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PT and errands. again
Sep. 25th, 2020 03:35 pmI don't do anything else, and I tend to do them on the same day; mostly because PT is in AnnArbor, and most of the stores I go to are there. The rest of them are in town, and I stop on my way home.
PT progresses. Team lead says 'not so fast' -- team member last week added an exercise and increased the weight on another, and my shoulder wasn't really ready for either of them. Being the good PT patient that I am, I dropped the weight, and dropped one of the exercises entirely. Team leader agreed with both of my changes. Today was evaluation day. Still fairly significant limitations, although everything is better than it was a month ago, which was better than when I first went in. At least two more weeks, and he retains the right to extend treatment further if needed.
I finally gave in and called my optometrist. The current glasses I'm wearing are almost three years old - the last time I went in (march of 2019), she said that the changes to my prescription were very minor and that I probably didn't need to get new lenses. So I didn't. But the changes have progressed (not just presbyopia, but actual corneal deformation) to the point that I need new glasses. She's currently taking appointments for 6 weeks out - the first one they offered me was November 3. Erm, no, can't make that one (Election Day! I will be trapped at the township hall). So November 10 it is.
Meijer is filling in the empty spaces in the soda can shelves with salty snacks. Paper goods are fully stocked for two layers deep, but the rest of the shelf is empty. Still no sliced chicken in the sandwich meat case. The cider mill is open, so I stop there on my way home - it's actually a bit out of my way, but it's still better than making a special trip. The grocer in town has sugared Pepsi (as opposed to the usual HFCS stuff). Still no throwback Mt Dew (also sugar). I was able to get everything on the list (except the one thing that I specifically chose not to, because I can go into town and get it if we run out before next Friday).
The solar panels are all on the garage roof! J has been moving some of the house circuits over to a critical circuits box, so that they'll still run off the battery if the mains power goes out overnight. Still waiting for various inspections, and to hear from the contractor as to when they'll be here, but things are progressing. J is also rearranging the internet stuff - the routers/modems/etc have all been crammed onto a drop-down panel in the floor joists in my workroom (right by where the cable comes in to the house), but he's moved them all to a larger, more accessible space on the wall in the storage room that we cleared off for the inverter and the battery. He pulled a couple hundred feet of outdated wire out of the wire chases last night (the old second phone line, old cable-TV wires, old LAN wiring, etc), so that will be neater.
I have been doing the early fall garden clean-up, pulling weeds (mostly grass) and cutting back flower stems. I've been avoiding a couple of gardens, just because there's so many different bees buzzing around in them -- I really don't need to disrupt them while they're stocking up for winter, so I won't. The high point frog count was 24 plus 5 tadpoles. The usual count in the evening now is 14-15.
PT progresses. Team lead says 'not so fast' -- team member last week added an exercise and increased the weight on another, and my shoulder wasn't really ready for either of them. Being the good PT patient that I am, I dropped the weight, and dropped one of the exercises entirely. Team leader agreed with both of my changes. Today was evaluation day. Still fairly significant limitations, although everything is better than it was a month ago, which was better than when I first went in. At least two more weeks, and he retains the right to extend treatment further if needed.
I finally gave in and called my optometrist. The current glasses I'm wearing are almost three years old - the last time I went in (march of 2019), she said that the changes to my prescription were very minor and that I probably didn't need to get new lenses. So I didn't. But the changes have progressed (not just presbyopia, but actual corneal deformation) to the point that I need new glasses. She's currently taking appointments for 6 weeks out - the first one they offered me was November 3. Erm, no, can't make that one (Election Day! I will be trapped at the township hall). So November 10 it is.
Meijer is filling in the empty spaces in the soda can shelves with salty snacks. Paper goods are fully stocked for two layers deep, but the rest of the shelf is empty. Still no sliced chicken in the sandwich meat case. The cider mill is open, so I stop there on my way home - it's actually a bit out of my way, but it's still better than making a special trip. The grocer in town has sugared Pepsi (as opposed to the usual HFCS stuff). Still no throwback Mt Dew (also sugar). I was able to get everything on the list (except the one thing that I specifically chose not to, because I can go into town and get it if we run out before next Friday).
The solar panels are all on the garage roof! J has been moving some of the house circuits over to a critical circuits box, so that they'll still run off the battery if the mains power goes out overnight. Still waiting for various inspections, and to hear from the contractor as to when they'll be here, but things are progressing. J is also rearranging the internet stuff - the routers/modems/etc have all been crammed onto a drop-down panel in the floor joists in my workroom (right by where the cable comes in to the house), but he's moved them all to a larger, more accessible space on the wall in the storage room that we cleared off for the inverter and the battery. He pulled a couple hundred feet of outdated wire out of the wire chases last night (the old second phone line, old cable-TV wires, old LAN wiring, etc), so that will be neater.
I have been doing the early fall garden clean-up, pulling weeds (mostly grass) and cutting back flower stems. I've been avoiding a couple of gardens, just because there's so many different bees buzzing around in them -- I really don't need to disrupt them while they're stocking up for winter, so I won't. The high point frog count was 24 plus 5 tadpoles. The usual count in the evening now is 14-15.
