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I haven't posted here for a few days and so I thought I would take the time to talk about my morning commute.
For the second day in a row, I was able to take the Liberty Lake exit at full speed and drive down the half mile off ramp with no turtle drivers to impede me.
In fact, except for being stopped at the very first traffic light on my commute, the rest of my drive was unhindered by lights, dopes, or any of the other normal obstructions I would expect to face on my drive to work.
We are on the lead up to Halloween. All our candy has been purchased and many of our decorations are down from storage in the Carriage House. We have spent the last few nights carving pumpkins. Susan has completed her specialty carves and I have simply been cleaning out pumpkins. I won't carve until Friday or Saturday. There is her cat carving in the upper middle of the picture below.
The only issue to deal with now is whether or not we will be able to whether the weather. It has been raining buckets the last two days. We are currently suffering the fourth wettest October on record and are on pace to make it to the second.
In other weather news, today's paper has an article predicting a heavy snow season this winter. One meteorologist said he expects five and a half feet of snow to fall before it's all over.
As a snow enthusiast, I am enthusiastically thrilled about that forecast. I shall be breaking out the snow blower soon and making sure it is ready to go. Come to think of it, I need to orders some parts for that baby.
I have just finished ordering parts for that baby. I bought two new skid shoes and a shave plate. I should have gotten a shear bolt but I think I have one. Even if I don't, they are easily available here in town. With shipping, I spent $84.00.
For the first time in a while, I have consumed two whole cups of coffee. Presently, I am buzzing!
Whew!
I had a follow up appointment with Dr. O'Connor this morning. The follow up was to ensure I was improving after my Atrial Fibrillation scare last month.
I am feeling okay but my breathing is still not back to where I would like it.
I take my blood pressure every morning and it seems to be averaging at 140ish over 90ish. Today at O'Connors office, it was 112/83.
The other item of health importance was that I got a Flue shot.
I successfully abated the gout attack last week but feel it is trying to remount an assault on me today. So I took an pill. I forgot to bring more with me to work, so that one is going to have to do the job.
I had a wonderfully smooth drive to work and did not have to deal with idiots whom slow down on the 70 MPH freeway a quarter mile before they hit the exit. It is a major pet peeve of mine. The road is straight. The exit is straight and a half mile long. And yet, half the time I approach this exit, I'm stuck behind cars going 60.
My other peeve which I'm sure I have chronicled here before involves the other end of my commute...where I get ON the freeway.
Why must peoples feel so casual and relaxed when entering an freeway as to not get their asses up to speed in a timely manner. In other words, if the speed limit is 60, don't ramble on up the ramp and onto the freeway at 40 and then slowly accelerate to 60 over the next mile.
There is my traffic rant for today.
I woke up this morning feeling the possible start of gout in my left big toe. I took a cholchrys pill, three of them throughout the day, and the pain is gone.
For now!
Monitoring!!!
I noticed on the drive into work this morning that the sun is no longer shining in my face on my journey east.
The first day of Fall was last week and we have been noticing that the days are definitely getting shorter. When we go out to sit on the front porch in the evening, we can't stay out for very long as it is dark by seven.
So as I drive to work at 6:30AM, the sun has not peeked over the mountains yet. I like that. It's very tolerable. But it is a reminder that chilly days are ahead.
Concerning a couple of updates, my sore jaw has abated. It left gradually but I noticed for the first time today (after reviewing this blog) that my jaw is fine. I'll bring it up with the Dentist next month.
My cold remains in the guise of sniffles and a bit of a cough. Everyone I talked to who has had a cold recently has said that the sniffles hang around for a while.
The gout knee has not shown up.
I did leave work early last Thursday and stayed home on Friday as well. The cold kept me down until Sunday, the first day I felt like leaving the house.
Here it is Wednesday and the sniffles continue to hang with me. I used the Netty Pot this morning in the shower and the relief it gives me is well worth the effort, but very short lived. In twenty minutes, I'm breathing through sniffillis.
Today's health issue is the reemergence of my gout knee. I think it may be starting again. I'll know for sure in a couple of days if the slight pain I'm feeling in my right knee grows appreciably.
I have a cold. It's been building for the last couple of days and arrived at my doorstep sometime during the night.
Yesterday I had a slight sore throat that had started the day before. At first I thought it might be related to my sore jaw but that has pretty much waned.
I went to bed with a cough and woke up with all the symptoms of your classic cold. I am at work this morning but I don't think I will last the whole day. I'm going to try and hold out until lunch.
Some time has passed since the last paragraph and I'm still feeling crappy, but good enough to wait out the whole day...I think.
It would probably be smart for me to go home and just rest. The problem is whether I would do that. There is lots of stuff to do around the house, Cleaning, chief among them.
I'm going to go through the morning and see how I feel.
