THURSDAY WITH EYES ON EARL
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:39 amGOOD MORNING TO US ALL!
It's 70 degrees out there on the true second day of my retirement! I met quite a few teachers at Kinney's Drugs yesterday, while I was killing time waiting for my doctor appointment, and they all seeemed to be telling me that I retired in the knick of time. I guess all the moving around of personnel has many of them very bitter and saying it's time to get out of education. I must say I felt very good, as my second retirement check had been deposited in my bank account the day before.....it was a bit more than the first check, and is still not the final amount I will be getting each month, and I guess I will be able to live with it ok.
Speaking of money, and RV repairs, and such, I called the RV dealers yesterday about my refrigerator, and they gave me the same thing to try that AN
RVing friend suggested I try----to move that little temperature-control device around that is clipped to my fins. t took me a while to figure out how to unclip it and reposition it, but it's not hard to do. I have now moved it in both directions, to see which would allow the motor to cycle on and off properly, but, so far, it still seems to be constantly running and freezing my stuff. Although, when I ran it on gas last night after moving it radically, it registered normal temp this morning. So now I am trying it on electricity again, as, when I am hooked up, I will want to run it this way. If this doesn't hold the temperatuer wher I want it today, I will have to make an appointment with the dealership to have it fixed. That means an 80 mile round-trip haul, and that I won't have my little house by the main house for a while! As the weather is threatening to change, I won't be comfy in the leanto any more much longer either. Oh well---I need to have this up and running when I take to the roads.
The doc told me to stay on the same meds I have been using, rather than change to the higher dose just yet. He says he believes my anxiety about my blood pressure is half the reason it is high, and I have to agree with him whole heartedly. So I'll continue to monitor it daily and leave the results at the front desk for him to look at, and then we'll decide when/if it's time to up to the next dose.
Today I will paint some more on the house, and bag up the stuff that will go to the dump on Saturday. I sorted through the bedding stuff yesterday before I did some Painting, and now I need to take a bunch of sheets and pillowcases to the laundromat in town so I can wash them all before I put them into new storage bins. It will be easier to do them all at once rather than have to do a lot of smaller loads here at home. At least, that's my theory! I can still bring them all home to line-dry, which makes them smell so good!
Earl is steadily whirling its way toward the Outter Banks this morning, and it's back up to a category 4 hurricane again. Maybe Liz and Carol will have a storm to contend with, although I think they are inland enough to get only heavy winds and a lot of rain. If anyone is closer to the coast, I hope you are prepared to lose power for a while, at the very least. My poor little Plum Island off Newburyport, MA might get the full fury of this storm, too. Parker River Wildlife Bird Sanctuary is on that island, with miles of beautiful beach.
So, let's all keep an eye to the skies today, and stop in to check with us about where you are and what is going on in your life. Happy first Thursday in September, 2010!
It's 70 degrees out there on the true second day of my retirement! I met quite a few teachers at Kinney's Drugs yesterday, while I was killing time waiting for my doctor appointment, and they all seeemed to be telling me that I retired in the knick of time. I guess all the moving around of personnel has many of them very bitter and saying it's time to get out of education. I must say I felt very good, as my second retirement check had been deposited in my bank account the day before.....it was a bit more than the first check, and is still not the final amount I will be getting each month, and I guess I will be able to live with it ok.
Speaking of money, and RV repairs, and such, I called the RV dealers yesterday about my refrigerator, and they gave me the same thing to try that AN
RVing friend suggested I try----to move that little temperature-control device around that is clipped to my fins. t took me a while to figure out how to unclip it and reposition it, but it's not hard to do. I have now moved it in both directions, to see which would allow the motor to cycle on and off properly, but, so far, it still seems to be constantly running and freezing my stuff. Although, when I ran it on gas last night after moving it radically, it registered normal temp this morning. So now I am trying it on electricity again, as, when I am hooked up, I will want to run it this way. If this doesn't hold the temperatuer wher I want it today, I will have to make an appointment with the dealership to have it fixed. That means an 80 mile round-trip haul, and that I won't have my little house by the main house for a while! As the weather is threatening to change, I won't be comfy in the leanto any more much longer either. Oh well---I need to have this up and running when I take to the roads.
The doc told me to stay on the same meds I have been using, rather than change to the higher dose just yet. He says he believes my anxiety about my blood pressure is half the reason it is high, and I have to agree with him whole heartedly. So I'll continue to monitor it daily and leave the results at the front desk for him to look at, and then we'll decide when/if it's time to up to the next dose.
Today I will paint some more on the house, and bag up the stuff that will go to the dump on Saturday. I sorted through the bedding stuff yesterday before I did some Painting, and now I need to take a bunch of sheets and pillowcases to the laundromat in town so I can wash them all before I put them into new storage bins. It will be easier to do them all at once rather than have to do a lot of smaller loads here at home. At least, that's my theory! I can still bring them all home to line-dry, which makes them smell so good!
Earl is steadily whirling its way toward the Outter Banks this morning, and it's back up to a category 4 hurricane again. Maybe Liz and Carol will have a storm to contend with, although I think they are inland enough to get only heavy winds and a lot of rain. If anyone is closer to the coast, I hope you are prepared to lose power for a while, at the very least. My poor little Plum Island off Newburyport, MA might get the full fury of this storm, too. Parker River Wildlife Bird Sanctuary is on that island, with miles of beautiful beach.
So, let's all keep an eye to the skies today, and stop in to check with us about where you are and what is going on in your life. Happy first Thursday in September, 2010!
Hopefully they will be more up to par before she leaves. 
