Looking good! Dad was thrilled when I sent him this in an e-mail.
I'm battling a fair amount of depression and fatigue. I'm not in agony, just really worn out. Ron suggested I buy some TV dinners because I am so tired at mealtimes. It's a lot cheaper than takeout.
Happily, one of the guys referred to me as "very easygoing and patient". That's nice to hear. Like I told my pharmacist, the medication gets all the credit for that! I don't want to be an ugly person; God forgives me for my past mistakes but I have been pretty harsh at times.
But, as we can all see (sorry if you're blind), it's looking fantastic and we can see it should be finished soon! In the meantime, my home is overrun in power tools, grout, tiles, mastic, and other things. That's OK, I'm kind of messy anyway.
The only line I have drawn, don't block the cat food. [snort] I put that in a corner of the bedroom.
The guys even brought me a couple cases of Bibles to hand out. I had planned to do them tomorrow, but it will rain, and as we all learned from the handout a few weeks ago, people don't want a Bible in the rain.
So, tentative plan, Wednesday afternoon, rush hour time. A whole new crowd!
What have I been doing? Saturday and Sunday, guys came over to work. The tub faucet was tricky. The plumbing.
Whatever they did, it works. No leaks and it flows nicely into the tub. I did make a barrier so water wouldn't get on the freshly laid tile. It got on an old t-shirt, and the tile stayed dry.
I actually learned that trick from Ron, he likes to use an old shirt as a bathmat. I had a nice bath. So nice to just enjoy the tub, rather than worrying about when it's all going to fall in. [shudder] A lot of anxiety over the years.
So, I've been pretty tired, very mildly depressed (up to 4 lithiums a day). I haven't seen much of the cat. He's a cranky old man and doesn't like change. I missed him.
Today, I got up and went to work. I only handed out one Bible. After work, we went to Walmart, but they rode us around for an hour and a half, first. Ron was so tired he fell asleep in my lap, snoring gently. I found him adorable.
He actually reminded me of Frosty, who used to do the same thing! About Frosty
We finally got to Walmart. I left Ron on "The husband bench" and went to do it.
Mission #1: Lithium. Got it.
Mission #2: Snack foods for workers: Got them.
Mission #3: Portable DEET spray for my backpack. Mosquitos eat me alive at work when I'm waiting on a ride. Got it.
Mission #4: Drinks for me. Got them.
Mission #5: Processed dinners for me. Got them, I also got Ron a Night-hawk dinner because he loves them and the smell would have driven him nuts, otherwise.
Mission #6: Bank deposit. I have charity debits at the first of the month.
Mission #7: Ranch chicken for Ron, and the driver, who handed me back the Bible I tried to give him. Oh, well... he was listening to evangelical music from Africa. It was very pretty.
We finally got home, I took a double dose of lithium (OK by Doc), and took a nap. Imagine my joy when Mr Bubba cat got up in bed with me. He slept with me for hours. I was thrilled.
I really had missed him.
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