I have my painkillers and I'll take a little bit of "adult beverage" since if I remember correctly this county is semi-dry(meaning restaurants can sell liquor by the drink, but not stores by the bottle)and so, so backwards and still dwelling in the early 1900's.
I hope my Time Machine begins me back to 2013 by Monday.....
Wish me luck!
Sluggy
Nothing earth shattering just the blasted foot not healing. Actually on Wednesday it was worse again so I was scared of having to go back to the hospital so I babied it extra and Thursday it was better.
But I am still nowhere near being able to do anything I use to do.
Hubs was out of town for 2 days so even less got done around here. And little things were blowing up while he was gone and I just couldn't physically take care of things.
Sigh.
And now the Chihuahua is sick. I noticed her eye was closed today and a bit swollen and then pus started coming out of it.
And we are going to the reunion tomorrow so she's going to have to wait until Monday to go to the vet. If it gets worse while we are gone, #2 Son can take her to the ER vet down the road but still, that's another worry on my mind.
We had trouble booking a motel room for this reunion.
The location is so off the beaten path that there is not a chain motel/hotel for 50 miles in any direction. The only motel is an old family run one in the next town over which has been there from before I was on this Earth. If they had a listing, words like "old" and "dumpy" would be the highlights for it. lol
With my foot condition I put off making a reservation until last week as I still wasn't convinced we'd be going.
In between the time I first found their website and 800-number and last week, they stopped paying for the website and it disappeared. And the 800-number was disconnected.
Great.
But we found the local number and yes, they are still in business so if I don't get back online(of course there is no WI-FI there!)by next Monday, someone please come looking for me in Keysville, VA. Hopefully the motel clerk is not a chap named Norman with a penchant for bird taxidermy.....
I am thinking I'll need a wheelchair at the reunion since it's outside and I can't stand for long periods of time and they'll probably just have folding chairs strewn about the place.
Trying to find a loan or rental of a wheelchair has proven difficult. The place that loans them out for free for short periods of time never returned the message I left(figures)and the one place that rents them is all the way on the other side of Wilkes-Barre and while I could have driven myself there, I couldn't have gotten myself from the car into the store and back again.
But luckily, my sister in-law has one for her mother, who won't be needing it this weekend, so they are bringing it for me to use on Saturday. Bless there little old hearts......
I also had to make a dish to bring to this shindig. Having to stay over on Friday night meant I had to make something today that would keep with possibly not being refrigerated the full time beforehand.
So I settled on my mother's Pineapple Salsa recipe and Tortilla Chips. The salsa will stay cold enough for the ride down in a small cooler and if there is no dorm sized fridge in the motel room, we can pack ice from the motel into the cooler and keep it chilled overnight. Hubs can run into a local grocery store on the way down tomorrow or Saturday morning for the tortilla chips and I can take a big plastic bowl to put them in.
This dish got selected also because it was something I could make while seated at the kitchen table after I had Hubs gather all the ingredients.
Now I just have to pack and get to bed. Tomorrow I'll attempt a shower as I don't want to offend Hubs on the ride down.
I'm nervous as hell because besides my brother and his wife, I am not going to know a soul at this thing. I had hoped to bring the computer and be able to get online to access my Ancestry files and tree while there so I can engage whomever is interested in the family genealogy, but I doubt that they have broadband or dial-up at the plantation house and I don't have satellite internet.
So I am bringing a photo album of pictures and I'll take my camera, a pen and a notebook and hopefully will make some meaningful family connections.
I am nervous and sort of depressed at the moment so I have to try to get my spirits up before we get to this party so I am not a downer when I arrive......I am sure there will be plenty of time to BECOME a downer once the festivities get going. lolz
At least I have my painkillers and I'll take a little bit of "adult beverage" since if I remember correctly this county is semi-dry(meaning restaurants can sell liquor by the drink, but not stores by the bottle)and so, so backwards and still dwelling in the early 1900's.
I hope my Time Machine begins me back to 2013 by Monday.....
Wish me luck!
Sluggy
When I needed a cane, a church lent me one for as long as I needed it. They just asked I return it to the church when I no longer needed it. So, there is that. Some churches keep several wheelchairs for lending.
ReplyDeleteI will never get rid of the cane insurance finally gave me. I got rid of a cane and walker once. Never again.
Well, gee, staying in the Bates. Just don't take a shower.
The first time I went to my family reunion, I did not know one soul. It was not so bad. And, I went alone, all alone.
Why don't you put some information in a document in Word and then you can have something to show and tell. Pictures would be great on Word. It is all copying and pasting, so it won't be too much.
Have fun and wiggle your feet in circles and flex your calf muscles so you will keep the circulation going. Pretend it is an airplane ride in regards to feet and legs. .
I hope you have a great time at the reunion! Hope your foot does not give you too much trouble during the visit. Can't wait to see pictures of the motel either.
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I hope your foot feels better but am nervous for you as well on all accounts. That's a long trip to take in your condition -- do you like your family *that* much?
ReplyDeleteTell Norman I said hi and you and hubs will be missed. LOL
ReplyDeleteI do hope that you feel better soon. You really are being difficult as of late.
Hope your foot feels good, & that the reunion is a fabulous opportunity to connect with new relatives. :-)
ReplyDeleteSluggy, I am sorry it is taking longer to heal than you had hoped. That is how it always works. Hope you have some fun at the reunion.
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