How is it August already?
What the heck. I had a busy & productive week, and I’m looking forward to a
project at work this coming week. Baseball has been good (although, as I said
last week I feel ambivalent), and hockey started back – and the Hurricanes won!
Sunday, July 26th
I did that thing where I
just couldn’t throw out the lotion. There was a LOT in there! (Yes, I’m aware
that the container I chose is probably a butter keeper or some such, but lotion
is sort of like butter, right?)
Monday, July 27th
There was a meme going
around asking how old you were before you had a Black teacher. I had both of these
ladies in the 9th grade. Ms. Harshaw (left) was my Freshman English
teacher, and Ms. Setzer (right) was my homeroom & social studies teacher. I
didn’t think about it at the time, but can you even imagine what it must have
been like for a Black woman to teach in rural North Carolina in the late
70s/early 80s?
Tuesday, July 28th
I had a selfie from today
(meant to show how low I had slouched in my office chair), but I thought you
needed to see this instead. Made me laugh!
Wednesday, July 29th
Ms. Pinky after the rain.
Thursday, July 30th
Morning glorious! (Yes, we
had petunias on Thursday last week too.)
Dr. M went to see his dad
& brought home these huge tomatoes! (That’s my grandmother’s plate that
they’re sitting on.)
Friday, July 31st
I was trying to get a
picture because I thought my hair looked good & I wanted to show my
beautician how well my cut is holding up. But these didn’t really showcase it
very well.
Saturday, August 1st
Our Misfits box came &
instead of yellow squash we got these weird looking things that are about as
big as my head! I posted on the Interwebs and about forty eleven people told me
that it is jicama. Something new for Dr. M to play with!
I took the beard off of the
first gnome I made & gave it hair instead. I think I have a Mr. & Mrs.
Gnome now. (I included the beard picture in case you don’t remember how weird
it looked).
Yet more new masks (and I
have another one that I haven’t
photographed yet) – from the Atlanta Braves this time. I think we really are
done buying masks now. Maybe.
In case you’re concerned
about my allergy med saga, on Wednesday I started the second of the three that
my doctor gave me to try – Allegra. I think I’ve taken this in the past? It
doesn’t make me as drowsy as the Zyrtec did, but it does make me a little drowsy. I’ll give it the full ten
days to see what I think & then I’ll try the third one – the hilariously
(to me) named Xyzal. Do you have any interesting medical news to share?
That's a lot of jicama! It's good to snack on, though.
ReplyDeleteRick has horrific allergies, and he settled on Allegra, I think, when his shot was delayed or needed an extra boost. Good luck in your search.
I was in 8th grade before I had a Black teacher. It was Ms. Bolton, and she was my English teacher. She was tough and exacting and I adored her for that. I learned more grammar in that class than any other. She was terrific, and I can still see her in my mind's eye right now.
is there some sort of rule that says meds have to have a z, x, q, or y in the name? and the more the better?
ReplyDeleteHow on earth is "Xyzal" pronounced? Like "Zyzal," I guess? What a terrible name.
ReplyDeleteGreat tomatoes. I hadn't heard about the black teacher question -- that's a very interesting one. I'm going to have to think about it!
What do you do with jicima? You'll have to share!
ReplyDeleteJicama is a great veg. Peel it and cut it into carrot-stick-shaped pieces. It's bland but the taste grows on you. It's prevalent in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteJicama is great for texture, crisp and light and sweet, Great in mushy salads like potato, tuna, chicken salads that need more crunchy air.
ReplyDeletenever had a black anything, raised in Wyoming in the middle of dirt. white folk land.
It drives me crazy how much lotion is left in the bottle, and I use a lotion that the top does not come off easily - like it isn't meant to come off, but H rips that sucker off for me.
ReplyDeleteYour masks are cute. You look sexy in that green one.
Never tried jicama. Hope you find a good recipe for it.
The gnomes are cute.
How is it August already?
ReplyDeleteI feel the opposite, this year seems like a decade has passed.
Medical News?
Had some moderate heart trouble last month or so, enough to scare me and make a few urgent phone calls to my doctors. Had some changes in my medicine and another prescription added. That makes ten now I take either once or twice a day.