Not sure I can keep up this pace

The latest picture.  I had an idea for the Illumination theme:  using the "idea as a light bulb" I used an energy efficient one instead of the traditional one.  I don't think it really comes across with the humor I intended.  I'm not sure I'm going to submit it.  But it's a start.

Another busy day.  I did some baking:  muffins and Irish soda bread.  I did some cleaning in the basement.  It's pretty nasty in spots down there because of the water from the past few rains.  I need to get some bleach going on down there.  I'm fixing supper now and still cleaning up all the stuff I used for baking.  It's probably the reason I hate to bake.

Still...chili and soda bread for supper.  

I haven't seen any birds on the bird feeder yet but I am hearing more of them.  I suspect I'm just missing them because the amount of bird seed is diminishing.  Plus, I keep forgetting to look until I hear them.

I started watching the first season of True Blood last night.  It's really good.  I've got the whole season to catch up on before season 2 starts this week.  It might be an all-nighter tonight. I didn't get tons of sleep last night but that one night of great sleep seems to be carrying me through.

I scheduled my mammogram today.  It will be next Friday.  I hate driving all the way up to Fond du Lac, especially with gas prices going up again but my doctor is affiliated with that hospital and I'm not a fan of Beaver Dam Community Hospital at all.  Those are the asshats that tried to get me to mortgage the house minutes after I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  And continued to badger me every year after that.  They were party to the humongous bill we had for a gall bladder operation:  $22,000.  And that was 13 years ago.  Asshats!  They got away with all those outrageous prices because we didn't have an insurance company telling them no way.

And next month I have two appointments up in Fond du Lac:  the rheumatologist and the surgeon.  I think I'll be done with the aromasin.  It's been five years and it's not been known to be any more effective after that.  I don't know what else is available or if I'm just down to the watch and hope phase of this.  It would be nice not to have to spend that money every month, but I like having a security blanket of sorts.

Professor is walking ever so much better on that leg.  I'm sneaking his half a baby aspirin (crushed) into a tablespoon of peanut butter.  It's the only thing he'll consistently eat.  Today he snubbed his nose twice at his food and ate the cat's food instead.  And of course, Hannibal was eating Professor's food.

It didn't rain much today but I still didn't get a lot done outside.  I'm finding it hard to fit everything in that I want to do.  It's such a pain having limitations that interfere with my aspirations.  I'm not spending hours drawing like I want to because all I can think about is what I need to be doing instead of sitting at a desk drawing.  And I'm not getting any writing done either.

Knitting?  Not as much, but more than the drawing and writing.

I'm starting to ache right now so I think I'm done for the night.  If I push too far past it, I'll be on the couch for a couple of days and I don't want to do that.  I've got so much I want to do and sitting on the couch all day isn't big on my list.

Supper is ready and I need to crash for a while.  I've got some laundry to put in the dryer.  I've been thinking about all I need to do and weighing it against the cost of using the dryer versus the amount of time it takes to hang clothes out, take them down and then iron some of them.  I'm thinking for about 30 cents a load, it's more frugal to spend my time where the money will matter more.  Like improving the property value of the house, or growing food, or cooking from scratch.  It's a huge relief to come to that conclusion.  I feel like I spend all my energy on the things that aren't a huge payoff for me.

Well, off to eat and watch True Blood.  I have some more dishes to do but I think I'll stick them in the dishwasher and do them tomorrow.

TTFN