Frosty Mornings and Turkeys

 

Yesterday morning and this morning, 27 degrees and 26 degrees, respectively, I marveled at the heavy frost both mornings.  On the rooftops, at a quick glance, you would have thought it was a light snow.  There were turkeys in my neighbor's yard eating the berries from her Dogwood tree.  So strange to see them in the middle of a city, and so fun to see them so close to Thanksgiving.  I hope they stay safe from the cars that whiz up and down this street.

I am FINALLY feeling like I'm recovering from whatever I have had for over two weeks.  I feel like it has been going on for two months rather than two weeks.  So grateful to be seeing light at the end of this tunnel.  

Thanksgiving is this coming week.  I have gotten a turkey breast in the house, and I plan to cook my favorite things while watching/listening to the Macy's parade.  It's tradition and comforts of home to do this.   Will share with my sister and BIL but have no elaborate plans for the Holiday---just the way I like it.  

Fall Light and Still Sick

 

I am still sick.  Went back to Urgent Care last Friday, and they now say Walking Pneumonia.  I finished a round of antibiotics today but still not much better.  My pharmacist said there is something going around here in our city that the doctors aren't able to definitively diagnose.  Oh yay.  Fortunately, I don't have to be anywhere or do anything, so I'm good just staying home and doing as little as I can get by with.  

So hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving.  The time absolutely passes in a blink.  

We have had some breathtaking sunsets this week, and the morning light has been such a delight to photograph with the last of the year's golden leaves being lit up.  A magical quality to the days...

 I woke up around 3 a.m. on Saturday morning so sick that it scared me.  I was coughing continuously and couldn't breathe for coughing which led to vomiting and feeling like I was going to pass out.  Miserable!  I hung in there until this morning then went to Urgent Care on the advice of my pharmacist, who also said it sounded a lot like...whooping cough!!  Whoa, wait, I thought had to do with kids and has been off the worry radar for a whole bunch of years!  So I was tested for Covid, Flu, some other SARS somethings and Whooping Cough, along with 2 chest xrays.  Negative on flu, Covid, and other SARS stuff.  Won't know about the the Whooping Cough thing for 2 to 3 days.  Oh, and I don't have pneumonia either, but I do have acute bronchitis.  So the raising of 3 kittens just became a little bit more challenging.

Wow! November 1, 2021 This Year Gobbled Up By Kittens

 

I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that it's November 1.  Lordy, can you believe I have spent the whole blasted Summer in this house raising these three kittens!!!  And I really really wanted to find a groove with my bicycle this Summer.  That didn't happen.  Now we are racing into cold weather.  Oh well, at least I have a huge stash of books that I'm looking forward to hibernating with.

My brother-in-law, Fred, had his 80th birthday yesterday.  He's a spook baby.  He is the least likely 80 year old that I have ever met or known.  The man looks, moves and acts as if he's in his early 60s---at the oldest.  He's a live wire, and is always working out in one manner or another or on the bicycle.  May there be many many more years ahead to enjoy.

I had 5 teeth implant bases put in place last Wednesday.  Not a fun few days afterward but I'm much better now.  Will have a follow up in three weeks and find out what the next step will be and when.

Today was absolutely gorgeous!!  Tonight the low will be around 34 with rain/cold on the way for the rest of the week.  May even get into the upper 20s the latter part of the week.  Need to pull out some thicker clothes for these aging bones.