Enjoying Tristan :)

We are enjoying our time with Tristan . He and I have developed a sort of schedule, shower every other day (and yes, the outdoor hosing takes the place of a shower, also the jacuzzi but then he has to wash his hair). Every morning after he wakes up (late) Marvin fixes him breakfast, then is computer/smart phone time. Later he goes outside and waters all the plants, including the tomatoes, and fills the fountains, and even picks some weeds. After that it'll be lunch time, sometimes at home, sometimes out.
In the evening we go outside and he plays basketball, today we shoot balls together, I won 1, he won 1 and we tied the 3rd time :) At night, is back to computer/smart phone/TV, with breaks.
Every so often I call break time and he has to do something like jumping jacks, or wash his face and brush his teeth, or fold clothes or empty the dishwasher etc.


He basically doesn't want to go out much, but he goes with Marvin to the store or to the game place. And of course, we went on Saturday to Huntington Beach. That was a "fun" day. Sooo many people (500.000 were expected) so needless to say we never got very close to the beach or the pier. The plan was to have Norbert drive us in my car to the pier, and then we would call him to pick us up in a couple of hours because parking was all but impossible. In reality, PCH was virtually stopped -bumper to bumper- so we took side streets and everybody else had the same idea. Tristan enjoyed Norbert's driving but I was not as excited!!! They also had fun checking the girls, they both acted like teenagers.
After a long time we turned around and went back to his home and from there to Acapulco to dinner.

We were thinking of going to San Diego on Sunday, but Marvin was feeling pretty weak so we decided he wasn't quite ready for a long drive. But all in all he seems to be doing better

Tomorrow we are having the cement guy coming to lay the foundation for the shed, I also want to go buy some flowers. And then on Wednesday Sandy gets here! :)

My doctor visit

Yesterday I went to the dentist again to get my crown, and also got another one. sigh. Then today I went to my regular doctor for a physical, i had not had one for a while.

He reviewed my diabetes lab tests and everything seems to be OK, my triglycerides are a little high, but the rest is good, including cholesterol. I have also lost some weight so he was happy about it. I also had a tetanus/whooping cough shot. My arm is very sore!

He also froze a couple of things on my face, nothing major just I thought it was ugly. :)

I also drove around Huntington Beach because they are having the US Open of surfing (I asked Tristan if he wanted to go and he said maybe but not today). It was FULL of people, no place to park, they are also having Xgames, so it was very busy.

At home in the afternoon, Tristan helped me water the tomatoes and the plants, then we got silly with the hose and because it was hot and today was shower day, I told him it could take the place of a shower lol. He got very soaked, it was fun!!!

Went shopping today

Early this morning the cycler started to beep, we had another outage! So Marvin had to wait untiul the electricity came back, about an hour later. It ouf course woke us up, it was about 5AM, I didn't go back to sleep because I had a dentist appointment at 9.
At 8:45 I took my Xanax and Marvin took me to the dentist and left me there. So this month dentist =1 root canal and 2 crowns. Fun not.
When I came home, Tristan has just got up. We had lunch and I went to lay down, I was tired!
Later, Marvin and I went to Home Depot and we will have a representative come to advise us on what kind of generator to buy. We really need one because is not fun to be hooked to the cycler and not be able to do anything but wait.
We also bought a tuff shed. It's 6x12. As soon as we get the ground leveled, they will come and install it. We will get a heater a/c combination to keep it at the right temperature because that's where we will keep the dialysis supplies, and other stuff that we need to keep in a closed safe space.
Tomorrow I have an appointment with myt regular doctor, for another round of fun stuff...pap test, mammogram, diabetes updates, blah blah.
And so it goes.

August 1

I haven't been writing much since I posted all my retirement stuff. I have no idea if anybody reads them other than Mia, but at least it helps me keep track of the going ons in my life.

Tristan is visiting us for a couple of weeks and that is always fun for us :) He went shopping with Marvin today, besides a game and some kind of thingie to play the game in the computer, they also got a basketball and a net. Problem is, they don't know how the net goes, so it is only less than half done.

Today we had an electric outage for about 4 hours. I'm glad it was during daytime and not at night when Marvin is in the cycler! We are now thinking of maybe getting a generator...

Tomorrow I go back to the dentist to get my"real crown"and maybe get another one. My teeth are horrible!

And now..here's my book list for July:

Mary Kay Andrews – Summer Rental
Sue Ann Jaffarian – Double dead
Katie Fforde – Restoring Grace
Claire Cook – Best Staged Plans
Zoey Dean – How to teach filthy rich girls
Jonathan Kellerman – Mystery
Jeanne Ray – Eat Cake
Katie Fforde – Practically Perfect

I had never read Katie Ffordfe, typical chick lit but entertaining, she's very English, I enjoy trying to guess what some of the stuff she writes about is...marmite? :)