We had a wild day yesterday, weather wise. It was above zero for much of the day and I went to the natural area to take Charlie for a walk. As I was driving there, the wind started up and became very strong. I was actually nervous walking in the woods, and heard a few branches falling, but the wind died down after a few minutes and he and I continued on our walk. I took him home and then went to the school to pick up Jack because I had promised to drop off his 100 days of school project. As I walked out of the house, the wind had picked up again and it had started snowing as well. The snow squall lasted less than fifteen minutes and then it got cold. Today it's bloody cold, no walks today.
We've had a guy here since Tuesday working on our bathroom. The leak was found, the shower tap upstairs was slowly leaking. Leak fixed, drywall replaced, tiles installed, and next week the vanity will go in and I'll repaint everything.
I'm finally feeling better after starting the new BP med. I did have a meltdown on Wednesday though. Jack was up at 430am, so I was too. I was fine in the morning but by suppertime I was hanging on by a thread. I ended up putting myself to bed at 7pm, slept until 630am the next morning, and felt like a human being again. Yesterday I didn't seem to have any fatigue thankfully. I think the doc will have to increase the dose of the med though, because my BP has come down some, but it's not enough to keep it in the safe zone all day. Baby steps. At least I don't feel like I have a piano tied to my ass right now.
I'm trying to avoid the news. The government in power in my province just put out a new budget which includes a significant deficit. A few days prior to the budget there was a full court press, blaming new immigrants for all the new spending needed. It makes me sick to know that there is a party in power that embraces racism and scapegoating. I have written letters to make my concerns known but WTF people. I hope the majority of people who voted this party in feel the same sort of dismay and anger that I do. Did I just not notice how racist Alberta was all my life? Or has it gotten worse? It is unacceptable.
I drove home in that snow squall yesterday that came right out of nowhere! But then as soon as I was home, it stopped! I'm glad our streets weren't icy today, that's all I can say.
ReplyDeleteYou were wise to be careful in the wind. People here do get killed by falling trees.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of tree swaying for leafless trees.
ReplyDeleteI did "dry January," but for Trump news. It's quite a MH boost. Might now do "dry March."
ReplyDeleteThat kind of changeable weather is wild. Your body will adjust again to increasing the meds. It took me a while to get over the tiredness. Glad you got a good night of sleep!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you province mirrors the US. You were brave to go into the woods in that kind of wind. It's cold here, but that's to be expected.
ReplyDeleteThose dark trees against that pale sky are so eerie as they dance together.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard the phrase about feeling as if you have a piano tied to your ass. I'm going to adopt it. It is perfect.
I'd apologize for the US again and the way it's affecting the world but what good is it going to do? We've completely shit the bed. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry.
It seems like people all over the world now feel empowered to display and act on their darkest impulses and prejudices. Apparently this is the "freedom" that Rush Limbaugh, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Bannon and their evil Chucky doll, Donald Trump, have been fighting for all these years.
ReplyDeleteAlberta, the Texas of Canada!
ReplyDeleteSeems America is setting a terrible example for the world. Then again, Shakespeare wrote about anti-immigrant sentiment in verse that reads as eerily contemporary today, so perhaps this human school just goes in cycles, and we are a flawed and imperfectly loving species indeed.
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