Better a Late Update Then No Updates
So I see my last post was in Feb so I'm behind on my updates. But I have a good reason.
I've been extremely busy and once incommudicado.
At the end of Feb I ended up in the hospital for over a week as my doctor arranged for all the tests she could think of to try and find out why my electrolytes wouldn't stay up. In the end we had to conclude that I've had too many parts removed for my system, which was never very effective to begin with, to be able to cope. So, some dietary changes and an increase in the amount of supplements I take were undertaken. Still had trouble for most of March with keeping my levels up but they finally seem to have stabilized and, while not great, they are in the lower normal range now.
Except that now I'm having that pins-and-needles feeling in my fingers I usually get with low magnesium but my magnesium level isn't that low. At least I don't think it is. My doctor hasn't contacted me about my last blood work and I haven't had time to contact her. Need to try and do that tomorrow though, I really need to find out what's going on before it gets worse.
I've been busy with two major things - helping Carvis apply all over the place to get his work term and getting ready to move. Yes, we're moving again but within the city. Since Mouse and Merc are both moving out, we can't afford the three bedroom so we've found a two bedroom my money will pay for and give us a little extra for transportation. That way Carvis will be responsible for the remaining expenses of food and bills. We're hoping he can get a summer job too. First we have to get his work term settled and it's right down to the wire.
If he gets the work term, we can put in the money to hold his seat for the Human Resources program next year and apply for another student loan. Otherwise he has to look for a regular job. Needless-to-say, this has been a stressful situation although I've been trying hard not to let the stress get at me. On top of that, I've been trying to clear out most of our possessions so we don't drag around stuff we don't use and haven't used in several years. With the smaller apartment and a second room I can finally use for a craft room I want to get rid of the clutter and keep only what I want for keepsakes (like my foxes) and items we'll use. Carvis wants me to get rid of most of my craft supplies because he thinks I won't use them despite me telling him in this place I have no space for them. The cats have grown up enough that they mostly leave things alone. Ilara likes eating my rose plant and the Christmas tree so I'm trying to sell off the Christmas tree. Keeping my rose plant though.
There's a lot to go through though and we move at the end of the month. My energy levels are still on the low side but not as bad as they were so I can only do so much per day. Trying to do the housework and make meals as well simply makes it even more exhausting for me so I try and balance out my day. I do a little in the morning, take a hour or so break, and do a little more in the afternoon, take another break then do supper. The evenings I take off. If I'm not where I want to be in the clearing out process by the end of this week I'll call in reinforcements to help me go through the rest of it. I want the last week free to drop off anything we haven't sold off to a couple of organizations or have them picked up. That will also be the week when I clean the apartment and do minor repairs. I intend to have everything except what we need for daily living packed away by then too.
Once we move I can take my time setting up my craft room. I'll have to wait anyway, Merc is currently gone to Halifax for his work term and will be back for two weeks in June to finish off his course. All of his stuff is packed up so he;ll just fix up what he needs for that period then he and his stuff will be gone, permanently. He's moving back to Halifax. Mouse will be gone at the end of this month to Halifax.
One thing I'll be doing from the first day in the new apartment is getting the cats to understand that Saisha has the second room as his room. Ilara gets the master bedroom and they share the living room. So Ilara's carrier will be placed in the one room and Saisha's carrier in the other. They'll both have full run of the apartment but this way they each have a place they "own". It'll be different for them as Saisha has not felt like any of the rooms was his here so I'm hoping that helps make him less skittish. Since it's the room where I'll be most of the time he should feel secure there.
Hehe, speaking of Sai, he's started hopping up on the arm of my chair when he wants to be groomed. He really likes the comb and he'll even lift his head so I can get under his chin. He also hops up on the chair when he wants to watch his bird videos at night. He'll get right in front of me so I can't see the keyboard and look at the monitor. I should never have shown him that first video. Lol. He thinks he should be able to watch a video every evening. And, of course, I have to watch it with him. I left one night to use the bathroom and when I came out he gave me a reproachful look as if to say "Don't you want to be with me? I want to share my time with you watching these birds." Hehe.
It was funny watching his reaction when the first squirrel appeared. We don't have any squirrels around so he's never seen them. He was confused then tried batting the screen. I guess his instincts told him it was something to hunt. Ilara won't watch videos. She seems to know they aren't really there and has absolutely no interest in them. She also recognizes the difference between sounds coming from the speakers and from outdoors through the windows. She will sit on the window and watch the birds outside. She knows better than to try and go through the screen to get at them.
Last month I was moving too fast through the bedroom and tripped over the cords Carvis had on the floor. I couldn't catch myself but did manage to twist enough to land on my side rather than on my stomach. I don't even want to know what sort of damage I could do falling on the cancer. However, landing on my side wasn't a good idea either. I landed on my knee then full force on my hip. Ouch. Major ouch. I thought for a moment I had broken it, there was that much pain. But I hadn't. Bruised it really badly though. I couldn't lift my foot at all the first day and even the next day. It took over a week before I could trust putting any weight on the hip and trying to tackle the stairs. My knee wasn't too bad, it only hurt for the first day then was fine. But my hip was sore for over a week and it took a couple of days before the bruise worked it's way to the surface. Man, I don't think I've ever hurt myself that badly before. I couldn't even leave the apartment for over a week because I couldn't handle the stairs. But it's healed now. And I move slowly through the bedroom. No more tripping for me.
Hmm, I think that's all my news. Doesn't sound like a lot but there really is enough here to keep me extremely busy. I cleared out some things before we moved up from Dartmouth but we still had several years of knick knacks and stuff that had been collected that moved with us. And I haven't cleared any of it since we moved here. We had originally though we'd be in this place for only a year or two and ended up being here for close to four. I've made a few half-hearted attemtps to clear things but mostly just never felt like doing it or had the space to go through it. Now I have to go through it and with Merc gone I can move things into that room as I clear out and organize the totes.
Today, though, is Mother's Day and I'm taking it mostly off. I'll help Carvis run all the garbage out but otherwise he said he'd do the housework and supper. :)
I've been extremely busy and once incommudicado.
At the end of Feb I ended up in the hospital for over a week as my doctor arranged for all the tests she could think of to try and find out why my electrolytes wouldn't stay up. In the end we had to conclude that I've had too many parts removed for my system, which was never very effective to begin with, to be able to cope. So, some dietary changes and an increase in the amount of supplements I take were undertaken. Still had trouble for most of March with keeping my levels up but they finally seem to have stabilized and, while not great, they are in the lower normal range now.
Except that now I'm having that pins-and-needles feeling in my fingers I usually get with low magnesium but my magnesium level isn't that low. At least I don't think it is. My doctor hasn't contacted me about my last blood work and I haven't had time to contact her. Need to try and do that tomorrow though, I really need to find out what's going on before it gets worse.
I've been busy with two major things - helping Carvis apply all over the place to get his work term and getting ready to move. Yes, we're moving again but within the city. Since Mouse and Merc are both moving out, we can't afford the three bedroom so we've found a two bedroom my money will pay for and give us a little extra for transportation. That way Carvis will be responsible for the remaining expenses of food and bills. We're hoping he can get a summer job too. First we have to get his work term settled and it's right down to the wire.
If he gets the work term, we can put in the money to hold his seat for the Human Resources program next year and apply for another student loan. Otherwise he has to look for a regular job. Needless-to-say, this has been a stressful situation although I've been trying hard not to let the stress get at me. On top of that, I've been trying to clear out most of our possessions so we don't drag around stuff we don't use and haven't used in several years. With the smaller apartment and a second room I can finally use for a craft room I want to get rid of the clutter and keep only what I want for keepsakes (like my foxes) and items we'll use. Carvis wants me to get rid of most of my craft supplies because he thinks I won't use them despite me telling him in this place I have no space for them. The cats have grown up enough that they mostly leave things alone. Ilara likes eating my rose plant and the Christmas tree so I'm trying to sell off the Christmas tree. Keeping my rose plant though.
There's a lot to go through though and we move at the end of the month. My energy levels are still on the low side but not as bad as they were so I can only do so much per day. Trying to do the housework and make meals as well simply makes it even more exhausting for me so I try and balance out my day. I do a little in the morning, take a hour or so break, and do a little more in the afternoon, take another break then do supper. The evenings I take off. If I'm not where I want to be in the clearing out process by the end of this week I'll call in reinforcements to help me go through the rest of it. I want the last week free to drop off anything we haven't sold off to a couple of organizations or have them picked up. That will also be the week when I clean the apartment and do minor repairs. I intend to have everything except what we need for daily living packed away by then too.
Once we move I can take my time setting up my craft room. I'll have to wait anyway, Merc is currently gone to Halifax for his work term and will be back for two weeks in June to finish off his course. All of his stuff is packed up so he;ll just fix up what he needs for that period then he and his stuff will be gone, permanently. He's moving back to Halifax. Mouse will be gone at the end of this month to Halifax.
One thing I'll be doing from the first day in the new apartment is getting the cats to understand that Saisha has the second room as his room. Ilara gets the master bedroom and they share the living room. So Ilara's carrier will be placed in the one room and Saisha's carrier in the other. They'll both have full run of the apartment but this way they each have a place they "own". It'll be different for them as Saisha has not felt like any of the rooms was his here so I'm hoping that helps make him less skittish. Since it's the room where I'll be most of the time he should feel secure there.
Hehe, speaking of Sai, he's started hopping up on the arm of my chair when he wants to be groomed. He really likes the comb and he'll even lift his head so I can get under his chin. He also hops up on the chair when he wants to watch his bird videos at night. He'll get right in front of me so I can't see the keyboard and look at the monitor. I should never have shown him that first video. Lol. He thinks he should be able to watch a video every evening. And, of course, I have to watch it with him. I left one night to use the bathroom and when I came out he gave me a reproachful look as if to say "Don't you want to be with me? I want to share my time with you watching these birds." Hehe.
It was funny watching his reaction when the first squirrel appeared. We don't have any squirrels around so he's never seen them. He was confused then tried batting the screen. I guess his instincts told him it was something to hunt. Ilara won't watch videos. She seems to know they aren't really there and has absolutely no interest in them. She also recognizes the difference between sounds coming from the speakers and from outdoors through the windows. She will sit on the window and watch the birds outside. She knows better than to try and go through the screen to get at them.
Last month I was moving too fast through the bedroom and tripped over the cords Carvis had on the floor. I couldn't catch myself but did manage to twist enough to land on my side rather than on my stomach. I don't even want to know what sort of damage I could do falling on the cancer. However, landing on my side wasn't a good idea either. I landed on my knee then full force on my hip. Ouch. Major ouch. I thought for a moment I had broken it, there was that much pain. But I hadn't. Bruised it really badly though. I couldn't lift my foot at all the first day and even the next day. It took over a week before I could trust putting any weight on the hip and trying to tackle the stairs. My knee wasn't too bad, it only hurt for the first day then was fine. But my hip was sore for over a week and it took a couple of days before the bruise worked it's way to the surface. Man, I don't think I've ever hurt myself that badly before. I couldn't even leave the apartment for over a week because I couldn't handle the stairs. But it's healed now. And I move slowly through the bedroom. No more tripping for me.
Hmm, I think that's all my news. Doesn't sound like a lot but there really is enough here to keep me extremely busy. I cleared out some things before we moved up from Dartmouth but we still had several years of knick knacks and stuff that had been collected that moved with us. And I haven't cleared any of it since we moved here. We had originally though we'd be in this place for only a year or two and ended up being here for close to four. I've made a few half-hearted attemtps to clear things but mostly just never felt like doing it or had the space to go through it. Now I have to go through it and with Merc gone I can move things into that room as I clear out and organize the totes.
Today, though, is Mother's Day and I'm taking it mostly off. I'll help Carvis run all the garbage out but otherwise he said he'd do the housework and supper. :)