Holiday Weekend

Hi Blogger Friends.

I'm hanging in there. 

To address a comment or two.

Yes, vitamin D does cause depression, but I take a vitamin D3 supplement and just had my blood work done, and it's A-okay. But thank you.

Yvonne said I'm resetting. I liked that.  That's what it feels like in a way.

I talked to my doctor and had my blood work done as I mentioned, and she gave me some happy pills.  Eh. 

I am strong and I will get through this. I am trying to be active.

When Rick is going to the gym. I am going with him but I don't go inside.  I walk the outside trail since the humidity and temps are down. Everyone goes into the gym. The walking trail winds through the woods behind the gym.  It's lovely. I like walking, and it's good for my back too.  I used to have sidewalks where I lived, but I don't here, and walking on the road is treacherous to me.  The doc seems to think exercise is also key.  While I do enjoy nature, I love the solitude.  

Doc also suggested a therapist but none take insurance and I honestly can't afford $250 an hour or more.  

So there you have it. You've been updated😏

I must admit, I was embarrassingly guilty of watching too much TV during this time. Nothing great, just staring at the tube.  

Although I admit I enjoyed the Thursday Murder Club with Helen Mirren, Pearce Brosnan, and Ben Kinsley. (This was filmed in the UK)

I had never read the book, so I can't say if it's close to the book.

I enjoyed it. Not great but interesting. And gosh, Pearce is good-looking at every age, isn't he?  Damn!

Like The Great British Baking Show, I have to Google words to be sure I know what the hell they were saying. Chuffed got me.  Is that good or bad? 

"I'd be chuffed,"  I assumed, pissed, but looked it up anyway because she didn't look pissed.  Ooh, very wrong assumption.  

It means pleased, happy, etc. That is for all of you out there, like me, who didn't know. Also, on  The Great British Baking Show, they made something with suet. Geez, I have no idea what that could be, but it sounds dreadful. As does kidney pudding and schoolhouse pudding.  What the hell are they eating over there?  Kidney pudding just sounds YUK.  

Back to the movie - I had to laugh when one woman said to another that she had on a nice jumper.  Rick said, "She's not wearing a jumper."  I told him in the UK, that means sweater.  All he said was, Huh. 

In other news.  I made Rick dinner, and I lost my balance as I pulled the rack out of the oven.  My arm hit the rack and I burned myself. Ouch.  It's amazing how much a burn hurts, and this one is small.

I've done worse.  Think I'm accident-prone?  Rick suggested putting me in bubble wrap. He may be on to something.

During this time, I also watched The Price Is Right with Rick. He records it, which is funny in itself.  Anyway, I watched a young person who was a big dufus win and make it to the showcase showdown.  He won a fabulous sports car, but it was manual, and he said he didn't know how to drive it, so he passed on it. C'mon. I'd learn if I could win a 50K car.  Okay, that generation can not write in cursive, read an analog clock, or drive a manual transmission. Blows me away. They make tik-tok videos.

I'm losing hope in that generation said this old person.

There are a lot of car thieves around these parts. It's a big problem we see daily on the Ring app and the news.  

I told Rick we should buy a standard next. No fear of them driving off in it. 

I didn't learn until I was 18, but I learned. 

I drove a standard until we moved to Seattle. The hills were a killer at a stoplight/sign.  I came home one day after a terrible day of hills and said that I may have to get an automatic car for ease while living here. I told a person I worked with about this, and she laughed and said she had to do the same thing after she moved there.  That made me feel less like a loser. 

I'm leaving you with sad and funny Memes.

To all my American readers - I hope you all have a fabulous holiday weekend.