Helenka, Queen of Outer Space

Well, it's possible that my first post-op day in April, 2011, surpassed it - but then I was comafied by morphine. Today's coma was all natural. I returned to bed after brekkie and did my best coma imitation. I woke up at 3:25, I had to wait to take my Robax.

My vision was crap. I tried reading my library book now that I'm a little further along, but had to give up. I'm intrigued to learn that the Channel Islands had been occupied by the Germans during the war.

Oh, well, at least there was still TV which I watched in a blur. And I had fun investigating where Brian and I can get dinner on Wednesday. SuM highly recommends a nearby Vietnamese/Thai restaurant. Even better, they have online ordering and delivery. Alas, that site is not accessible to moi. So Brian will have to walk me through the menu.

Okay, time to put this blah day to bed.

So, I had become accustomed to going to bed somewhere around 1-ish, 2-ish and waking up around 9:30, giving me a reasonable amount of sleep. Last night was way outside that box. I went to bed around 2:30 but, IIRC, it was at least 4:30 before I fell asleep, exhausted by feeling my heart beating. Okay, I get the message: no more than 1 can of Coke in the afternoon. And then I slept all the way to 12:30. So, there went both my Robax and eyedrop schedules. Sigh.

So, yeah, I'm in pain this evening. Watched the usual Saturday TV. And, despite not-quite-there vision, I persisted in reading fanfic. But I was delighted to read an article via FB about the provenance of different "villages" that make up TO. The Mayor of Leslieville composed "The Maple Leaf Forever" in honour of his fave maple tree in the village. Alas, the tree did not survive the great ice storm of 2013. Fun fact: my middle school was named after him.

And I found out I can more honestly claim to have lived in Yorkville, a swanky neighbourhood, rather than on its periphery (half a block away) as the Annex was so-named when it was annexed by Yorkville. There were many wonderful historical oddities. So that was how I entertained myself.

Alas, foraging didn't work for me today - or at least the can of pineapple chunks didn't agree with me. I think I need bed soon.

… feels weird as something I haven't done for about 9 years. But it was a relief not to have a heavy meal hanging over my head all day long. I nibbled on a baby bag of spicy tortilla chips, drank organic juice, a piece of banana cake, then had some dry roasted peanuts, a few squares of chocolate, and only one can of Coke. Tomorrow, I think I'll try a meal....

It was an aggravating day where my vision was concerned, very fuzzy and glaring. Only now has it calmed down so that I can read a little. There's a new Savage Love and I want to comment on it. Watched just the usual TV, but put off the new Trek for tomorrow - when I might be able to see the details.

Throw in a little laundry, a short shower, and that was my day. Got to do lots of nighties tomorrow.

And, speaking of the dumpster, it's time for me to take drastic action and suspend my meals delivery for a week. I don't like having uneaten food hanging over my head (or, actually, stuffing up my freezer). It would be better to have the option of just having some cheese and crackers and perhaps a serving of soup instead of a full entrée. I think the extended period of horribly hot days isn't helping either.

I also sabotaged my pill-taking by not going to bed until 2:30 a.m. Eek. So, even though I woke up around 9:30, I wasn't entirely … myself. Read a few fanfics that were entertaining and watched most of my usual TV. And coming to that decision about food or its absence.

Anyway, I'm going to stay up reading for a tiny bit.

It as a perfect day to be whisked away by church-John. He delivered my apothecary necessities, took me to the bank machine, and then we went to one of our fave haunts nearby. The restaurant had built a patio extending into their parking lot, with a light covering above and open to the air. I was very happy we were sitting next to the entrance to the building itself, so we got the breeze but not the hot sun.

AFAIC, it's never too late to sillybrate my b-day, so that's what we did. I brought most of my lunch home (so not a surprise), but loved the two luscious raspberry vodka cocktails and a scoop of French vanilla ice cream for dessert.

After that, it was home and off to bed - a bookend to my morning. But, wait, there was more excitement. Look an envelope from the Attorney General. Yup - jury duty. I'll have to ask S. o read it all to me tomorrow and fill out my reason for … declining.

Watched most of my usual TV shows and have gulped my midnight pills. I'll bet you can hear my sigh of relief! The only downer to my day was that thing that presumes to masquerade as my vision. Today was a snow day - a veritable blizzard. Booooooo.

It was all downhill after that. At least, I still had an amnesiac sleep until around 8:08. I wasn't too disturbed by the reno guy so I had a placid day, watching my usual TV shows and also trying to read fanfic - even though my vision was blurry. It's better now.

Checking in on FB from Dairy Queen led my sis RS to ask about accessibility. Brian gave me the evil deets: fuggedaboutit. Sigh. I sent her the sad news.

Okay, back to a little more reading and then bed. Nighty-night.

Even if it's the unmusical Anvil Chorus of drilling and hammering as the upstairs bathroom was being gutted. I guess I really needed the extra sleep, especially as I was so disappointed to be stuck with poor vision all day long.

The only fun distraction was watching the very first modern-day epi of Jeopardy! from the early 80s. I say modern-day because it's NOT the first iteration of the show that my friends and I watched in high school (during the 60s). The oddest things were how hyper Alex seemed and how overly-dramatic audience reactions were, especially when one particular contestant got the wrong answer. Just weird.

I'm continuing the distraction by trying to finish reading a story - even though it's all ghostly snow. And then hoping for blessed relief from my pills. I didn't even eat my meal today, ::crosses fingers::

So, even though the alarm was set for 8-something, I woke up at 6:30. Sigh. But I had a lot to do, including stripping the bed, doing a couple loads of laundry, gyrating gymnastics to remake the bed. And that was just the morning. I had no idea when Brian was planning to come over; he finally said it would be around 4:30-5:00; he planned to order Swish for both of us to be delivered at 5:30. Okay, now I can relax. I needed to lie down for a wee bit first.

The food arrived shortly after he did. And there were surprises such as more of his yummy jam, and Daddy Pig as a b-day prezzie. I guess I'll have to look for George Pig on eBay.

We had dinner out on the back deck and stayed out after while Brian tinkered with my iPad and phone. OMG. He gave me smart invert on the iPad, so I can watch all media au naturel! Now I can catch up on church services.

We also discussed getting together at other times during the summer. I can come out to his place and then we can dine on a nearby patio. Sounds terrific! Anyway, he finally left t 9. While he'd been with me, my sight had kept getting crisper and more colour-accurate! He really is the best medicine! I just hope it lasts after I return from the mall tomorrow so I can read. ::crosses fingers:: At least I watched a really clear Jeopardy! tonight.

Okay, let's get serious. These old broken feets aren't going to be tripping the light fantastic. But, after my oh-so-needed pedicure, I could have … er … danced all night!

I set off for the mall at 11, wearing a fce mask for the first time. It wasn't too horrible, as long as I didn't exhale through my mouth. I was really early but that was okay. Right now, I have pretty silver toenails with sparkles on top. Why do you ask about my age?

After that, I picked up some supplements and powder at the drugstore. Ha! It'll be a long time before I wear powder in the sweltering heat. I only had shiny eyeshadow and black mascara on. Not even lipshine because I didn't want the inside of the mask to get goopy.

My final stop was the supermarket and it was almost a disaster. Why? Because they moved all sorts of things around. I bought salad fixings, grapes, yogurt (hve no idea what flavour). buns and cheddar slices. And grapes. Abd then gad to wait a very long time for my bus but it was early. The driver carried my tote in and when we reached home, Things are ly weird; because of social distancing, there can be only one client at a time, so he rushes around making multiple trips.

When I got it, I collapsed. Drank lots of water. I'm really happy for the distraction of summer repeats of some shows. Watched Bull and Young Sheldon (one of my fave Trek-inspired epis). Right now, I'm wearing a champagne lace and satin nightie I haven't worn for nearly two decades; but, when you need to do laundry, just about everything is acceptable. What is not acceptable is having lousy sight tonight (gee, it had been terrific at 5 this morning). But I'm till trying to read my latest library book.

Finally, I was surprised to receive another beautiful card from my fairy godmother Marilyn. It included Kilmer's famous Tree poem. I think I'll send her a snippet of the Reversebang story I wroke that referred to it. Uh … tomorrow.

How can this be, blondie? You have book club on the third Wednesday. Well. book club was there, but I wasn't, because Zoom outwitted me. The outgoing message had changed (it's now bilingual) and refused to allow me to join, insisting that the first zero of the security code Did. Not. Exist! Arrgghh. I tried calling in repeatedly, then finally had to give up. So I returned to reading my more sensational book. But I was upset and bereft of being able to engage in a lively discussion.

Luckily, the leader (Peter_ emailed me saying that I had been missed' he volunteered to chat with me tomorrow about the book and how the discussion had progressed. I'd really wanted to participate, even though much about the book (Yiddish for Pirates) had been aggravating - with the author cramming as many Yiddish expressions and jokes as possible.

Just to make my day complete (yes, I'm attempting to be sarcastic), I still couldn't get a proper answer from the grocery delivery place I found. Luckily, S. is going shopping tomorrow morningm, so I'm making a small shopping list for her. Now I'm looking forward to celery hearts and pineapple as well as other fun foods.

Engaged in the usual pursuits of lying in bed and watching some TV. And that's all she wrote tonight.