Just need to talk to my friends (218)

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Good morning. Sunny and lovely today. And I have nothing I must do aside from laundry.

Ron— I hope a unit opens for your soon. Are you looking at a 1-bedroom? Will you have space to prepare meals if the mood strikes you?

I love how you chose to celebrate dear Lou's birthday.

Lorita— My late MIL always referred to it as Decoration Day too. It took me a minute to catch on to whatever it was she was discussing. She kept me on my toes. Her vocabulary included a lot of nouns I would consider old-fashioned or even arcane— stool for toilet and divan for sofa come to mind.

I hear you on making a king-sized bed. Ideally it is a 2-person job and done without the "aid" of a cat. My old one, cat— not husband, used to run under the sheets and chase around. Sometimes he'd even bite the fitted from underneath. He was an otherwise dignified and sedate feline.

Eaglemom— Maybe it makes sense to talk to an independent insurance broker to compare coverage.

My mom leaves the TV on "for company". Makes me crazy, lol.

Iris— Your trip pictures are great. That candy, though. I do like me some Cow Tails. I am sorry for the state of your station's bathrooms. I was at Philadelphia's Wm Gray/30th Street Station yesterday and the restrooms were fine. There was a time when they were not so great. The older version is where they filmed the opening murder scene in Witness.

The DME company swapped out mom's POC the day before yesterday. She seemed so much better. Her mood was better; she was clearer and the mess in the kitchen had been tidied. The RT who came to the house said it was putting out some O2, but not as much it is supposed to. He said that could be what happened here and would explain why we needed to up the flow to 3 and then 4L.

Gothic G— My DH refers to my internet friends as "Buzz's imaginary friends". Years ago when DS was still a minor, I got stuck taking him on a steam train excursion through Horseshow Curve. Our car attendant was another kid his age who was a volunteer with the host railroad. The kid was really friendly and had a lot in common with DS so I made an attempt to get DS to practice his social skills. DS would not cooperate. LOL, a few days later he admitted he'd been a jerk and that he'd been railfan buddies with said boy for over 2 years. SMH.

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My friend and I had a blast the last 2 days. I met her at noon on Wednesday, we grabbed a bus to Society Hill and attempted to tour the newly opened Pennsylvania Hospital Museum. Their computers were down but the girl at the desk did allow us to tour the Physick Garden (in the rain) which was just lovely. Beth— you would have loved this. It's amazing how many things grown there are still used in medicine— senna, foxglove, and others.

While we were there, the woman in charge caught up with us, apologized and gave us wrist bands to allow us into the museum. I'd been joking that given the number of appointments and procedures at their fine establishments to which I ferry mom, I deserve to be comped. It was very interesting. Friend is a clinical psychologist and especially enjoyed the exhibit on behavioral health and dementia— this was one of the first places to treat patients as ill versus possessed by demons.

From there we walked through the neighborhood looking at the restored colonial and federalist homes and stopped by the salon where I get my hair cut to get our wrist band cut off. We had happy hour at a veggie centric wine bar and then dinner outside at the French bistro overlooking another park. Yesterday we got 11am tickets at the Barnes Foundation which was even better than I recalled. Since my last visit, they've added a feature that allows you to point your phone's camera at a piece and get details and context on it. The Barnes is quirky in that it is a single individual's collection and hung exactly as it had been in his home which means no signs tagging pieces which are displayed in what seems like a random manner. Friend isn't an art junkie but loved the place. Judith— this is right up your alley.

We Ubered to the train station and were able to get her on an earlier train as hers was going to be late— she even got a $28 refund.

DH and friend were referring to this as some respite time for me. Haha. Mom's endo's office called me Wednesday to set up an appointment for follow-up and Thursday cardiologist's office reached out to ask me to schedule her a MN amyloid scan because of some issues seen in her bloodwork. She had an NM amyloid SPECT scan last July; I'm not sure if this is the same scan being repeated or if it's something different. The NP said the testing ruled out one kind of amyloidosis but not the other kind. Dr. Google tells me a positive on this could be a rabbit hole for more testing. And yay! it's at least an hour away by car and requires a couple hours for uptake of the contrast used. I guess she's buying me lunch again.

HB

HB, sounds like you had a great day with your friend!

Ron, sounds like you may need to go to urgent care and get checked out. I know you don't want to go out in the rain (neither do I) but it may be necessary.

Sounds like you all are having a good time. I went to the monthly "jam session" at the senior center yesterday. Members bring their instruments and play country and gospel music for three hours. Tables and chairs are set up like a night club, there are non-alcoholic refreshments, and you can get up and dance if you want (I did). Cover charge is a dollar and coffee is a quarter, that took me back a way. Not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.

That Treadmill - nope! I wonder if GG would consider it. She's in great shape! I have seen one person at the fitness center I go to walk backwards on the treadmill.

Lorita, at the LA County Fair, there was a table with information about pests, and I picked up this info about ants for you.

HB, I like old- fashioned words like divan. The term Memorial Day only became official in 1971. Many people don't know about our history. Many people don't know that our rights derive from our Creator.

The Hospital Museum sounds like a place I would like to visit, if I ever got back to the East Coast. What is a "veggie" centric wine bar?

I describe the Front Porch as my "internet friends". You all are definitely not imaginary to me!

Ron, you probably don't feel up to traveling to urgent care so often. Is there a visiting nurse available to you, or telehealth, when you have these episodes?

Cark, your jam session sounds great! What a nice way to spend an afternoon with compatible people!

Judith, I didn't click on your animal reel. If it is an animal in distress, I don't want to see it.

Re: the treadmill, I can't kick my legs that high even when standing.

Iris

Good afternoon.

Iris…I would not post an animal in distress…go ahead and open it.

A divan is a specific piece of furniture. Couch comes from a French word and sofa I think from a Turkish word. People in the south here used the word davenpor…The term originates from the A.H. Davenport Company, a prestigious furniture manufacturer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Iris - your trip to the fair looked like it was a lot of fun, well, except for the Metro. So much candy!! And the bird feeder looks like candy too! So pretty.

And you get to go to the La Brea Tar Pits! So jealous. 🙂 When you go, see if that exhibit is still there - the one with cylinder filled with tar. If so, push the plunger into the tar and see if you can pull it up. It's much harder than it looks. When I was a kid, that museum didn't exist. It was a much more wild experience, not the sanitized version we have now. I'll be curious how it is once they've renovated it.

Goodlife - My notifications on this thread are —- spotty. Sometimes I get a notification, sometimes I don't. It's very weird.

HB - my parents used to have the TV on for company too. And my dad refused to wear his hearing aids so it was very, very loud.

The hospital museum sounds really interesting. it sounds like you guys had a great time.

Ron - I hope you're starting to feel better.

Carl - the jam session sounds really fun!

Judith and Beth - I'm not on Facebook so I can't see the posts. What's treadmill video about?

My grandmother used the words "couch" and "davenport" interchangeably. I haven't heard the word "davenport" in decades. And for your trivia for the day - there is a Davenport, CA. It's close to Santa Cruz.

The pollen here is starting to calm down - I didn't even have to use the air purifier today. That was nice. Otherwise, I spent my day adulting. Can't someone do all of that for me? Gym was good, speaking of treadmills.

I'm winding down now. Listening to Mr. Strange, Metropolis. Did any of you see the silent film Metropolis? It's almost 100 years old at this point, but when you look at it, some of the sets could be from today. It was kind of a science fiction, dystopia robot movie. Here's the link for the music video for the Mr. Strange song. Just turn the volume down … they use a lot of footage from the movie, and they do it well. I guess Metropolis entered the public domain a few years ago so Mr. Strange was able to use the footage without any legal issues.

GG, the treadmill video - the man on the treadmill is seemingly dancing on it: high leg kicks, etc. He also was "jogging" on it backwards.

Good morning all.

I do believe that summer is upon us. The heat and humidity have arrived. I don't know if anyone remembers from years past, but our neighbors behind us have a pool. Those kiddo's and parents are in that pool constantly. I enjoy letting Madison out and hearing the kids play. I mean literally all day they are either in the pool or the backyard playing. By late at night I can hear the adults in the pool. I will say they do throw some great parties, or at least they sound that way!

I read an interesting article yesterday by a doctor whom said that they have data that proves dancing, any kind of dancing, is probably the best way to prevent ALZ. While dancing all of the nerve centers in the brain are engaged, coordination is involved / balance as is deeper breathing. I'd never read that before. Now he did say if you have the genes, etc you can have noticeable progression. But it is not as rapid.

Now I've got an angle food cake in my mind. That with fresh strawberries. I'm off to the kitchen to bake a cake!

Let's be safe everyone.

Good morning.

Hi, NannyG!

Eagle, I also heard that about dancing—it's both physical and cognitive, because you have to remember all the steps and coordinate your entire body.

Judith, those eggs did look smaller than usual.

Iris