riding my bike

Tori and I went to the Jordan River Parkway, or whatever it is called and rode bikes yesterday and again today. It was partly cloudy yesterday, so it was perfect temperature and today it was sunny and warmer, but still nice. I am getting a little sunburned on my face, so I need to put more sunscreen on. It is pretty flat, so it works well for me as a beginner. I don't have riding gloves yet and am noticing that my fingers get numb from the pressure of my upper body weight on my hands. I also am getting saddle sore, but not too bad. I was wishing for an ice pack today about half way through, but was okay by the time I got to the car. I suspect it will get better. I need to get a helmet, gloves and a waterbottle holder for my bike. It is supposed to be rainy tomorrow by late morning, so I want to go early. I want to get on the trail by Gardner Village and go south. A few years ago I jogged that trail and would like to ride it now.

It was a sunny day, but I didn't get any garden work done. I hope it doesn't rain until late afternoon, but who knows. This June has been the wettest I can remember. Good for the lawns and the roses, but not good for horse riding or gardening.

I am singing in church this Sunday with the choir and I keep forgetting to practice. Not good.

I went to see my cardiologist yesterday and an orthopedic guy today. My heart seems fine and he told me to not take baby aspirin for a year, because of my head bonk. The orthopedic guy suggested PT for my shoulder and neck. We are not sure if I tore anything in my shoulder and he is calling my neck a sprain from the head bonk. If the PT doesn't get my shoulder feeling better, I will have a CAT scan to see if there is anything torn in there. I am told that torn cartilage or rotator cuffs don't heal on their own and have to be repaired surgically. I don't want any surgery this summer. Or fall or winter, either. Both the cardio guy and the ortho guy asked if they "drilled" my head. I love the way we medical people talk about stuff. LOL

BTW-they didn't drill my head.

Babies and Teenaged Parties

Last night, just after Dave called to see if we could watch KC for them while they went to a movie, Tori announced that she was having friends over. KC was coming at about 6:30 and Tori's friends were coming at 7:00. I was in the middle of vacumming and didn't want to stop. I was still at it when Tori's friends showed up. Luckily, KC was satisfied to play in the playpen with Dana watching him. That's a change for him. Usually he wants to be picked up when he sees any of us. Later, Dana was tired and I needed to go to bed, too, so we put him in bed with us at about 9:30 and gave him a bottle and after about 25 min. he fell asleep. Dave and Kristen came at11:10 and got him. He was a good boy. Tori's party went on, although it became Night Games until about midnight. They started out playing "Risk" and then moved on to cards, before they went outside to play nightgames. I am glad she had some friends over. It's a good excuse to clean up the house. TTFN

It's amazing how quickly your life can change. A couple of weeks ago, I went to work. I was happy, contented with my work schedule, my jobs, feeling pretty good about things. Then I found out about the "Mandatory Meeting". It's too long to go into, but basically, our boss told us that we are despised by much of the hospital and that the solution is to "mix it up". That means, in her opinion, that dayshift people have to work some night shifts and nightshift people have to work some dayshifts. Somehow, the thread of logic got tangled up. After another meeting, basically called by the staff, the dayshift people will temporarily each work one night shift a month. That doesn't sound like a big deal to people who have never worked nights, but after years of working nights, it's a big deal. But management made the concession that it won't be permanent, only temporary, although they couldn't tell us how long that will be. Mostly, the way it was handled was not conducive to good will and trust. Oh well. What can you do?

Then 2 days ago, I was the shift coordinator and I got into a shouting match with one of the CNA's. I called Human Resources to come up and help me with this person. I was asking her to go home if she didn't want to do the work I needed her to do. The lady from HR, at one point, was concerned for my safety and stepped in between us. I mostly was so shocked at this person's behavior that I was just standing there, amazed that an adult would act like that at work. Today, we had a sit-down meeting with my supervisor, me, the CNA and HR. I think it went well and was civil. I was concerned that she would be fired and I felt bad about that, but they decided to give her one more chance. I really hope she can turn it around. She basically is a nice person, a hard worker and is really nice to the patients. But she is also volatile, emotional, tempermental and sometimes out of control. Too much drama for my tastes.

I also got my spider veins injected in my rt. leg. I have to wear a TED hose for 48 hours, and then I can take it off and look at them. The dr. said that it would take awhile for them to go away, but I am excited that they will go away soon. I will need at least 2 more sessions of injections. He uses a 30 gauge needle and it only hurt in a few spots. Most of the time, I could hardly feel the needle at all.

I put my scooter on KSL.com to try to sell it. I have Cloud on there, too but have only had 2 calls. The first guy asked a lot of good questions, but then didn't show up to see her. The next guy was looking for a horse for his 13 yr. old daughter. She is a beginning rider and I don't think it would be a good match. So, here we are.

It has been raining daily for about a week. I need to plant my tomatoes, but it's too wet to get excited about doing that. Maybe tomorrow. TTFN