I woke up Monday a 60 year old - when did that happen? I was knocking off early to meet Lori at the library for a mini, Covid safe birthday celebration but had some fun before then too. The team spiced up our zoom with party backgrounds and tried to sing (not good on zoom) then another zoom meeting was interrupted by my doorbell - not something I hear much these days. It was gorgeous flowers from Deanne. All this and my party hadn't even begun yet.
Lori and Andrea went all out for my birthday. There was carrot cake, yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting and ice cream pre-portioned into baggies for safety's sake. I had invited my friend Lorri to stop by then all the library staff came in for singing and treats. There were flowers and gifts too. Yarn, of course, a plant, a book and 15 bags of quilting fabric scraps to name a few. It was so fun. After knitting the afternoon away, we packed things up and headed out at 5:00. Andrea and I were back at 6:00 for Monday Night Knitting, where we enjoyed yet more cake with Nan and Janet. It was a lovely birthday, despite the pandemic.
I went to Lincoln on Wednesday after work for water aerobics and grocery shopping. I wanted to do all my errands and stock up the fridge because we had a cold snap coming, complete with more snow, so I wanted to be ready to hole and at home for the long haul. After the pool then Aldi, I went to the gas station to gas up my car - another rare thing these days - and when I saw the popcorn machine inside, I decided then and there to have that for my late supper. After a stop for a six pack of my favorite beer, I was stocked up and ready. I hadn't had popcorn for a year and it tasted great. It also took out a corner of my molar, which I didn't even realize until I was done with the popcorn. At least it wasn't painful.
I called my dentist at 7:30 Thursday morning and he'd already had a weather cancellation so could take me first thing. I went from jammies to the dentist chair in 20 minutes. I was thrilled that he was able to fill the tooth instead of prepping for another crown. He was super generous with the Novocain because I didn't get feeling back in half my face until 1:30, which made eating leftover homemade pizza for lunch very interesting. But I had my tooth so was a happy camper.
I was totally lacking motivation on Friday and so decided to see if my doctor had an appointment that afternoon. She did so I headed in to have the lump on my neck lanced. Fun times! But since I'll be meeting my out of pocket with my knee surgery later this year, why not? I left with a Band-Aid on my neck and a prescription for antibiotics, which felt like overkill but she's the doctor. The sun was out but the temp was already plummeting as I ran to the pharmacy and snow was due Friday night. This winter just won't stop!
Helen had planned to come to my house on the weekend to cook me breakfast for my birthday but with the single digit temps and snow both days on the weekend, a gave her the option to postpone and she took it. That meant I had the whole weekend at home with no obligations, which you know is all I want these days. I gave lip service to starting to slog through my spare room when I chatted with Deanne Saturday morning but it never happened. I spent a chunk of Saturday afternoon knitting while listening to an audio book, which was a new thing for me. I then went out and did round one of shoveling. It was 3 inches of light fluffy snow but with single digit temps, I got out the long underwear and got busy. 35 minutes later, I went in for a warm cup of tea and that day was shot. I made a lovely dinner of steak and boursin mashed potatoes. Yum.
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