And off he goes

 

Look familiar? If you guess that The Brother Alan is off to Alaska again, you are correct.Leaves this morning and will return home on Saturday.This trip is shorter. Let's hope there's not another earthquake. Alan will arrive in Anchorage this evening. There are many "to do" things in Anchorage, but this short trip does not have any time off. One thing I do anytime he flies is track the flight going and returning. Lift off is at 2:45 pm from Phoenix.

Yesterday was my follow-up with the doctor to get MRI results. I have so much inflammation and fluid as well as a bone spur. The plan is to continue wearing the boot all day and try to stay off my foot... key word is try. I am not one to sit all day. Murphy continues to be great...he ignores the boot but still gets under foot at times. Today I began taking an anti-inflammatory prescription medication and I will begin physical therapy soon and return in 4 weeks. The next option is surgery. So this next phase starts. What I know is, that this is painful and limits me. Hopefully I can avoid surgery.

Today will be swishing and fluffing in the laundry area and no much else. Lisa will be off work today and tomorrow.... Glad you stopped by. Thank you for your kind words and caring thoughts. Thank you for your friendship.

So many days ago

Well now...finally a real Monsoon day

This is outside my bedroom window...flooding. The driveway is a river and the rain gutters cannot handle the downpour

 

the one nice thing besides the sounds of rain are the temperature is so nice at 73. With ground being hard and compacted in most of Arizona we have areas prone to flooding

We have 4 cell phones and this alert has buzzed several times this morning. Our area in Sun City usually only has superficial flooding; the main roads might have water reaching the curbing and the canals will have running water and here in our garden we do have a little flooding. 

But we remain safe compared to others. Murphy went out just before the downpour and ran in quickly. So far he is not really afraid of the storm. Alan and Lisa were watching from the garage around 1am as the storm was right overhead. this is expected to last most of the day.

Last week Lisa made this pretty morning glory pillowcase for their bed. I discovered that I cannot use my left foot to use the foot pedal on the sewing machine. The boot definitely does not let me even feel the pedal. Following doctor's orders to wear the boot. I have a follow-up appointment tomorrow to get the MRI results and what will be next. For most of the time, the boot is helping but then there are those painful moments. Sorry to sound like I am complaining vent, tough getting older...er.

Sounds like the rain is slowing. Time for chores...still waiting for the housekeeping fairy to arrive. Time also to put "The Boot" on. I will try not to stay away to long...again. Need some motivation! Glad you had time to visit. Thank you for your kind words and for your friendship.