Got F!ck3d up tonight still my Saturday night. Needed a disconnect from work and this situation. Will be back at in in 6 hours but for now enjoying the moment.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
Since I'm working from home every day now instead of just Monday, I traded out the uncomfortable chair and yoga ball at my workspace and dragged my old recliner chair over in front of the table. It's much more comfortable, but now the table is too tall for the chair. Maybe I'll get the hex key set out later and lower the table.
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Washed one of my cars - the Subaru can stay dirty since it's supposed to rain over the next 4 days, but the Honda can now sit clean in the garage waiting for the storms to blow over - and then I got my bike out of storage, put some air in the tires and went for a ride. It hit 60* today and man, it felt good to be pedaling again.
One another note, I had an echocardiogram yesterday and got a call today from my cardiologist with the results. Everything was good. The aortic valve that was put in is functioning well. What I really wanted to find out was the number called an ejection fraction. By measuring the heart via the echocardiogram at its fullest and its emptiest they can determine the EF. The number I'm at now is 52% of the heart's volume/blood is getting pumped out and that's in the normal range; remember that the heart doesn't ever pump it all out, the top of the normal range is 70%. Before my surgery it was down to 26% and a year ago, 4 months after surgery it was at 35%.
So that is cause for rejoicing. But I'm still somewhat miffed about the other cardiologist I'm under the care of (an electrophisiology cardiologist) who was pushing for me to have an ICD installed. When your EF goes below 35%, if your heart goes into ventricular tachycardia, a rapid/fluttering rhythm - different than Afib - you die. But an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) senses the VT and shocks it back to a normal rhythm. Even though I've never experienced VT according to their exams, I took his advice. Now, with a normal EF, it seems I went through that surgery and live with a chunk of electronics in me - I don't like seeing/feeling that stupid thing every day - and need to take all the precautions it requires. When I mentioned that frustration to my regular cardiologist, she simply said, "Well, now you have the best kind of life insurance you can get." I guess she's right and I have no choice but to live with it, but knowing what I know now I wouldn't have gotten the ICD.
...still happy though. Seeing the EF go from the mid-20's to the low 50's is a miracle for me.
Had the truck out to keep the battery up. Put half a tank of gas in. Oil light came on, stopped and topped of the oil (usually the problem when it’s a hair low). Got back out on the road and the display says low oil pressure turn off engine. Anyways started driving back home and the check engine light came on.
I said screw it and drove on home. Didn’t lock up or start knocking so I am hoping maybe the sensor went out. I did rack up 218K on it (08 model). I’ll get the code reader out tomorrow and see what it says.
Damn there’s always something. This is after I just bought new tires (all terrain), new interstate battery, and new headlight assemblies.
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." -- Winston Churchill "LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
Getting into the hospital this morning was like going through the TSA. Signs up everywhere that say “ practice social distancing- 6 foot”. Dude behind me coughing up a lung and all up on me. WTF
I'm building a half wall on the top of my stairs to replace the slatted fence like one. I was anchoring the frame and a vertical post to the subfloor joists when Colleen told me that the sound of the impact was upsetting Abigail. All I could think about was that scene in parks and recreation where Ron Swanson said that his son is several months old and well a costumed to the sound of power tools. I told Colleen to let Abigail get used to it, she did not like my response.
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You are in the right here, Patrick. It's better to raise kids to get used to normal noises lest they be unable to sleep later in life due to neighbors noise. We never spoke in hushed tones when the kids were young and sleeping, they got used to it.
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Binge watching Ken Burns Vietnam.
Baked chocolate chip cookies with chopped almonds.
Got F!ck3d up tonight still my Saturday night. Needed a disconnect from work and this situation. Will be back at in in 6 hours but for now enjoying the moment.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
I really need a haircut but I’m having trouble finding a haircutter with long enough arms..... 🙄
Makin some stock for etouffee.
^ Really big pot, or really tiny lobsters
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
^^^Crawdads?? 🤓
^^^^ Should of run them thru your Crawdad Press
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Good news from the casino today. They are going to use the average of my last 4 paychecks and continue to pay me through the crisis. 🥳
That's great news, @Guitarded
Congrats, @Guitarded , as it should be.
That's fantastic. Good of them.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
reading about this:
Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world record
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/mouse-found-atop-volcano-highest-altitude-mammal/
Planted our first garden. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and assorted peppers.
Added some marigolds to the garden to help with the bugs.
Also got a satsuma tree. It's in a pot in the deck for now. Might go into the ground in a year or two.
I'm done with trying to pay pictures for now. I've been trying to pay these pictures for 20 minutes...
Since I'm working from home every day now instead of just Monday, I traded out the uncomfortable chair and yoga ball at my workspace and dragged my old recliner chair over in front of the table. It's much more comfortable, but now the table is too tall for the chair. Maybe I'll get the hex key set out later and lower the table.
Shovelling snow off the apron in front of the hangar doors for the 3rd time this week.
Picked up the last (almost) of the branches that came down this winter and chopped them up so that the brush pile isn't as tall as our house.
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Washed one of my cars - the Subaru can stay dirty since it's supposed to rain over the next 4 days, but the Honda can now sit clean in the garage waiting for the storms to blow over - and then I got my bike out of storage, put some air in the tires and went for a ride. It hit 60* today and man, it felt good to be pedaling again.
One another note, I had an echocardiogram yesterday and got a call today from my cardiologist with the results. Everything was good. The aortic valve that was put in is functioning well. What I really wanted to find out was the number called an ejection fraction. By measuring the heart via the echocardiogram at its fullest and its emptiest they can determine the EF. The number I'm at now is 52% of the heart's volume/blood is getting pumped out and that's in the normal range; remember that the heart doesn't ever pump it all out, the top of the normal range is 70%. Before my surgery it was down to 26% and a year ago, 4 months after surgery it was at 35%.
So that is cause for rejoicing. But I'm still somewhat miffed about the other cardiologist I'm under the care of (an electrophisiology cardiologist) who was pushing for me to have an ICD installed. When your EF goes below 35%, if your heart goes into ventricular tachycardia, a rapid/fluttering rhythm - different than Afib - you die. But an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) senses the VT and shocks it back to a normal rhythm. Even though I've never experienced VT according to their exams, I took his advice. Now, with a normal EF, it seems I went through that surgery and live with a chunk of electronics in me - I don't like seeing/feeling that stupid thing every day - and need to take all the precautions it requires. When I mentioned that frustration to my regular cardiologist, she simply said, "Well, now you have the best kind of life insurance you can get." I guess she's right and I have no choice but to live with it, but knowing what I know now I wouldn't have gotten the ICD.
...still happy though. Seeing the EF go from the mid-20's to the low 50's is a miracle for me.
Great news, Peter, glad to hear it.
That's awesome! Good to hear something other than doom and gloom
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Hey, that’s great. I’m glad to hear your news, Peter m’boy.... 🙏👍
Had the truck out to keep the battery up. Put half a tank of gas in. Oil light came on, stopped and topped of the oil (usually the problem when it’s a hair low). Got back out on the road and the display says low oil pressure turn off engine. Anyways started driving back home and the check engine light came on.
I said screw it and drove on home. Didn’t lock up or start knocking so I am hoping maybe the sensor went out. I did rack up 218K on it (08 model). I’ll get the code reader out tomorrow and see what it says.
Damn there’s always something. This is after I just bought new tires (all terrain), new interstate battery, and new headlight assemblies.
Your my boy Blue!!
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
Getting into the hospital this morning was like going through the TSA. Signs up everywhere that say “ practice social distancing- 6 foot”. Dude behind me coughing up a lung and all up on me. WTF
I was hoping security would tackle his a$$
I'm building a half wall on the top of my stairs to replace the slatted fence like one. I was anchoring the frame and a vertical post to the subfloor joists when Colleen told me that the sound of the impact was upsetting Abigail. All I could think about was that scene in parks and recreation where Ron Swanson said that his son is several months old and well a costumed to the sound of power tools. I told Colleen to let Abigail get used to it, she did not like my response.
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You are in the right here, Patrick. It's better to raise kids to get used to normal noises lest they be unable to sleep later in life due to neighbors noise. We never spoke in hushed tones when the kids were young and sleeping, they got used to it.