Busy, busy week!

Why do some weeks have nothing in them and others have almost more than one can stand?

Monday was a fun day....Dian treated Marcia, Jocelyn and I to a slot tournament at Snoqualmie Casino....Talk about intense! If you are into that type of thing, you MUST try a tournament. there were 14 machines available and they had ten rounds in the first section...two of us were in round 3 and the other two in round 4, We had 7 minutes to get as high a score as we could and our fingers were flying! When I heard there were 7 minutes I thought I would never last that long...but the next thing I knew they were calling 1 minute warning....None of us made it to the second tier but we all had respectable scores.....and decided we didn't necessarily need to do it again any time soon......Of course we spent the rest of the afternoon at the machines...I didn't do very well...but only lost $20 which wasn't too bad I guess. I got extremely tired ....as usually happens the night before I am slated to do something fun, I didn't get much sleep the night before.....so Mon night I slept a full 9 hours...yay!!

Tuesday was volunteer day and while there weren't many surgeries to keep track of, there were a lot of odd questions....

Wednesday - St Paddy's day _ I had an appointment with the oncologist (an annual occurrence). All is well in that department - in one year I will be cancer free for five years....and I can stop taking the Arimidex and going to the oncologist....Most of those appointments are spent talking about Mort...he really liked him.

That evening there was a St Pat's party here in the building. Of course I went....and it was a lot of fun. We were to bring in a "little known fact" about ourselves...so I went with the famous "smuggled across the border" when I was a newborn.....It was the most unique, that's for sure. There were hors d'oerves (sp?) ,fruit punch and the a full dinner was served with salmon as the main dish.....Really, really nice!

Thursday was my annual appointment with the cardiologist...Evidently I have a heart murmur and that along with the fact I get out of breath easily caused him to order up a cardiogram and after that he scheduled an "echo" for next Tuesday....Sheesh!

That night was Bingo down stairs.....we play six games and I won 4 of them. I now have a boat-load of quarters. It was something else....and a bit embarrassing.

Today I go for an annual bone density test which is a quick procedure....With all the calcium and other stuff I take I am sure my bones are plenty dense!

So....I'd best get to the shower and get ready to go......

Frustration!

I have way too many passwords....can't keep track of them. I tried to renew some scripts at Sam's Club and for some reason it won't accept my password...so I re registered with a new one and it still doesn't work....Guess I'll have to use the phone after all. Last time I renewed I didn't have a problem at all....go figure!

Another frustration this morning was my coffee pot. I usually start it up before I take Fritz out and it is ready when we get back....,.This morning, when we got back half the coffee was over the counter, and about a quarter was in the pot and when I poured the "pot coffee" the other quarter started to drip into the pot! go figure!!

so,...I have a mess to clean up,.....and a phone call to make.....see ya..

He's Here!!

Once again I am a Great Grandmother...Brooke and Greg had their baby boy on Tuesday, March 2. He weighed in at 9lbs8oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. Of course he is beautiful!! He has a bit of a jaundice problem but with some treatment that will go away. It means he has to go back to the hospital for 24 hours. Brooke is doing really well...sleep deprived , of course, but otherwise just fine - and really glad that's over!!

I can't remember if I told you I have a new parking spot....right out front....got it on 3/1. Somehow that liberates me..to go somewhere whenever I want to ....didn't like the hike to and from the last one. Yesterday I finally found the Renton dog park...Dian found the driving directions for me or I would never have found it......I tried the day before with no luck...and it turned out I was right on top of it. Anyhow, there is a section for small dogs...but I didn't put Fritz in there 'cause there were only three other dogs there.....he doesn't s socialize with other dogs much...gives them the sniff all over and then goes off. This park is not quite like the one I went to before.,....no grass...signs that say (besides"pick up the poop") if we could, please bring a bucket of water since the city hasn't gotten around to running the water pipes there..

Went to an Information Volunteers workshop at the Hospital....it was really good - made me feel like I was doing something right there.

Went to bingo here in the building and won one game - about 2.5 bucks...so I am going to do my washing....which I have put off way too long....see ya!