Barb and Butch's Big Adventure: 5/12/19

Friday, May 17

Odds and Ends

I made our reservation at the RV park when we take our anniversary cruise on the Mississippi. July 24, 25, and 26. We will be staying at the Interstate RV Park in Davenport. We are excited about it.

I took my last antibiotic capsule this morning and will be tested in a few weeks (June 5th) to see if I am out of the woods on the UTI.

If the weather ever breaks where we have 2 dry days in a row I plan to get started on yard work and Karla has offered to help. Yippee!!

Thursday, May 16

Settled

I guess you could say we are settled back into our summerhouse. The weather sure hasn't seemed like summer however the weatherman has said we will be plunged into it today with temperatures in the 90's! Why oh why must it be so high to start with!
I haven't done one bit of yard work yet and I need to. Still haven't cleaned out last falls leaves around the flowerbeds. Haven't even given a thought to planting any Spring planters. I take my last anti-biotic in the morning and I am hoping I can return to a normal life. I will get tested on the 5th of June. I am feeling better. I toyed with the idea of going on the Keto diet and way more than weight loss it promises a lessening of inflammation and heaven knows I have had more than a little bit of that! So yesterday I started in a modified way. I am not sure I was spot on but I was close. This morning my left ankle is miraculously a normal size! I will be doing some serious research on going Keto this morning.

Butch and I had dermatology appointments yesterday. I have one spot on my cheek that we blasted and I have hopes it will be fine. Butch has had two spots biopsied and one is suspect. We will find out next Tuesday the results for him. My next appointment for dermatology is 6 months unless something else pops up.

Do you know why seniors cannot get much done? It fills our days seeing medical people. Didn't see that one coming!

We are scheduled to resume trivia at the Elks Club on June 5th. This time we will be trying every other week. I am looking forward to getting back to it.

Tuesday, May 14

Ode to a Housefly

Ode to a Housefly
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By Greg Illes
Nobody mourned when the housefly died.
Nobody eulogized, nobody cried.
As a matter of fact, after spotting it,
Stealthily stalking and swatting it,
Then cleaning up the well-worn swatter
In hot and steaming soapy water,
Hanging the much-used tool back up
Beside the dishes and the cups,
She sat back down at the dinner table
Just as soon as she was able,
To get her friends’ congratulations
And then continue conversations.

Nobody’s sad at a housefly’s demise.
The creature is hated and widely despised.
Houseflies are found all over the map,
Flying in search of a pile of crap.
Dwellers in filth from the moment of birth,
Crawling as maggots in dark rotten earth,
Then flitting and buzzing, to land anyplace:
The table, your dinner, your hair, or your face.
Those little green bastards will ruin your mood,
Halt conversation, and spoil your food.
The much-maligned housefly (and rightfully so)
Will never be welcome – it just has to go.

Nobody weeps when a housefly is killed.
In fact, we are usually pleased, even thrilled.
Once in a room, they will buzz all around,
Driving us nuts with their presence and sound.
With screens and with poisons, flypaper and sprays,
We deal with the pests through our nights and our days.
A sticky wet snack on chameleon’s tongue,
Crawling around on a pile of dung –
Disgusting images flit through our thoughts
As we smash flies on walls into red and black spots.
For an unwary housefly, caught taking a nap,
Will quickly expire with a swish and a WHAP!

Greg Illes is a retired systems engineer who loves thinking up RV upgrades and modifications (and an occasional poem). When he’s not working on his motorhome, he’s traveling in it. You can follow his excellent blog at www.divver-city.com/blog

Sunday, May 12

Even more Bugsy

Jason and I have never been at a loss for words and we talked all the way to Missouri and back.

It was a real pleasure to watch Elise in her play. The rest of the troop were rough around the edges at times but our girl held up her part very well. This is her 6th appearance in a play. Since she will be 9 in a few days that is a pretty good record.