Terrible Thursday

I woke up fairly early this morning, but dozed off and on until about 0600 and finally gave up and got up shortly after that. I felt pretty good so after breakfast and reading the paper and mail, I went outside with the intention of mowing and edging the rest of the back yard.

Intention is the key word here, before I got started on the back yard I thought that I would take a few minutes out to trim the flowering hedge along the west boundary, so I got out my hand pruners and folding barrel and went to work.

Kathleen likes it to look a little wild and not flatly trimmed, so I was clipping each branch or sprout individually. I had gotten almost half way done when Aaron and the girls drove up. Becca gathered up most of the immature walnuts that had fallen and then I suggested that we go into the back yard and see if we could find some berries.

I gave the girls a couple cans that I use to gauge how much water I have given to the plants to put their berries in and then showed them the ripe raspberries. Becca did a pretty good job of putting them into the can, but Lexis put hers into her mouth.

While they were doing that I dug up several raspberry plants for them to take home as the last ones that I gave them did not survive. I also dug up a couple butterfly bushes for them as well. Alyssa, next time you are over remind me that you wanted some more as well, and I will dig them up for you. I do not want to do that too early as with this weather they do not last as long as they did last fall.

After a while Kathleen came out so I went back out front to work on the hedge again. I started not feeling very well just as Kathleen and the girls came to the front yard, so I gathered up everything and dumped the twigs and put the shovels and clippers away and went into the house.

I started coughing so hard that I felt like I was going to pass out. I told Kathleen that I did not feel good and she said that I did not look good either so I went upstairs went to bed and slept for a couple hours. I felt a little better when I got up, but then my bottom started to act up.

So I spent most of the next hour sitting in the bathroom. Aaron went upstairs and worked on the cabinets and heat vent for Kathleen. I finally started to feel a little better around 1600, but by then Aaron and the girls were getting ready to go home.

I made myself a blueberry smoothie as I really did not have any lunch and then went and sat down in the living room and watched Fox News until the NBA finals came on. About 1800 I reminded Kathleen that I needed to make sure that I ate dinner before 2000 as I had to do another twelve hour fast for a blood test tomorrow at 0830.

So she used the rest of the wild rice and made another "Mexican" style dinner. This time it was not a soup, but rather more of a traditional "Mexican" rice dish. It was very good, and there is enough left over for several more meals.

Well, Kathleen has gone up stairs and I have pretty much run out of things to write about, so I think I will say good night and hope that I am feeling better tomorrow!