THIS AND THAT

It's the end of another week.  The sixth one in our shut-down.  Our governor says that because Philly and the surrounding counties have the most cases of COVID-19 that we will be the last in the state to open.  Maybe as late as September.  I hope it will be earlier since I would like to celebrate my sister's birthday with her in July and Joe and I want to get at least one day down the shore.

I haven't posted my pastor's message from last Sunday, so I will put it here.  I didn't get to church because I wasn't feeling well, so Pastor's wife, Carolyn, filmed it.

My headaches have continued.  Yesterday it began at 9:00 a.m. and lasted until 10:00 p.m.  Some parts of the day are worse than others.  I am nauseous with it and feel as if my head is splitting in half.  Since the doctor's office was closed, I decided to call the pharmacy.  The pharmacist said it did not sound like a reaction to the new medication and thinks I came off of the old one too quickly.  In other words, I am having withdrawal symptoms.  Oh my!  I called my doctor this morning and left a message but she hasn't called back.  The headache was somewhat better today, but still there.  And still feeling too sick to eat.  (Maybe I will lose the weight I gained by staying home!)  It finally let up around 7:00 p.m. and I was able to make and eat dinner.  The first decent meal I made Joe this week.  But now I know I will have another headache tomorrow.  Hopefully each day will get less until I am free of them for good.  The new medication is doing a good job of bringing down my blood pressure, but at what a cost!

I have been watching one episode a day of "Call the Midwife" and "When Calls the Heart" on Netflix.  Even though I've seen them all before, I enjoy them as if it was the first time.  I also watch the original "Star Trek" but not every day. I'm such a fan that some of the episodes I can say the line before they do.  I have the scripts memorized.

I also started reading the book of Genesis in the Bible.  Yesterday I was reading about Noah.  I thought to myself that he and his family were in the ultimate shut-down.  And they were locked into the ark for over a year!  I sure hope our shelter in place doesn't last that long.

I have been doing a lot of knitting and crocheting.  I hope to do a post about that next week.  I ordered new knitting needles and some yarn from Amazon.  It is supposed to show up on Sunday and then I will start yet another new project.  I have three going on now.

So what have you been doing to pass the time?  How locked down are you?  Pretty much everything is closed here.

Another thing I did yesterday was cut my hair.  Short.  Very short.  It was half-way down my back and way past my shoulders in the front.  It kept getting in my eyes, my mouth, etc. and bothering me.  And then when the headaches began, the weight of my hair made me feel worse.  So I began with a little bit.  Then more.  And more.  I ended up really butchering it.  I have cut my hair before and it looked fine.  This time not so much.  I do not have a picture of me because I look awful.  I figure in about three or four weeks I will look much better.  My hair grows fast so by the end of the year it will be where I wanted it when I began to cut it.  Yes, about six to nine months to grow back.  But the good thing is hair does grow.

And now that I've rambled on about a lot of things and it is getting late, I'm going to end.  I want to get up fairly early tomorrow and get some things done before the headache starts.  One thing I must do is cut the grass.  Or should I say violets since that is what is growing out there.  Maybe I will have enough energy to work some on the patio too.

Have a good evening everyone.

Kathy