August Recap - What a Month!

This has been a hell of a month!!!

August 1   Eye infection
August 2   Anxiety meltdown
August 3   Urgent care and Emergency room . Hip wound infection.Admitted to hospital
August 4   Marv hospital. Lizzie came.
August 5    Nice lunch with Lizzie. She visited M at hospital
August 6    Lizzie visited M and back to SD
August 7    Visit M  2-5PM.   I got a spider bite
August 9    Marv released from hospital
August 11  Hematology doctor. Anemia.
August 12 - Ongoing visits from wound nurse & physical therapist
August 13   Computer has no sound
August 14   Talk to girls
August 15    Mosquito/spider/bugs bites galore in the evenings. My legs are covered!!!
August 16  Orthopedics visit. 2 hours wait.
August 17  TERRORISM attack in Las Ramblas Barcelona :(

August 21  Total eclipse of the sun. Sandy to Stanley to watch it. N help with cars.

August 22   Talk to girls. Computer guy fix the sound in my PC (Unplugged)
August 23   Orthopedics visit. Flu shot
August 25   Hurricane Harvey. HUGE FLOODS in Texas

August 26   Hot days, 90's to 100's
August 30   Podiatry

BOOKS I'VE READ IN AUGUST

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN AUGUST

Happy Feet

Today I went to my podiatry appointment. I go every 3 months, but this time it was 4 months (my doctor was on vacation) and my feet were so ready to be pampered!

My doctor is very nice, Indian ancestry and we always have a good conversation. He just got back from his vacation to England to attend the wedding of a niece, about 20 people  flew from California, he has a large family all over the US , Europe and India. He said all together were about 200+. For what he told me it must have been like a Bollywood movie!

For some reason today he talked about politics, which he never did before. He's a Bernie follower and is very upset with the Democratic Party,  I let him talk because he kept on massaging my feet and my toes and it felt so good!!!!  :)

Tonight before going to bed I massaged my feet again with a blueberry and peppermint lotion and they feel so cool and soft.

Good night and good dreams everybody!

6 things I dislike/hate

BARCELONA

Coyotes

I don't exercise a lot, but I like to walk Lulu around the neighborhood, usually about 4 blocks. We both enjoy it. I like to go in early evening when it's not as hot as during the daytime.

We have not walked around much the last few weeks because of other things going on, but now we are all home and I wanted to get back to our weekly walks.
But...La Mirada is having a pretty big problem with coyotes running loose around the parks, the canals etc. They are craving water and food.
There's been stories of coyotes getting into people's backyards (they can jump 6-7' fences) and grab and kill cats, and small dogs.
In my "Next door" app, a woman wrote about her little dog being attacked by a coyote as they were going for a walk. They live a few blocks from us. The dog survived but so far they have over $7000.00 in vet bills.

About 2 weeks ago, Lulu was barking her head off and I looked outside, and I saw 2 Mexican guys with a long rope, one of the guys was in my front lawn. I wondered what was going on, then I saw a big "dog" running from my neighbors driveway towards the street, the guys ran after him, one of them made a lasso and was trying to catch it. Last I saw them they were running down the street. I thought it was quite a large dog.
Next day I read that 2 coyotes were on the grounds of the middle school down the street for me (no kids, it's summer break) I think the men I saw were custodians in the school that were trying to catch one of the coyotes.  That scared me.

So now I go outside with Lulu on a leash, and when she goes in the back I am watching her. I don't think we'll be walking much until the coyotes decide to go back wherever it is they came from. I was telling this to my friend Norbert and he said there was a coyote at his neighbors backyard (the Santa Ana river canal flows to the ocean just a few blocks away).

The coyote appears often in the tales and traditions of Native Americans—usually as a very savvy and clever beast. Modern coyotes have displayed their cleverness by adapting to the changing American landscape. These members of the dog family once lived primarily in open prairies and deserts, but now roam the continent's forests and mountains. They have even colonized cities like Los Angeles. Coyote populations are likely at an all-time high.

These adaptable animals will eat almost anything.

July Recap

July was not the greatest Month

July 4  Lizzie to Michigan.  Marv and I celebrated on Sunday because Tuesday is dialysis day.

July  8  Seal Beach with N.

July 10 - Dr. Tran appointment, follow up on Marv's surgery

July 12  Wound nurse

July 13  Nuri's 76th birthday, talk to her and Monica. Family drama, as usual.

July 14  Talk to Sonia. She was not feeling well.

July 16   Sandy and Lizzie over. All of us to El Cholo.

July 17   Sandy and Lizzie left to San Diego

July 21  Marv woke up with leg pain

July 22  Went to ER after dialysis. Long wait to get into ER. X-Rays.  Got admitted. I went home                      after 11PM

July 23   Visit  Marv at Kaiser.  Cellulitis.   N to LV with family.

July 24   Released from Kaiser.  Utah problems.

July 26-28  PT nurse

July 31   Dr appointment at Orchard. Pain prescription.

MOVIES I WATCHED THIS MONTH

BOOKS I READ THIS MONTH