Thank you for all the thoughts of Molly and I yesterday. I’m happy to report that surgery wrnt well and she is up and around here at home. Was really weak and wobbly when I picked her up yesterday though. Effects from surgery still wearing off. Vet said everything looked good in the eye cavity, so now we wait for pathology report from Michigan State University. She zonked out when we got home, but later on, ate some food and drank some water. I had to put the cone on when I went to bed and of course she hated it. Couldn’t drink water or figure out how to maneuver. But she slept through the night till about 4 a.m., when natured called. Took off the cone and let her out. She beelined off the deck, down the sidewalk, found a spot, took care of business and beelined back in. So all systems are functioning and legs all going the same way
so now the healing begins. She’s moving around normally, so is adjusting to life as a one eyed dog. Was hard for her yesterday, as she dealt with the loos of the eye. Cried a couple times on the way home, which got me teary eyed. Poor baby. Just need to keep up drops in her other eye as there is concern over a couple things there and give her pain meds in the morning. Will put a cold compress on the surgical site to help with swelling for a couple days. Was breaking up ice cubes but then thought, I have some nice compress material outside, in the form of a small snowpile. Will just put some in a plastic bag wrapped in a small towel. See the vet again in two weeks. Was a stressful day yesterday, but I did go to town, gassed up truck and got it washed, looked for some storage drawers to keep my Diamond Art and supplies in, but didn’t find anything yet. Had lunch at Chinese buffet. I think Meijer has what I need. Had cleaned kitchen, washed floor and vacuumed before I left, so spent afternoon working on my Diamond Art. Stopped for a minute and got the fleece throw out of the dryer, was putting it in tbe loveseat, when my generator started up. Huh
I only had the lights on over my kitchen table but was out of the kitchen so didn’t realize we lost power. Not long later, cable went as well. That took my land line phone down. It’s just what I needed because the clinic was supposed to call me to let me know when I can go pick up Molly, so I called the clinic as I didn’t remember if I had given them my cell phone number or not. They have course we’re without power to because we are all on the same circuit. There wa a crew working on the lines when I went into town up the road about 6 miles or so. think they were an independent contractor working for our cable company. So they must’ve had to do some thing that required, turning the power off and disconnected the cable. Was back on in not quite an hour. So I just worked on the art while the generator hummed along. peaking of cable. BJ, don’t refuse fiber optic. They are installing them all over now, and replacing the older cable lines. The fiber optics are capable of handling the higher speeds that we need for Internet and stuff nowadays. They have been doing that up here too over the past three years or so. Judy, you mentioned meter readers the other day when everybody was talking about utility bills. We no longer have them. Thty use “smart meters” that automatically send meter readings to the billing departments once a month via radio frequencies. So our bills are the actual amount. New meters have that technology built in, old meters have the devices installed on them. And while I’m in the subject of utility bills, I did some research on watts etc. to get an idea of what size generator I needed for my house. Your electric stove/oven and dishwasher are the biggest users of electricity in a home. The dishwasher because of the tine period it is running, usually and hour and a half on average, not to mention the volume of water they use. Martha, glad you got your internet fixed. Hope it stays that way.
Vet clinic just called to see how Molly is doing. Said to send up some picks of surgery area as I mentioned skin that was shaved is getting red. Probably bruising setting in. And I’ve been babbling long enough here, so Bext get moving and do something. Not much
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so I will be worn out after all that. Have 4 days off after that to recuperate. 
My back won't be too happy with working 4 days in a row. 
I would like to drive up to the gourd farm next week because they are selling their last years crop half off, to get ready for this years crop that is ready to harvest. Gourds are expensive so if I can pick up some small ones for half price, that will be good. I don't have too many left. The small ones are easier to work on and store in an RV (if I ever get one! 
