This side of the Road: Busy Day...Sorta...

I ran down to "Port Angeles' Penny Saver" to mail a package and decided to get half a dozen stamps as long as I was there. Several hours later, it popped into my head that I paid for the stamps and didn't wait to have them given to me. (she forgot too) Luckily, I'm in there enough that they know me and I could explain on the phone why I would be back this afternoon to get the the envelope at their front counter. Hate it when I do that as it's just another reminder of being absent minded more frequently. You wouldn't believe how I concentrate on what I'm doing when I go to the garage to take off in the car. I make sure I do all the steps in order so as not to go crashing through the door without opening it. I also have to make sure I shut the damn door when I leave. And at night I have to check to make sure that I didn't leave it wide open before going to bed. I don't have any doubt that this whole remembering issue is going to get more pronounced as I age. I try to laugh about it but it's still mighty unsettling.

Have noticed my tulips just are thriving like they did last year. I probably should read up on how to care for them. My cousin, Marlee, sent me pictures of her tulips and they're beautiful. Winter before last I dug up all the bulbs in the raised flower bed and put them in the garage and then replanted. Then I was told I didn't really need to do that -- so I didn't. This year only a few came up and I guess it's because I didn't fertlize? I don't know. I've never been that great at playing in the dirt and knowing what I'm doing.

After visiting Ruth at Poulsbo yesterday, we went to our usual lunch place in Silverdale (Red Robin). Think I'd like to try something different next time. I was disappointed with their watery bland clam chowder and I thought the prices were a tad high too.

Ruth was up and moving around in her wheel chair and we didn't visit that long as she wanted to go to lunch upstairs. I think she may be moving to the permanent floor upstairs soon as it's a little cheaper and she still has a lot of therapy to tackle to get to the point where she can go home with a caregiver.

After dropping off Joanne and Linda at the Beaver Valley Visitor Center, I drove back to Sequim to do some shopping. Unfortunately, both places were the big box stores and I had to tramp from one end to the other hunting for the few items I needed. I got a $14 package of cod fillets and separated them into 7 packages this morning for the freezer. I also picked up 4 packages of ground turkey and a large box with 3 frozen pizzas. (thin crust chicken barbeque I think?) That ought to keep me going for a while.

Took me forever and a day to find the caterpillar spray at Walmart. Irks me that you can never find clerks on the floor and even when you do spot one, they never know where the item is you need. Well, I wont' get started on Walmart's lack of customer service. We all know they fail miserably.

I'm going to go to the chiropractor this afternoon. Collected my various x-ray and mri reports so he can look them over and we can discuss whether or not he thinks he can help. Some days (like today) I'm not bothered all that much with arm and shoulder pain. I get my hopes up and then the next day, I can be suffering to beat the band all over again. I just don't get it!

As I looked around for the various test results, I realized that I was keeping a whole lot of medical JUNK I really don't need. Mostly medicare and AARP payment reports that I can't figure out half the time anyhow. I think I'm going to do some weeding out this week.

I noticed a large city utlities truck parked in front of my house and then I started hearing churgling noises in my sink and toilet. I went out to see what they were doing and they said they were just cleaning out sewer pipes. So I took a couple pictures. Ha!