Sunday Snippets 3.3.24
Earlier in the week the woman at the other end of the apartment row from me died. That would be three apartments down from my apartment.
The ambulance was called by neighbors three times within about a month’s time. She went in the hospital last weekend and was placed on oxygen. Later she was taken off oxygen and died the following morning.
Also Lisa’s mother (Lisa lives on the other side of Steve) died a week ago. She had Covid and then E. Coli. She was 95.
My daughters think their dad doesn’t have much longer. So they’re staying close by him at the assisted living facility.
Poor Goose:
The other day someone ran over a goose and killed it The geese nest here on top of the carports every spring.
Greg, who also does physical therapy at a senior place a few miles away, told me a woman there ran over a goose and killed it. But she did it on purpose because she was frustrated with the number of geese there.
That’s just downright mean and should be a crime. I don’t know if it is or not. If it isn’t it should be.
Ivy:
Ivy still likes to sleep in this woven basket turned sideways. Yesterday I came into the living room and it had been moved from the couch about 12 feet away.
I have no idea how she managed to move it there. But she was inside it on the floor.
I’m still not feeling all that well. I have nausea almost every day for at least part of the day. I’ve just not bounced back like I thought I would. Hopefully that will change. I keep a container of Tums right next to my chair.
It doesn’t seem to matter what I eat. There’s always this uneasy stomach upset feeling much of the time. My digestion is just off somehow.
So all this wasn’t meant to depress you. It is just what life hands out sometimes. And if you’re a living being you have to open your hands up and accept it.
That’s what this beginning of the week post is all about. What’s happening in my life and around me.
Oh, and the guy upstairs with his loud TV. That is a constant in my life as well. I guess maybe he was raised in a barn.
What I’m Watching:
I’m still watching “Breaking Bad.” I’m well into the second season, and I think there are five. It’s really a well put together show.
Bryan Cranston is excellent in his role as Walter White, the chemistry teacher. They couldn’t have found a better actor to play that character.
What I’m Reading:
I’m reading “The Unheard” by Nicci French. I’ve read some of her other books and always enjoy them.
Summary:
Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It’s not that Jason is a bad father—it just hurts to see him enjoying married life with someone else. Still, she owes it to her daughter Poppy to make this arrangement work.
But Poppy returns from the weekend tired and withdrawn. And when she shows Tess a crayon drawing—an image so simple and violent that Tess can hardly make sense of it——Poppy can only explain with the words, “He did kill her.”
Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something—or something happened to her—that she’s too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents’ separation.
And as the days go on, even Poppy’s disturbing memory seems to fade. But a mother knows her daughter, and Tess is determined to discover the truth. Her search will set off an explosive tempest of dark secrets and buried crimes—and more than one life may be at stake.
I checked the statutes in Oklahoma, it is against the law to deliberately kill a wild goose when it is not hunting season, and killing a wild goose intentionally with a vehicle is encompassed in the law. You could also check statutes on “cruelty to animals.” If I knew the identity of that person who deliberately ran over the goose, I would report her to the cops AND to your state agency that oversees hunting and wild life. Ivy in the basket is the funniest and cutest thing I’ve ever seen with a cat. As for the man upstairs, it’s too bad you can’t put sound damping tiles on your ceiling. I would say move to a different apartment in the complex if one is available, but you would have to give up the beautiful perennials you’ve already established in your small patio garden. There also may be a waiting list for new tenants as finding decently priced and well kept “senior living” complexes is difficult to find. These days the ones that are being constructed all seem to be geared toward people who evidently have lots of money and rent of several thousand bucks a month doesn’t make them blink.
So many even young folk are dropping these days. Some of our friends from Alaska come to visit their daughter and family who live 3 hours from us so they have come often to visit us too. This past week their 46 yr old son-in-law died. I had never heard he was ill. Leaves wife and 2 young boys. I would expect our friends to leave Alaska to help them. I cannot remember a time when so many have died that we know or know about. So sad.
Sorry to hear you still feel ill!! Having the pancreas checked is not a bad idea as mentioned by commentor below. The gall bladder can also make one miserable. I THOUGHT it was the bad food from a McDonald’s causing nausea for my husband some decades ago…nope, was his very bad gall bladder. He had 1000’s of stones, though of course, most were the size of a grain of sand but some the size of one’s end of thumb. The hospital thought that was the most they had ever seen or heard about. Of course the gall bladder was removed. Take care!!
Elizabeth
We live in a semi-retirement community and we have lost a few neighbors in the past two years. Part of life, I guess. Sad, but true. That is awful about that woman running over the goose.
Please go get that constant nausea checked. Have them check your pancreas-that can cause constant nausea.
Hope you have a great week- Diana
ps- just so you know- when I hit the email box below-it does not fill in automatically like it did before.
Have you watched Garden Answer yet? she’s so positive. Lifts your spirits, plus will block out the noise upstairs. Try Activia yogurt fir gut health.
maybe a smaller apartment will open up with a better yard and better rent?
I’m sorrry you’re still feeling icky, Brenda. Lots of good suggestions from readers about things to settle your stomach. I was going to suggest ginger myself. I like a probiotic drink from a company called JT’s Synergy Raw Kombucha. I like the Gingerade flavor when my tummy is upset. I get it at my grocery store. Ginger Beer is also good as another reader mentioned. Having an upset stomach is the worst, I think. Makes you feel bad all over. I’m sorry you have to live with all the TV noise from above. I remember living in a lower apartment when my husband and I were first married and the people above played this loud Mexican music ALL the time. Nearly drove us around the bend! Maybe you could have the management talk to your upstairs neighbor. He may not realize he is disturbing you. Well, here’s hoping you start to feel lots better this coming week, Brenda. I will put you on my prayer list and send healing energy, especially to your tummy.
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Yes, ginger is GREAT for nausea! I get Sea Band ginger gum in Amazon. I discovered it years ago at a store like Recall or the old High School Pharmacy, but no one carries it anymore. But Amazon has it and I swear by it. I used to get horrible nausea when I had vertigo! chewing that gum helped so much. pure ginger tea is helpful too. Good luck!
Brenda, do you buy yogurt? I’ve heard it’s good for an upset tummy. I don’t have problems, just like yogurt, but I do give it to my dogs when their bellies are making odd noises. That Ivy Lou is just too darned adorable!!
My mother in law is 96 and has covid. We are very worried about her. When I had flu B I was very nauseous and a nurse friend told me about ginger beer. It a soda type drink not a alcoholic drink. Kinda like root beer but all ginger. Everytime I felt nauseous I would drink sips of the ginger beer and instantly my stomach settled down. I drank it with my meals and didn’t get nauseous. You can purchase at Walmart or most grocery stores. Come in 4 pack of glass bottles.
So much sadness in one week!
I’m sorry the man above you doesn’t seem to care who he bothers with his loud TV, or he may not be aware how loud it is.
I hope the nausea starts to dissipate very soon. Sending healing thoughts, Brenda.
Hearing of a neighbors death, or anyone we know or don’t even have to know, is always so sad. I believe we must live every single day to the fullest. Now into my 80s, I believe that anyway. You don’t know what tomorrow will be.
The picture of Ivy is the cutest one yet. What a sweet happy cat.
If I ever, by accident,I ran over any animal, I think I would go bonkers. I don’t know how someone can live with themselves, doing that on purpose.
We are all on this earth together, animals have rights too!
I have a barn, but no TV in it!
My husband can’t hear and the TV is LOUD…. Drives me crazy too
Is it possible the man in the apartment above yours is hard of hearing? My mom, when she still lived in her own home, would turn on the living room tv and the kitchen tv, both on different channels and as loud as they would go. My husband turns on the tv, and then most of the time pays no attention to it. Drives me nuts. I could happily live without a tv!
I think deliberately killing an animal is a crime of cruelty and I wish it had been reported by people who knew for sure who did it.
I’m sorry you’ve still got lingering effects of Covid.
Oh Ivy! When will you ever stop being so adorable? Never! (Answered my own question. You’re welcome! 😉)