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11/4/26

Life is funny how it can send you in different directions throughout the day. I conducted my first interview at 7:00 am. I had coffee and felt I was on my game as was the person I was speaking with. I enjoyed the conversation.  Next up, meeting with the nephrologist for Ethan. Ethan had a 10 minute break and planned to hop on a video call at 9:00. They usually take about 10 minutes so we figured it would be good timing. The doctor is technically challenged. She was 10 minutes late joining the meeting. Once she joined, she couldn’t hear us, had to grab someone to help her trouble shoot, left the video and had to rejoin once she logged into a different computer. 9:15 she finally joined. By that point, Ethan was pissed and gave short answers. We wrapped that meeting up just short of 9:30. She was pleased that his kidney values have remained steady and he seems to be in a holding pattern. Yay! At 9:30, I jumped on my next meeting presenting our software to a new Hospital manager. I fin...
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11/3/26

Paul had the day off because it was Election Day. I didn’t have this day off. I was jealous. The weather was so nice. Did you vote today? Paul, Ethan and I had a voting date. Ethan was a bit nervous as he has never voted. In the past, he was focusing on recovering, not politics. This is definitely growth. There was another dad there with his first time voter. Of course Avery did early voting….overachiever! Ha ha. At lunch I did a medication run. I went to two different pharmacies to pick up Ethan’s and my medication. I saved Ethan the trip as I knew voting would interrupt his pharmacy run. It was so nice out. I love these warm fall days!
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11/2/26

We talk for our dogs sometimes. We have a special voice we use for each dog. We make them say funny things and then laugh.  This morning Paul was in the kitchen by himself and had a whole conversation outloud between he and Jiminy. He was cracking himself up. It was cracking me up. After work I tried to check a few things off my list. I was mostly successful. I don’t care for how early it gets dark now….but that is life and we have to accept it for now. Tomorrow is voting day. Paul gets the entire day off. We all plan to vote after work tomorrow. Family date night at the polls!!!!! Exciting! I took all 4 dogs for a lengthy off leash run in the field. We were around two times. Even Ferguson happily kept up, trotting along, wagging his tail. I think he can see Jiminy. His sight is not good. But he stuck close to Jiminy. I was walking at quite a brisk pace. I was impressed the littles kept up. I am diving into the world of learning about cognitive decline as we are reallocating effort...
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11/1/26

Wow! It is November AND 70 degrees. What a nice day! We worked on our chores this morning. Paul is still wounded from hurting his neck in the shower. He went into the shower fine and walked out of the shower injured.  He was quite out of sorts and cranky about it….as I would have been. I gave him a neck massage. I also gave him a muscle relaxer and had him alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen. It took the edge off at least. I made some brownie-cookie bars to bring to our friend’s house for the Bills game.  They came out pretty tasty! Bill’s won. Yay! This daylight savings stuff has goofed me up a little bit.  It usually takes me a few days to acclimate fully.
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10/31/26

Paul and I have not realized how much we neglected this summer as we blissfully ignored our home owner’s duties. I did a mass clean out of the pantry, of the area I keep our canned goods and started tackling the basement. I need to be patient as Ethan’s floor was post ones until next weekend. Ugh!!!!!! I need to move these car parts.  I am organizing, labeling and weeding through our “stuff”. I would love to go through our crawl space and pull everything out before we are unable to get up in there. Why do we have so much stuff?  Paul tackled the outside of the house. He helped Ethan with a few projects. By the evening all 3 of us were pretty whipped. We decided that we would unwind and watch The Conjuring for our holiday treat. Paul did NOT like that the move was based on a true story. I made a spooky margarita. I shined a flashlight through the bottom of my glass. My skeleton glass looked pretty cool! Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 
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10/30/26

I took today off. I took the morning to catch up on stuff, have a routine check in with my regular doctor (all is healthy) and schedule more appointments for myself, all routine care. I called to set up my annual physical. This was a mentally strenuous exercise. If it were a physical exercise, I would be ready for a damn triathlon.  I was on hold for 15 minutes. Whatever, I utilized the time cleaning out my purse. Then I got this guy on the phone that was nothing less than mentally dull.  You know when you can tell right away. “Buckle up…” I thought “this is going to be a wild ride.”. I spelled my last name, gave my birthdate, address, and he still couldn’t find my information. He then asked for my phone number. Nope, still no account found. Then he asked for my zip code…..probably the same zip code 1000 other people have….that was the missing information that found my chart. 😬 should I just call back? Nope…I am 20 minutes in now….no wonder I was on hold so long….this guy has...
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10/29/26

Today was so warm. It actually felt like summer. 76 degrees with a nice breeze. I had the windows open. I had the dogs out getting in their fitness and setting up their urination boundaries to let all the wild and neighborhood animals know what is their territory….you know…typical dog stuff. They were watching intently and doing a decent job of guarding me. Ready to pounce on intruders at a moment’s notice. They were so sleepy tonight. Even Jiminy was snoring. We had someone from Verizon come to the door, in the rain at 8 pm. He was trying to get us to sign up for their internet. We already have it. Weird. They must have an outdated spreadsheet to try and sell us a service we already have. OR….it was a fraud! The best part was, the guy knocked on the door and the storm door was open. The screen door was closed. Moe and Penny charged the door. Moe has a fairly deep and terrifying bark that means business! He also hurls his body at the door.  The man heard Paul and I bickering and tr...
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