Well, the we went off Daylight Savings Time early this morning - at 2:00 a.m. to be precise. While I love it when we change times in November cause it gives us an extra hour to sleep in, my body doesn't really care for it. I've been 'off' all day and it's only noon. It will take a couple of days to get acclimatized to the time change...thank goodness I no longer have to deal with going to work as well as the change in time.
The last couple of weeks have been - well, challenging is a word that comes to mind. Last weekend, I had to deal with John's back - we have scheduled a procedure for this coming Tuesday that, hopefully, will give him 100% relief immediately. Then we had to take one of the dogs to the vet cause she tore a huge hole in the bottom of her paw. That was all on one day. The next day mom required a trip to the ED via ambulance - the results of which were "We just don't know", from the ED doctor on duty.
I followed the ambulance into the hospital so I would have transportation when I left the hospital. By the time I got there, parked the car, and made it to the ED, Mom was 100% pain free and not even sure why she was there. 4 hours later, after x-rays, lab tests, and a Cat-Scan, we were no closer to knowing why she had been in so much pain. So I brought here home and there has been to recurrence.
I was on my way into town to teach a workshop on Wednesday morning and stopped at the library to put a couple of books in the dropbox. As I pulled way, the sun was directly in my front windshield and I proceeded to drive right into a cement-based lamppost. Tons of damage to my car - undriveable - and a very sore chest area on me. Fortunately, I had my seat belt on and the airbag did not deploy or there would have been so much more physical damage. Had the car towed to a shop that is going to repair it, John drove me in to teach and the day went on from the. I had some developing discomfort from the impact - which I expected - and I called our doctor to make sure there wasn't anthing that I was supposed to do - their recommendation, since it was a result of a car accident, was to go to the ED. Do John picked me up from my workshop and took me to the ED. They checked me in and said it could be as much as 5 1/2 hours ....I had John go home and take care of his farm chores and feed the animals and feed mom. I was only at the ED for 2 hours when they released me after doing x-rays and an EKG. He came and picked me up. I drove to my workshop and finished out that obligation and came home. It's been quite a pain-filled few days but the ED doctor said there was no internal damage, only general bruiding from the seat belt and to continue taking the pain meds I have been taking for my arthritic knee and in 5-7 days I should begin to feel better. Today is day 5 so I should see some improvement soon. In the meantime, the insurance company has been working with the repair shop and they believe they have an agreement for repairs. John and I will stop there tomorrow to see how long it will take to get my car back - total repairs so far are aroung $6600.00. Depending on how long it will take to get my car back, we may decide to get a rental car.
I saw this car in front of me at a stoplight coming home on Thursday. It's a good reminder that not all things have to be looked at dramatically!
John sent this picture to me while I was teaching on Thursday morning. It seems Belle had her calf. We haven't determined if it's a boy or girl yet but it's up and running across the field and nursing and Babette is being a good big sister. Will be albe to know within the week if it's a boy or girl and can then name it. Welcome, little calf!
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