Hi and welcome to week 27!

OMG, week 27? Where has the year gone?!

I slept really well last night, once I got there. We were gaming until midnight, and then I read for a little while and it was stupid warm, so I couldn’t crawl under my gravity blanket and just sleep. I ended up sleeping with it half on and half off. I didn’t wake up until 6ish, when Fiks got up for a little bit before coming back to bed. Then I slept some more until 9 when I woke up wide awake, so I moved to the sofa and put on a movie. Apparently I fell asleep in the movie because next thing I knew Poppa was calling me (by accident), and the movie was almost done.

I heard Fiks get up and move around in the bedroom, so I got up and went and saw him. He was getting ready to go to Santa Rosa for a friends party. I hung out while he finished getting ready, ran out and said hi to my Poppa and Sister when they got home before he left. I started the laundry when Fiks went down to the garage and then after he left I went over to my Sister’s for a little bit. We talked about the interview I didn’t do good on, and she told me what they really meant by certain questions. Then it was time to take Poppa over to my Brother’s house and I came back home and started working on this.

I’ve been rewatching Grey’s Anatomy. I’m currently on the COVID season, so I’m not really paying attention to it like I usually would. I’m just trying to get through it so I can watch the new season. I have no issues with jumping over an episode or two, but a whole season? Oh, and I’m being good and waiting for Fiks to watch the new season of Witcher. Otherwise I’d just binge watch it. I’m bad like that.

I worked on this and watched some Grey’s before going and getting dressed and going to go get Mom from the rehab center to take her to my Brother’s for my Sister’s bday dinner. Drive down was fine, took me a while to find some parking, but eventually someone left so I took that spot. I checked in and asked what I had to do to get my Mom out for my Sisters party. Just check in with the nurse for any meds and then have her back by 7. We got her loaded up into the car and made our way to my brothers house. We got there in one piece and everyone came out and greeted us, and Mom basically raced up the stairs to get inside to see everyone. We got Mom settled and then I was absconded with by my very sweet Niece.

We did a lot. We did blow ink art, almost started a game of uno, went outside on the swing for a little bit, and I finally ate something when we went back inside. Almost started another game of uno, but I got the cards organized this time to play. Then we did some more playing, she painted a cat for Mom and a dog for me. Mom and I sat and listened to music for a while, I helped with the potatoes while my Brother and Poppa worked on the steak and garlic bread. It all turned out really good. We gave my Sister her presents and then I took Mom back to the rehab center, and had to remind her that it was only 2 1/2 days until she gets to come home. That seemed to make her happier.

I came home and did the garbage and recycling and then I flopped on the sofa and scrolled through Facebook and Instagram while having Greys on in the background. When I was getting tired I shut up the house and went and took a shower before heading to bed.

I slept okay last night. I had to keep telling myself Fiks was in the other room in order to go to sleep. Needless to say when I woke up in the middle of the night I was disappointed not to find him in bed with me even though I knew he was gone. I got up and grabbed some water, and promptly poured it all over myself. Guess that’s what I get for filling up my water bottle in the dark. I turned on my audio book again and slept until 530-6 when I turned on Unearthed on my phone and let that run for a little while. Finally got up out of bed at 9 and started my day.

I made myself some breakfast and fed the fish, then turned on Grey’s and watched that while I ate for a while. I finally finished the COVID season, so hopefully that’s all done with. I started a load of laundry then went over to my Sister’s to check on Lumi and Poppa. Lumi needed a walk, so I did that. Then Poppa and I watched an episode of Columbo where the guest star was Johnny Cash. I had no idea he did an episode of Columbo. Of course he was the bad guy, and Columbo figured it out, but it was fun watching it with Poppa.

While we were watching we got a phone call from my Sister. They were moving Mom into a different room at the rehab center and she was really upset and didn’t want to move. We think that they needed to quarantine her room mate or someone else that was coming in. In the end she was moved and not very happy about it. We went and visited her after Columbo was done and visiting the bank for Poppa really quickly. Instead of being in a room for 2 she was now in a room for 3, even though it was only her and one other room mate, the middle bed being empty. We stayed with her for a little over an hour before she said she wanted a nap; so we got her settled for a nap and made our way home.

Oh! On our way from the bank to Mom we saw an episode of road rage. Audi tried to cut off a Jeep and the Jeep wouldn’t let him in. So when they both stopped at the red light the Audi owner got out of the car and started screaming and threatening the Jeep guy. I was about to call the police when the Audi jumped into his car and turned right at the light when it turned green. Poppa and I were puzzled on why he was throwing a fit if he was just going to turn right.

I was just finishing parking in the garage when Fiks pulled up. Poppa got out of the truck and I finished backing up and parking and then Fiks pulled in. Poppa said hi and bye, and went to my Sisters house. I stayed in the garage and moved the laundry while Fiks unpacked his car. He went to lift up his bag filled with whiskey only for it give way. One of the whiskey bottles leaked all over his passenger floor. It was a good bottle of whiskey too, I had a sip of what was left and really enjoyed it, trying to run away with it. We got everything packed into a new bag and then came upstairs. I’m working on this while he plays Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We’re thinking of going and seeing the new Indiana Jones movie, we asked Poppa if he wanted to come along, he said he wasn’t sure. We’re going to ask again later. And by we I mean me.

I fell asleep next to Fiks for a while, waking up when he said he couldn’t do the movie tonight because of gaming. Then I fell asleep again until my hand moved and my hair got caught in my fidget ring and pulled on my hair. Owie. I then got up and emptied the dishwasher and filled it again before starting dinner. Pasta with zucchini and asparagus. But the zucchini was bad and basically goo, so I tossed it and made the rest of the dinner, it didn’t turn out half bad.

Fiks enjoyed it and realized what time it was and then jumped on his computer for gaming, I’ve yet to hear him talking. I turned on Game Changer while I ate dinner and am just trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the day.

I just checked my registration date for school and it moved up 8 days! So I get to register next Monday (10th) instead of in 2 weeks (18th). Still registering for the 1 math class and supporting math class to go with it, so 7.5 units. Ugh.

I curled up and watched some TV while Fiks played with his other group. After a while I walked over to my Sisters so we could be together and call Mom. She didn’t answer the first time we rang, but she ended up calling my Sister back and so we talked with her for a while. Then I watched something with Poppa about the missing Malesia flight from 2014 before grabbing some cake and coming home. I gave a slice to Fiks and ate my slice before turning on The Incredibles 2 and watching that and playing on my phone before going to bed.

I had a really hard time getting to sleep last night. I took an extra melatonin at midnight and just tried to get some sleep. I did fall asleep eventually, but it was a lot of tossing and turning in the night. I felt like as soon as I stopped tossing and turning my alarms, which I forgot about, went off and started ringing. I just turned them off and dozed until about 9-930 and then I got up and made breakfast. Cinnamon rolls. I took one over to Poppa after they were done, came back home and ate mine, and then fell asleep curled up on the couch next to Fiks for about an hour.

I woke up and got productive. Working on this, talking with my Cousin, getting the laundry moved and started, and then I saw my Brother’s car over at my Sisters house, so I walked over there and checked in with them. My Niece is going to be in the parade, my brother telling us where the turn about spot is so we don’t have to walk too far. There is also apparently a taco truck and an ice cream truck down at our end of the parade. When it was time Fiks got ready, and then we walked over to pick up Poppa who had lost track of time. But he got ready quickly and then down the road we went. I rolled my ankle in a pothole, so that was fun…

We did the short walk and tried to find a place to see/stand/sit in some shade. It was pretty packed. We got Fiks a sammich from the Togo’s booth and then we heard that they weren’t going as far down the road as we originally thought, so we started walking again. We found a tree to hide under, so that was nice. I was able to sit down in the grass, Poppa leaned up against a tree, and Fiks stood behind both of us. We weren’t waiting long before the parade started, so that was nice.

The parade was about an hour long. My Brother and Niece were in the very first part of the parade, so that was cool. Fiks said he just wanted to see the flyover and then was good. I wanted to stay and see horses (shock, I know), so we stayed through the whole parade. Lots of muscle and classic cars, even saw a few Model T’s. Horses came at the very end of the parade, and there were only 6 or so. 4 full sized and 2 miniatures pulling carriages. After the horses the parade was done, so we started walking back home. We met up with my Brother and Niece, talked a little bit then they went home, Fiks and I went home after making sure Poppa got home okay.

I curled up on the sofa and watched some YouTube videos and then some Game Changer while Fiks was on the computer downloading the photos he took with the camera. After a while I went and checked on Poppa and he was good to go see Mom, so we did that. Man, that was a rough visit. We had to break it to her that she wasn’t coming home tomorrow like originally thought. She’s going to be coming home Thursday. Needles to say she was not happy about it. She took it out on Poppa and me. Not fun.

We came back and I came home after parking the car. I told Fiks how it went and then I sat down on the sofa and worked on this for a little while before turning on Grey’s. I curled up on the sofa and watched it on my laptop while Fiks continued to play Tears of the Kingdom. Its a really pretty game to watch him play, and its kind of relaxing for me. I ate some left over pizza when I got hungry, and then when Fiks got hungry and he made himself left over Chinese we finished the episode of Game Changer we were watching, then we kept watching stuff on Dropout. Once we were done there we went to YouTube and watched videos until it was time for me to go to bed. I kissed Fiks goodnight and crawled into bed and read my book for a while before trying to sleep. Again, had a really difficult time getting there. Ended up taking an Ambien around 1230.

It was another time of mostly tossing and turning, but at least I was asleep for most of it. I woke up when Fiks kissed me good bye and then I was stubborn and stayed in bed, trying to get some more sleep. Wasn’t very successful so I moved to the sofa and tried to sleep some more there. Nope. I eventually gave up and got dressed and went to the grocery store.

I got there fine, I was thinking about stopping and getting some gas but the queue was massive, so I passed on that. Maybe it’ll be better on my way out. So I found my ear buds (only one is working out of the 2), and I turned on my music and started walking around the store and getting everything we needed. I didn’t remember a few things, only realizing once I got home, but it was an expensive enough grocery tip without those things. I unloaded the groceries, moved the laundry, brought the groceries up and inside, made myself a sandwich and then I turned on Grey’s and worked on this.

I watched Grey’s for a while, then I went over to my Sister’s after they got home and asked if they had my meal box and if they had visited Mom. They had my meal box, they did visit Mom, who was in a better mood today, so that was nice to hear. I put our meals away in the fridge (need to throw some old ones out!) and then I went over and watched an episode of Columbo with Dick Van-Dyke in it. I hadn’t see all of that one before, so that was a fun one to watching with Poppa. After Columbo I came home and turned on the animated version of Mulan.

After watching Mulan, I went and checked on Poppa and he wanted to watch another episode of Columbo. So we did that, and then I got a text from Fiks saying he was on his way home. I made my way home and started cooking. Dinner turned out good. Chicken with broccoli and crumbled goat cheese with a cherry sauce. Very tasty.

After dinner Fiks and I watched some YouTube videos and on Dropout and then I went and hopped in the shower and Fiks started playing Tears of the Kingdom. I kissed him goodnight and went to bed. I did my mediating, and I read my book. When I started feeling drowsy I put down my kindle, turned on my audio book and tried to sleep. Unsuccessfully. I gave up trying to sleep in bed about 3, an hour after Fiks came to bed. Normally that helps, but nope. Didn’t work. I moved to the sofa and put on my normal movie that I fall asleep to in 5 minutes or less, nope. Unearthed? Nope. No deep sleep anyway. Just dozing. It felt like if I did fall asleep I would wake up every hour, needless to say I’m frustrated.

Fiks asked me what I was doing awake when he came out to the living room. I told him I wasn’t having a good time sleeping. He kissed me good bye after a little conversation and then he left for work. I turned on Fate on Netflix and fell asleep to that for a while. Until my alarms went off. Nothing was going my way. I dozed off an on until about 1120, then I realized I had to get ready for work and Mom coming home. I went and got in my scrubs and while I was getting dressed my Sister, Poppa, and Mom came home. I walked over to my Sisters house to say hi to everyone, who were sitting down for lunch. I hung out for 30 minutes before coming home and having some lunch before heading into work.

Work went fine. It felt like it came in waves today. We had someone show up and hour early and then complain that they weren’t being seen soon enough. The first appointment of the afternoon for one of the doctors was scary. Cat presented for having ingested some grass, couldn’t eat without gagging. The doctor took her back to treatment and then they put her under so the doctor could look for a piece of grass. Long story short, no blade of grass, but possible tumor that the doctor accidently aggravated by looking for the grass. I feel sorry for the cat, the owner, and the doctor. The cat went home with advice of if he starts bleeding again, he needs to go to the ER.

When the day was done I came home and passed by my Sister and Brother on my way. I went and checked on Mom and Poppa and then I made my way home, got changed, and started working on this with Grey’s in the background. After a while I went and checked on my parents again and ended up getting steak sammiches for dinner from them, so that was nice. I was going to have a salad with it but it was slimy and gross in the bag, so I didn’t open it. But I did get a credit for it so that was nice. I called and talked to Fiks and we decided what to do as a side for dinner. We chose mac n cheese, so I made that while he was working his way home. When he got home the water was still waiting to boil so he went and hopped in the shower, and then when he was done so was the mac n cheese, even if I did add a little too much milk. We sat down and watched some YouTube before I went to bed.

Not the original song I woke up with stuck in mye head, but it’ll do.

I woke up when Fiks did after struggling get to sleep, but I did get to sleep so that was nice. Fiks… I feel bad for him. I told him I loved him and I’d support him in whatever he wanted to do. I gave him a hugs and a kiss goodbye and made myself some breakfast and then I curled up and watched some Cuthroat Kitchen before getting dressed and ready for work.

I got to work okay, and then I hunted down my water bottle that was in the truck. Yes, I found it under the bench seats in the back so that was nice. I walked in and G was in a mood, but at least Bash was there, so he helped make the day better.

It was just a busy day, a steady stream of clients, all who were running late because of traffic on the major highway through town, which was being directed to city streets to ease up the traffic on the highway. T wanted coffee and I wanted my strawberry lemonade drink from Starbucks. I tried ordering it on my phone, but for some reason it wouldn’t go through, so T ended up ordering it. I’ll get the order tomorrow for us. When my shift was over I came home and went and said hi to everyone at my Sisters house. They were having watermelon for lunch, I still had my strawberry lemonade. I came home and had a sammich and got changed and watched some Grey’s before having to head to the big hospital in another town for my sleep study thingy I have to do.

I got my way over to the hospital, and went right into the building and then promptly got lost. I eventually found the room and sat down and waited to be called for my appointment. Well, apparently it was a group thing because everyone in the area walked into the room. We got this little machine to track our O2 while we sleep and then we left. You have to turn it in the next day, and I don’t want to deal with Saturday traffic, so I’ll do it Saturday night and take it over when I wake up on Sunday.

I waited to hear from Fiks for most of the evening, deciding to order Chinese at the last possible instant and get it delivered. I finally got a hold of Fiks and he was on his way home shortly after dinner was delivered, so that was a good thing. I let him come home and have dinner and watch YouTube videos before he fell asleep on the sofa and on me. I sat with him for almost an hour, reading my book on my phone, not wanting to disturb him. When I started dozing off I went to bed, trying to take him with me. He remained on the sofa for most of the night, coming to bed at 3 and taking a shower, but at least he was able to get to sleep afterwards (I think).

I slept once Fiks got into bed. Then his alarms started going off, which he kept snoozing, which is fine. He got up and then he got dressed and went to work. I slept until my alarms went off, snoozing up until the last one I possibly could. Then I got dressed and grabbed an oreo or two for a quick breakfast and then I went down the mountain to work.

I got there a little early, so I stayed in my truck and rocked out for a song or two before putting my work shoes on and heading inside. Work started from the word go, aka 830, and it didn’t stop until 1. We had some lulls, and it was interesting because it was both techs that try to do as little as possible as they work. One of them is having relationship issues, so she kept coming up and talking to us. T and I decided she should ditch the guy for the way he’s acting, but that’s just us. Fiks told me that he was heading on road to do some deliveries, so I knew not to swing by the station to say hi once I was done. When we were done, we locked up and I headed home.

Fiks called me as I was getting off the freeway for our exit to get home. I thought he was calling me to say swing by the station. Nope. He’d been in an accident. Someone hit him on the driver’s side. He was okay, the van not so much. The guy who hit him was okay too, but his truck wasn’t going anywhere without a tow. I ekpt him on the phone with me until I got home, then he had to hang up to deal with incoming phone calls from work and the CHP. I went over to my Sisters and told my parents what happened. They gave me a bottle of water and then we watched Uncle Buck. I was texting with Fiks off and on during the movie.

I came home and got changed, and Fiks told me that he was back at the station. I asked him if he wanted me to come see him, and he said yes. I ran next door and told them I was driving down to the station to check on him. I might have been a little bit more aggressive with my driving than normal, and once I realized that I took a deep breath and slowed down. I got to the station and he was on the other side of the fence. He greeted me and gave me a big long hug, that I was so appreciative about. He showed me the van. It took a lot of damage, and had part of the headlight from the other vehicle still stuck in it, the driver side door wouldn’t open, and he said that it had over 300,000 miles on it, so it’d probably be totaled. Thankfully all work vehicles have a dash cam and a tail cam.

I hung out with him for like 45 minutes before I had to come home to take Poppa to church. We kissed goodbye then I called Poppa to tell him I was on my way. Halfway home Poppa called me and said that my Sister had showed up and was taking him to church. I got home and went to my Sisters house right as they were leaving. Mom and I spent the hour watching Designated Survivor and eating pretzels. I lost track of time and made sure Mom was okay before I came back home and ordered pizza and checked in with Fiks to see if he wanted wings and what kind of pizza. I got that ordered, then worked on this for a while, then I saw Poppa and my Sister show up, so I helped Poppa park the car in the garage, told them how Mom was doing before I left, and then I came back home. I was browsing Netflix and put on Wednesday. I wanted to watch it last night, but I didn’t want to disturb Fiks. Pizza showed up then Fiks did right when pizza was leaving. Good timing.

I grabbed pizza and watched Wednesday while Fiks took a shower. I kept the show on until gaming started, then I started playing music for background noise. I kept bumping the remote and stopping the music, so I eventually put on the Otter cam at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and had that going while we played. I think it was almost 2.5 hours of one continuous fight. Needles to say that I was tired when we were done. Fiks and I went to bed and then I started my sleep study. It was a thing I put on my finger and then a watch like device it was attached to.

Alright, I’m going to leave it here.

~Just keep swimming~