Day 765

I got up at 7 today - woke up and couldn't get back to sleep.  We stayed in bed for about an hour and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Then it was a little surfing until 9:30 when it was time to take Ellen to the doctor.  She saw the radiologist - just a chat.  Then we waited a long time for the oncologist (surprise, surprise).  He chatted and actually gave Ellen some information that may help her with controlling her asshole.

We were out of there by 12, about when I suspected.  After that we went to the yuppie grocery store.  We forgot to look for mangos, and they didn't have prickly pear jelly.  We did by some produce.  The last stop was the post office.

We ate lunch when we got home.  I'm really disappointed that I gained weight last week.  It's time to take drastic action.  No more eating out and really watch the calories.

After lunch I did a little surfing and then decided to tackle the last big "moving" chore.  I went through my clothes and put a bunch of the old stuff in a pile for Goodwill.  I was kind of depressed to find that I'd been buying and wearing XL t-shirts when we first got down here.  That means I went up a whole size in the last 7 years.  Crap.  At least everything is now put away.

One curious note.  There was someone in a car parked in the cul-de-sac this morning at 9 when I took out some garbage.  They were still there when we left at 9:30.  We got their license plate.  About 11:30 Lee called to say that one of the neighbors had called him about it.  He's out of town, so he asked me to call the Sheriff.  I did.

Most of the rest of the afternoon was surfing.  So much in fact that I finally just got tired of it.  I did a little reading and then it was time to walk to the mailbox and do my exercises.  I WILL lose weight next week.

One bit of good news.  The vet called and said that Taiko is responding well to treatment.  It may be that his advanced disease was a misdiagnosis.  The ultrasound didn't show up anything bad although he has a couple of conditions that might just be old age.

The evening was watching football and reading.