Not having a great week so far health wise. While I was nursing my hip, knee, back and leg - the exterminator popped up - requiring all sorts of physical hijinks in the kitchen afterwards - basically cleaning floor, removing dishes, cleaning counter with disinfectant wipes. And cleaning dish dryer mat which was a mess - and needs to put in the washer.
Exterminator: Let it all sit undisturbed for two hours.
Me: 2 hours?
Not happening. He left at 5:30 pm. I compromised. It's sitting. But I did clean the counter top with disinfectant wipes.
But hey, I've accomplished a lot - considering I came home wishing someone would just shoot me and put me out of my misery. Took a shower, talked to mother (who called while I was attempting to apply lidocaine and Aleve pain relieving menthol rub to my knee and hip), exterminator and cleaned portion of kitchen.
Me: can you kill the flies.
Exterminator: sure, but I don't see any.
Now that he's gone, the five that I can't seem to kill have returned.
***
On the health front - yes, it was really hurting today. Not helped by the fact that I'm having problems sleeping. ( Read more... )
Some potential good news? Primary Care Doctor finally gave me a referral on the knee. So I scheduled an appointment for November 4 with an orthopedist for my knee. If I wasn't working - I'd have been able to do it earlier. But scheduling it around working hours is dicey. Also I don't want back to back doctor's appointments - not with a bad back and knee. I three doctor's appointments this coming weekend (I'm taking Monday off as a Personal Day, and Tuesday, Election Day, I get off). Getting older seems to result in acquiring lots of doctors?
Me: I need to vote, but it hurts more and more to stand, or walk - and the voting place is about six to ten blocks.
Mother: Can you not vote - if you hurt?
Me: I'm contemplating it - since I'm finding it hard to care. But I really should vote.
Mother: Well, if you hurt - don't. (this is the woman who was in League of Women Voters when I was a child and went door to door telling folks to vote - she campaigned for Jimmy Carter.)
***
Work humor
So the Press Office at crazy agency likes to send out emails weekly on power switching on the tracks near the support facility - informing everyone it's happening and they may not be able to catch a train at specific times during the day - whether we all care or not.
Press office: power switching is taking place, so plan accordingly.
Engineer: do we get any pants?
2nd Engineer: fantastic question
Email recipient: you realize this is being sent to 4000 people, right?
Email recipient 2: can you not press reply all?
Press Office: This is being sent to about thirty people on the list, so please stop replying all.
Engineers: so we aren’t getting any pants?
Moral - BCC is there for a reason.
***
On Monday, when it was sunny, warmer, and I didn't hurt quite as bad - leg wasn't as bad on Monday for some reason or other, God knows why - I took a walk up the pier, not that far, just to pier 5. (It goes up to pier 20.)
I took photos of the NYPD boat, a big yellow and black barge, and the helicopter port.
Here's the NYPD boat. Isn't it cute? (NYPD not to be confused with ICE, honestly - there are currently the MTAPD, Port Authority PD, NYPD, State Troopers, National Guard, ICE, and the NY Sheriff's Department. And I'm probably leaving something out? We have cops on horses, cops in cars, cops on subways, cops on trains, cops on bicycles, cops on motorcycles, cops on foot, cops on boats...hardly a shortage of police officers. I see them everywhere. People who whine about not enough cops in NYC need to have their heads examined.)

Exterminator: Let it all sit undisturbed for two hours.
Me: 2 hours?
Not happening. He left at 5:30 pm. I compromised. It's sitting. But I did clean the counter top with disinfectant wipes.
But hey, I've accomplished a lot - considering I came home wishing someone would just shoot me and put me out of my misery. Took a shower, talked to mother (who called while I was attempting to apply lidocaine and Aleve pain relieving menthol rub to my knee and hip), exterminator and cleaned portion of kitchen.
Me: can you kill the flies.
Exterminator: sure, but I don't see any.
Now that he's gone, the five that I can't seem to kill have returned.
***
On the health front - yes, it was really hurting today. Not helped by the fact that I'm having problems sleeping. ( Read more... )
Some potential good news? Primary Care Doctor finally gave me a referral on the knee. So I scheduled an appointment for November 4 with an orthopedist for my knee. If I wasn't working - I'd have been able to do it earlier. But scheduling it around working hours is dicey. Also I don't want back to back doctor's appointments - not with a bad back and knee. I three doctor's appointments this coming weekend (I'm taking Monday off as a Personal Day, and Tuesday, Election Day, I get off). Getting older seems to result in acquiring lots of doctors?
Me: I need to vote, but it hurts more and more to stand, or walk - and the voting place is about six to ten blocks.
Mother: Can you not vote - if you hurt?
Me: I'm contemplating it - since I'm finding it hard to care. But I really should vote.
Mother: Well, if you hurt - don't. (this is the woman who was in League of Women Voters when I was a child and went door to door telling folks to vote - she campaigned for Jimmy Carter.)
***
Work humor
So the Press Office at crazy agency likes to send out emails weekly on power switching on the tracks near the support facility - informing everyone it's happening and they may not be able to catch a train at specific times during the day - whether we all care or not.
Press office: power switching is taking place, so plan accordingly.
Engineer: do we get any pants?
2nd Engineer: fantastic question
Email recipient: you realize this is being sent to 4000 people, right?
Email recipient 2: can you not press reply all?
Press Office: This is being sent to about thirty people on the list, so please stop replying all.
Engineers: so we aren’t getting any pants?
Moral - BCC is there for a reason.
***
On Monday, when it was sunny, warmer, and I didn't hurt quite as bad - leg wasn't as bad on Monday for some reason or other, God knows why - I took a walk up the pier, not that far, just to pier 5. (It goes up to pier 20.)
I took photos of the NYPD boat, a big yellow and black barge, and the helicopter port.
Here's the NYPD boat. Isn't it cute? (NYPD not to be confused with ICE, honestly - there are currently the MTAPD, Port Authority PD, NYPD, State Troopers, National Guard, ICE, and the NY Sheriff's Department. And I'm probably leaving something out? We have cops on horses, cops in cars, cops on subways, cops on trains, cops on bicycles, cops on motorcycles, cops on foot, cops on boats...hardly a shortage of police officers. I see them everywhere. People who whine about not enough cops in NYC need to have their heads examined.)


