Losing Talent, Purrs, Fans, Sadness, UPDATES~Ants and Health

Hang on folks, or

skip on over to another

blog, this is a tad 

long.

 Back in 2018, I lost 

a dear friend, Laura,

I had never lost a friend.

To that point it was really

just older family 

members, except

for my nephew.

That was Oct. and 

then in Jan.

of 2019 I lost mom. Yep, 

she would 

fall under the "older family 

members".

but we all know, losing 

a mom is 

like no other. 

That is about the time I realized

that I was now at that

"AGE".

That age where you 

start losing 

family members 

and friends

that are closest to you.

Not here for one of 

those today, 

but by reaching 

that age, you

also start seeing 

stars that 

you I have watched, 

seen, heard

of TV, in movies, on 

the radio all 

through your younger 

years.

There have been so many.

In the last few years we have

lost some amazing talent, 

yesterday, we lost 

another one.

The voice of Darth Vader

the voice in the Lion King and 

many, many more.

I know that some of 

you are looking 

at this and wondering who till 

you read the name on 

the tombstone.

James Earl Jones.

I know this cause, 

we discussed

before how many 

of you all 

know

Star Wars.

I saw my first Star 

Wars movie

on a date at the Drive In.

I might not have 

followed

it much after the first three or

four, but raising a child,

a nerd of Star Wars, 

I know these

movies well.

RIP Darth.

RIP JE Jones.

Long amazing life, 93

yrs old.

OH YES!

Problem, my lap kitty purrs 

so lightly it is hard to feel, 

let alone hear.

My purring kitty, would rather

not be held. However, 

she loves

a trip to the bathroom 

sink or lately, the tub where

those purrs echo 

down in those

holes!

Thanks Lily Bit for 

the healing

purrs of late.

 Okay, not mine growing up, 

we had a window unit, 

but this is 

how my granny lived

 in Georgia 

until the early 80s.

Yep, it was hard sleeping in 

her house when you went 

for a visit.

I don't understand.

I understand life, stress,

work, life, family, 

but how do you forget two

toddlers in the backseat?

And not remember 

they are in 

there at least within a few

mins of walking away?

My heart goes out to this

family. 

UPDATES~

ANTS~ 

spraying outside 

made all the 

difference in the world.

I might see one here 

and there,

but the massive 

invasion of 

the ants here at the 

house is

done! There was no 

way I was

going to be able to kill 

them or

stop them without 

dropping a bomb

on the nest myself so 

thanks to 

pest control. I also checked 

with him

to be sure this would 

not going

to kill off my lizards

 and he 

said, it would not

 hurt them.

Course, at the 

point I was at,

I would have thrown 

the lizards

under the bus too!

UTIs/Surgery/Recovery~ 

Just shoot me..

So, my thoughts 

were that surgery

was going to take 

care of everything.

NOT!

There was the

 stent that I was

not thinking of or expecting.

That did not take 

care of one of my

biggest issues besides 

the infections,

no control of my bladder.

Matter of fact, the stent 

opened that

problem up even 

more. I had to 

keep reminding 

myself that this 

was a temp thing 

and once the stent

was removed, things 

would get better!

NOT!

With the removal 

of the stent, in 

two to three days,

 the control of 

the bladder and the 

pain of the 

removal should be fine.

NOT!

The stent seems to have 

opened things up, 

but apparently

did not allow it to 

go back the 

way it should. Yes, still no

control. Then on 

day three after

the extraction of 

the stent (okay, I know

this is prob to much info,

 but to keep your

attention I am using

 interesting words like

extraction), I was 

feeling worse.

Now keep in mind, 

being put to sleep

usually takes me 

weeks on top of 

weeks to bounce back, 

so at the point

of the stent being

 removed, I still had

no ump.

So, when I started

 feeling worse, I

was worthless (more 

so than normal). 

Then on Sunday, I was 

having chills, 

which I realized I must 

have a fever.

Not much...99.1, but 

my normal is

not 98.6, I am a 97.5

 sort of person,

so, all those years as 

a teen when I thought

I was hot...not so much.

I also started having 

pain when I

went to the BR and I 

was staying

nauseated. Thought,

 maybe this will

work itself out. It went 

on Sunday

and Monday, Monday 

evening I 

sent the doc a message 

via the portal.

They wanted me to go 

some where

around me to have a 

dip test done,

they sent a request 

for a culture to 

be done. 

Made apt with Kroger, 

did the test,

and yes, it had white

 blood cells in 

it and it topped the chart 

that they use to measure

 for blood in urine. Back on meds. Culture should

be in my Friday. Question, 

is it irritation from 

the stent or another UTI.

Top it off, the culture 

came back from

the day the stent was 

removed. I had

as best as I can see, 

white blood cells.

But the doc has not 

gotten with 

me yet and the culture 

of the inside

of the stones is 

not back yet. 

At this point, still 

not sure if the 

infections were 

coming from the 

stones or what. 

Folks, I am tired.

I could use some 

good vibes sent 

my way. 

Not only am I tired,

 I have things

to do. I have things that need

doing, and I have things I 

want to do. I do not wish 

to spend anymore

 times sitting

on my rear, not even 

having the ump

to play with Lily.

And let me tell 

you, she is not 

happy about the 

play either.

We play with dangly 

things that

she slaps around but 

she wants

to play hide and seek 

and chase,

and I don't have it to 

give her. 

I have cleaning to do

 from all 

the ants, I have sheets 

to wash,

my bed and guest.

I have laundry to do and that

requires hanging 

on the deck.

Dryer went to dryer 

heaven, or

at least in the space 

between

here and there in

 July and since

I do small loads, I 

am good hanging

on the deck ......

till cold weather.

Anyway, I need 

UMP, I need

to feel better, my 

son and DIL

are coming in on the 

23rd for a visit.

I could use some 

good vibes sent my way!

Pam