I went outside this morning and took pictures of a zucchini stem with 3 flowers on it! I have never seen anything like this before. Unfortunately it was a male, so no triple zucchinis from it!
I heard a lot of blue jay screaming outside shortly after and went out to discover my cat had a baby blue jay. I would try to get it away and he kept going under the house with it. My husband finally got it away and the poor thing is still alive.
I really have my doubts that it will survive. I have it in a shoebox right now and it has just been laying quietly first panting and now breathing with its mouth closed. I would be very surprised if it actually survived this encounter. It is almost fledged out. It has full feathers on its wings and was probably just starting out and fell on the ground where the cat got it. I hate to see that happen but its hard to keep the cats in all the time.
I am going to the surgeon today and will post what he says later..
Hi everyone, as we celebrate America's birthday I would like to wish you a safe and happy day! With that said..
I'm still out of work until Thursday when I go and see the Dr. again. I am still not feeling stable enough to go back, my moods are up and down and I have a lot of anxiety still. I've been trying to get out there and have fun, but I haven't been posting much about it, especially on Facebook because I have co-workers on there and I'm sure someone would blab to my boss that I don't look depressed enough. I guess I shouldn't worry about it because I don't think I will be returning to that position anyhow. Funny, I'm out on medical leave and not once has anyone called me to ask how I am. I received two well-wishers on Facebook but that is it. No call from my boss or co-workers. Oh well! Lots of jobs available at the hospital. They have been wanting me to interview over there for years. I've put in for jobs and have cancelled interviews because I don't want to take a paycut. Right now, my sanity is more important. I won't go back to working until I feel stable. I hope my Dr. agrees with me. This disorder runs in my family, so at least I don't feel alone.
I am sad also because my Mom is not doing well. Her heart is severely damaged and her diabetes is bad. She lives so far away and it kills me to know that any day I could get that phone call that she has gone to heaven. I feel guilty for not being closer to her so I can be with her.
Wow, this is a gloomy post as usual. Well, on to more gloom... I am going to the surgeon on Wed for his opinion on the mass left in my breast after the cyst aspiration. It may very well be just fibrous tissue and I am not upset at all that it may be something else. I will wait until I see what he thinks and go from there.
The garden continues to do well, we have a couple of nice zucchini out there, I'm growing one for the fair to see how big it will get, I have an entry for largest zucchini. I hope mine is a whopper, it has three weeks left to grow. My cabbage head is looking great too. I have two plants entered and I'm doing cut flowers again. Also new this year is antiques. I have a salt and pepper shaker and a Table Talk pie tin. The kids are doing culinary so they will get free passes.
Good news, Sarah was accepted for two weeks at Camp Scully. Karl just came back and he liked it. Its 5 days then two off and then 5 more for Sarah. Overnight camp. They have nurses on staff to help with the diabetes. All I need to pay is $70 and the rest is scholarship! She has diabetes camp in August also.
Rich wants to go to the summer house for a few days this month also. Its very quite and scenic there and just what I need I think. So I will leave you with a picture... Linda
I've been temporarily put out of work by my Dr. due to stress, anxiety and depression. She changed my meds from generic lexapro to generic Prozac. I hope to see an improvement. I have been very unhappy at work. I find my boss difficult to deal with. I think she is trying to push me out the door. She doesn't like the fact that I have FMLA for my daughter. I have signed up for it for myself too as a matter of fact. I am thinking that after I am feeling better, a job change is in order.
Karl went to Camp Scully today. I think he will have a good time. I found out that they let children with diabetes go to, so I will see if they have room for Sarah in a session this year too. She is signed up for Circle of Life diabetes camp in August either way. Camp Scully was basically free. We got a scholarship for Karl and only paid a $35 deposit.
I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not but I have been dealing with issues with my left breast. I have a mass. They drained a cyst but there is still a mass inside. It could very possibly just be fibrocystic tissue but I need to go see a surgeon to decide the next tests to run. I hope he orders an MRI before a biopsy! Of course getting the cyst drained was no big deal so a biopsy probably won't hurt either.
Our garden is going very well. I have decided the back of the yard is not a good spot at all for veggies. We planted radish and onion there and none has started bulbs. Lots of greens but no developing roots. The radish to the north of the house however gets more light and has very nice bulbs on them. Its actually time to harvest. We have cabbage coming along nice and the tomatoes and squash are doing good too. I'm getting fair entries ready and hope we get some good produce to show. I am entering a live squash plant in a container again this year as well as a nice lettuce plant. Here is a picture of the garden out front.
Here is a close up of the squash in the center. Its a zucchini.
My bee balm this year got very tall, here is a blurry pic my hub took but you can get the idea..
Close up..
I went to my Dr. the other day because my left breast has been slowly becoming deformed with the nipple caving in. I also felt a lump behind it. She looked at it and could tell right away something was wrong. She found a mass about 4 cm (about the size of a plum). I am going Tuesday for another mammo and ultrasound and then going to my surgeon on Thursday. There is a history of cysts and non cancerous lumps in my family. I am trying to not get to bummed but from what I have read online about what I'm feeling and seeing it could be cancerous. I will update when I find out more..
The garden is coming along nicely. We are having a heatwave and the plants require twice daily waterings. We don't have a hose, everything is done by hand. Here are some pictures of the progress. First picture are our onion shoots, then radish, then our broccoli and cabbage, someone mislabeled the broccoli and we got two broccoli plants and too much cabbage! The next picture is the main garden with tomatoes. Or maybe its the other way around with the pics anyhow, yes lots of weeds too!
Anyone that follows me on facebook knows what a week I've had. I couldn't of made up all this stuff if I wanted to. My Uncle Jack died on Sunday. Sunday evening Sarah was messing around with her insulin pump and gave herself a huge overdose of insulin. She was in the hospital until Tuesday. On Wednesday I found her insulin pump was missing from her kit. We searched the house for two days and never found it, so I have assumed it was stolen. Sarah also got sick at school from high sugar after the principal wouldn't let me give her her Lantus shot at the right time because she was in state testing. On Thursday, I found out the school nurse turned me in to Child Protective again because of Sarah's overdose and the fact that I didn't "insist" on Sarah being pulled from class and testing to get her shot, even though I was coming back in at lunch to administer it. I was shocked that even though Albany Med didn't feel I needed to be reported to CPS that Bitch at the school did, and I was the one who told her what happened. So I ended up calling the principal and complained about her and the way she has been treating me.
Thursday night my brother called just as I went to bed and told me my mother had been airlifted to Cabrini hospital in Alexandria, LA for high blood sugars and vomiting. Turns out she may have had a mild heart attack too. She is recovering and hopefully will be out of the critical care unit soon. I hope I can talk to her at least tomorrow on Mother's Day.
So that was my week from Hell..
