scents

 The bedroom was a bit stuffy this morning so I decided to start a new scented candle I'd gotten as a gift.  The name of the scent was “Sanctuary” so it sounded relaxing - appropriate for the bedroom. A little while later, as I was checking my email, I could smell the candle all the way at the other end of the house in my office. It was not a good scent to me. It smelled like hospital waiting rooms or public bathrooms. I couldn't figure out where I'd smelled it before at first and then it struck me, as I was snuffing the candle and putting it away. It smelled exactly like sanitary napkins. 

Eau de Kotex. 

Although the gift was a sweet gesture, the candle is in the bin now. 

Tuesday Morning

 Couldn't sleep last night so I stayed in bed late. Got up around 10 a.m. and checked on the cat. Still no poop in the box. I was able to call the veterinarian's office this morning. The receptionist asked how old Ellie was and I told them she is at least 10 years old but, since she's a rescue kitty, we have no idea. She did not sound concerned. Maybe that's a good sign. I was able to get an appointment for 2:00 pm tomorrow. They said they would do senior blood work.  

Easter 2022

This weekend has had its ups and downs. I'm up late worrying about those around me and having an anxiety attack over my unfinished taxes. I do not know what my brother is doing with them.  I am depending on him to handle them for me this year and it occurs to me that we are past April 15 and I still haven't heard anything from him. 

Friday night, MonsterMustDie gave me a major scare. I worked closing shift at the dress shop and when I got home, he was asleep in an odd position in front of the TV. The movie he was watching, Encanto, (third time he's seen it) was over and he was snoring loudly. I got ready for bed, turned off the TV, and turned out unnecessary lights and then went to wake him up to send him to bed. By the time I returned to the loveseat where he'd fallen asleep, he was sitting up awake but talking gibberish. Nothing he said came out right or made any sense - the language part of his brain was disconnected. I couldn't decide if I needed to to call an ambulance in case he was having a stroke so I had him sit up with me for while until he seemed to regain his senses and was speaking normally. He was very angry with me for my concern - he was not aware of how he was talking and kept insisting he was fine. The problem was with me in his view and must not have been hearing him correctly or listening to him if I couldn't figure out what he was saying to me. I kept him up for a while and before he went to bed, he was speaking clearly. 

Ellie cat has not been doing so well this weekend either. She's off her food and has not been doing much in the litter box. Things don't seem to be working their way through like they should. I phoned the vet today but only got a busy signal, which was not surprising on the day after Easter. Holidays are tough on many pets that get into the wrong things and I'm sure they had a lot of emergencies. I will try to take her in to the vet tomorrow if I can get through to them. She is still nibbling slowly and drinking some water. 

Easter Sunday was okay. We had dinner with our friends in Greensboro. It was a nice meal of sauteed fresh mushrooms from the Farmers Market, along with angel hair pasta and skirt steak. I brought some Humboldt Fog and a baguette for snacks before the meal as well. However, the night before, they had gone to see Hamilton and she had a bad fall outside the venue after the play and was banged up with a contusion on one foot and something seriously injured (a pulled muscle?) in her hip. Stairs are a challenge for her but she is mending fast. They went to an emergency room and there are no broken bones. 

Tonight, we watched the latest episode of Moon Knight. MonsterMustDie did not remember that we both watched it together a few days ago and I just kept my mouth shut. I know that telling him that we already watched it once before just a couple of days ago would only make him mad and he would just insist I was wrong, so we watched it together and he made exactly the same comments that he made the first time he saw it - at least, he is consistent with his opinions. 

I feel like I'm lucky to be intact this week with so many around me falling apart this week. 

I do still have my periodontal surgery to look forward to next month. 

better

Feeling better tonight.  Woke up still feeling ill but I think the Immodium has worked for my belly. I've been on a soft diet today. Had a couple of bowls of miso soup and smoothies. Drank a single cup of coffee and took an Excedrin for the mild constant headache I've had. Now I just need a good night's sleep. 

Still falling apart

 As it turns out, I am now scheduled for periodontic surgery in May. I found this extremely distressing until I heard from a couple of friends, younger than me, who have already had it. The gum above my left canine tooth is still receding and it is still freaking me out but, according to my dentist and surgeon, there is a common solution for it that they tell me only has to be done once. 

In other news, I've been having gut problems since Thursday. I took one Immodium and started on a semi-liquid diet on Friday after everything I ate started going straight though me on Thursday. Saturday, I stayed on liquids alone because I kept having abdominal cramps. Last night I went to bed early and woke up repeatedly with cramps so now, at midnight, I've taken two Immodium tablets and am continuing to just have liquids. If that doesn't work, I'll try to go to a clinic on Monday when they are open. I do not want to over-do the meds and have worse problems in the opposite direction. I just want to be able to sleep without my gut waking me up.