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I'm on my second 'day' (time up being somewhat productive.) On the bright side, I get two of these each day. On the down side, my day comes to a grinding halt at some point when I need to rest.

When I said I could only be up for 7 hours each day, my girlfriend said there was no way my doctor could know that medically and I explained it wasn't the doctor telling me, it was my body simply shutting down. Aside from exhaustion, ache, and feeling very cold, I also feel like a cranky two-year-old who has been dragged around a mall and is starting a meltdown. There have been days I've walked in the door, gone to hang up my coat and found my hands can't manage the fine motor required to do that so I toss it on the floor and climb the stairs to bed, whining and teary-eyed. Just like a two-year-old.

Two to three hours later, I can be up again and eventually expect an hour or so of productivity after eating dinner.

This evening, I got my Tuesday kitchen dailies done, plus tidied up the kitchen after dinner. We had the last of the leftovers from Saturday night.

Now I'm tired again. Sigh...

Dh heard from his friend/mentor today. His wife has stage 4 cancer (this is the friend I thought had died over the Labour Day weekend but she pulled through that crisis.) Turns out it wasn't RA after all. She has 1 - 3 months to live at this point and no further treatment will occur. Dh's friend is resigning his chairmanship of the committee they are on and dh will take over. Dh was to take over after the release of the standard they are working on but, finally, our friend has figured out that he can't concentrate on work. No kidding. I knew that 3 weeks ago but it took him this long to figure it out for himself. He'll stay on until dh is back from Poland (where he is presenting the standard at a major standards meeting.)

Dh says we shouldn't go down to see our friend again - we saw her in the summer and dh feels we'd be taking time away from their time together. We will go down for the funeral. Now, I'm strong enough to do so and will hopefully have the new car by then so will be able to travel in greater comfort.

No news on the new car - they can't find the colour we want, phoned Friday for more colour options and we haven't heard a thing since.

Ivy--I haven't ever listened to Bible tapes, but think that is a great idea. I do daily readings. In 2009, I was always telling DH something that I had gleaned from that day's reading. In 2011, we both did the readings, so we had some good discussions. What is different about the plan I mentioned is that each day of the week, you are in a different book of the Bible. The Bible is divided into 7 sections, so that by the end of the year, you have read it all.

scattered--Your leftover stew was good, I bet!

We had friends over tonight. Showed them our progress, or lack of progress, on the house. Then we all sat here and discussed how to solve the world's problems.

Harriet, I love Gala apples. I used to eat Red Delicious and once I tried Gala, I have never bought the others again. But I might look for the HoneyCrisps and try them.

Wow, OKay, I sure hope your parents lock up better in the future.

Ivy, how many pen pals do you have? I didn't know people did that any more.

DH brought home a bag of apples yesterday. One of those paper bags with handles. Very small apples and I don't know what kind, but they are delicious! Neither of us likes Delicious apples, they are the prettiest but have the least flavor. He thinks he gets sick if he eats Gala apples. We like McIntosh. We also get something called braeburn (sp?) but I think they're too soft.

I took a long nap after lunch. Really didn't get much done all day. Did fold a LOL, reconcile a bank account this evening, and worked on a very confusing statement with DH and got that ready to email.

Kathryn, do you think you might be getting just a tad better? Sometimes I think I am, sometimes not. I kept phones with me all day, carried around from room to room because I expected a call from Dr. Nope. She must be very busy.

(((Sadie's dh))) I would be the same way if I were called for jury duty.
DH has been called twice, and the first time he did fine, and trial only lasted a couple of days.
Second time was just a few weeks after his ddad passed away. He got there for the selection and he knew both of the parties in the case, but neither one would strike him! He lay awake all night long and really made himself sick over it, too, and the next morning he went and talked to the judge before the trial began and the judge removed him from it. Besides feeling too "connected" to the two people, I think he was just really suffering from exhaustion and depression at the time, and the stress was just more than he could handle.
Ddil was called a few weeks ago but they cancelled the trial for some reason the weekend before it was to begin.

I've done little of nothing tonight except watch dgs. I did wash a load of clothes, but that's about it.

Hope y'all have a good night!