Shoulder Woes

7:30 am

                Well the guys are here, I just woke up (was up late last night), it is hot and really muggy, and I probably need to spend the day making phone calls.

                Went to the surgeon yesterday. I left here around noon, biked to the farm to get the car, changed, then drove down there. I was there early, around 2 for a 2:40 appointment, but then of course the appointment was late anyway, and besides that, I had not brought the report on my shoulder from whoever read the MRI so they had to call to get that faxed over, so I was first in the waiting room for ages, then in the exam room for ages. Thank goodness I brought my knitting. And then I got sick of knitting so I read for a bit and I even fell asleep which actually was refreshing.

                Wow those guys are really noisy today. Damn. And here’s the deal w the shoulder. Yes, I have a torn rotator cuff. And it will not heal on its own. That was what I had hoped. It does not bother me that much or that often, but he said it was easy for him to get it to hurt – asking me to push against him at certain positions, and lifting it up and around himself. And it will probably get worse, though he cannot say how fast, or even actually if it will. There are bone spurs (something BJ had also said) and the tendon rubs against those, which will probably not help at all. So I can have the surgery, to repair it and then it will not hurt any more. He would remove the bone spurs and reattach the tendon. Biggest problem is that the recovery takes a really long time as in 3 months. First 5 weeks in a sling basically not using the shoulder. Then lots of pt and gradually getting back to using it. So no biking for 3 months. And limited use of arm.

                So when????? I am actually kind of inclined to just do it NOW asap. Spend the summer doing basically nothing. Cancel the NY trip. Pluck/clip all buns possible now, then leave them for those months. Butchering will be an issue. I guess I could do the big babies I have now, then have to wait to do others.

                So today I want to put calls in to BJ, call the surgeon’s office, call re the NY ride (getting a refund). I could also do it in Dec but that would be harder for work. Or I could wait until next summer, but that means the whole summer would be shot. I could do it early May, then maybe be able to ride by August.

                It sucks.

                Yesterday I did not do a whole lot bc I had to go to that appointment. I did wind off the 3 oz, and I started spinning the last and left-over bits. I have more of the darker stuff than the pale, so I will add in some gray angora, alternately grabbing bits of each. I also made some carob granola bars. They came out ok, tasty enough, but crumbly, not exactly “bars.” Not sure how they’ll be when I try to cut them up.

                I finished As I Lay Dying and have started Light in August which is the only other Faulkner I have laying about. I thought I had Absalom/Absalom but I guess I finally got rid of it thinking that I had not read it in 15 years, time to give it up.

                I’m still tired. I have not done stretches, eaten anything, had psillium or anything at all. And I don’t especially want to do anything at all. Besides the other calls I must make, I need to call re the taxes again. Also sucks.

                The fair meeting actually went well last night. A few things were forgotten. But I think the secret was that they had some meetings before hand for example with the dog folk. There was minimal discussion about their stuff.

                Well what I should really do right now is my stretches. Then I guess eat bfast and feed buns their bfast.

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Roof Work

Tues 7 am

                Today is roofing day. The roofers will be here soon to put the metal roof on so that then the solar panels can be installed. Very exciting. I would be happier about it if the money from

                Oh here they are!

Well I will write more later when I can think

Wednesday 7 am

                Clearly I never got back to writing. Too distracting with these guys banging around. Then at 10 I biked up to bring the bike in to get the front derailleur replaced. And then they called to say that really I should replace the front gears (they call it something that I cannot remember) too bc the ones I have are not completely round. Some odd thing that the bike world did for a while thinking that it was better but it was not. So ok I had them do it. $$$$$. I had expected it to be about $100 and the derailleur was only $50 so the whole thing was about $100 so there you go. Here are the guys. They are doing their thing so I will write. Here at my little desk which is nearly covered w papers so a bit awkward, but the kitchen table is too high so also awkward.

                Big thing for today is that I must go to my appointment w the orthopedic surgeon re my shoulder. That is 2:30 and I must bike to the farm to get the car from G so I’ll leave around 12:30. Then there is the fair follow up meeting at 6, so I will probably just go straight there. Or rather, I will go to hang about in some nice café. I guess the apt will end around 3:30, so I’ll be in there around 4.

                I finished the last full 3 oz of the pink stuff. Well, spinning and plying. Need to wind it off. Then I have what is left on the bobbin, which is a good ounce I figure, and I have a good bit left over of unspun so I can probably get another 2 oz, and then there is the darker stuff. Not sure if there will be enough light to ply them together. Then I can move on to something else! I will wait on the pink sandwich stuff as I am rather tired of pink. I have to look over the options.

                I also want to bake some carob granola bars. I’ve had the recipe for a while and want to try it.

                Boy I slept really poorly last night. And I was tired all yesterday so I ended up taking a nap around 4 which is probably not a good idea. And eating chocolate. So then I could not sleep. And then around 2 or 3, the renter started doing something upstairs that involved lots of clanking sounds on her floor. I can’t help but wonder if there was a bit of a passive/aggressive thing due to all the crashing that happened most of the day yesterday from the roofers. And there will be even more today as they are now working on her side of the roof. Oh well. I am hoping they need just 2 more days but of course weather could impact all that, too.

                This weekend is Prairie Home, so we will leave for that on Sat around 2. And before that I will need to go pick up picnic treats and pack a cooler and chairs etc. We will come back right after. Had thought about going to the farm, but sister is there with her knitting group, so not really an option anyway. Other thing I did yesterday was to deposit the check from Mom into her account. Now I need to get hold of the accountant to see what else needs to happen for her and the Trust taxes. And contact all the cousins. And then work more on the pile that is all over my desk. Well right now I will make a smoothie and toast for breakfast. No need to think about supper which is nice. What about tomorrow night, and Fri??? I guess I’ll think of something.

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random little tid bits

7:30 am

                Second day of summer! First day was mainly spent biking. We joined friends and biked up to bookmill for a quick tea, then on to the diner for breakfast sandwiches, then over the canal trail, over the rail trail bridge, around through the fields and over the hill and back across the river and then we split off and stopped to get a qt of ice cream which we brought back to have with the strawberries left from the party on Sat. Sat was party day – a grad party, then work party for the parting Fellows. Anyway, at the end of our bike ride I was pretty beat. I did manage to get over to buy 2 bales of hay, for which the rabbits will be grateful, and some groceries and even crickets, I did a bit of spinning, made some fish for supper, did more spinning and that was pretty much the day.

                Today I have to focus on paperwork: final tax stuff, bills, filing. And I will ply the next to last pink stuff. I think K might be up, maybe we will go to Black Sheep. I don’t think there will be any biking to speak of, though I need to get out for something, what it is I can’t remember. Oh, I need to get to the bank for one thing. So maybe I will bike to that. Odd how it feels like the day is stretching out before me. If I just take a peak in my notebook I will see the vast ToDo list and that will quell any feeling of openness.

                Saturday I plucked Fabio and clipped the baby coat from Gnatalie. I need to finish Fabio. I need to give another dose of Ivermectin to Bart. I need to make up some posters to put about advertising the rabbits I have available.

                Oh dear, the local chipmunk is running about on the porch. I imagine it is awaiting its sunflower seed treat. I have taken to putting out a small handful every morning. Bad of me, I know, but they are awfully cute so what the heck.

                I got another copy of Americanah so I’ve been back to reading that. I will finish soon and get back to Dying. I actually am getting kind of tired of the racism theme in the book which is interesting. In point of fact, I rarely think about the topic and reading the book brings up the reality that for some folks, clearly racism is a reality that is constantly in their awareness. Interesting.

                Blah. It is such an extraordinarily lovely morning. But I still feel kind of blah. I did not stretch this morning, mainly bc I threw on regular clothes and K was still sleeping and it is hard to stretch with jeans on. Oh well.

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