We received a great surprise yesterday. I was working at my desk when I heard the gate squeak. I looked out, but didn't recognize the very thin person who I saw. I thought maybe it was another Amazon delivery. The doorbell range and hubby answered it - to our surprise it was my oldest son and his youngest son! Now it is sad, isn't it, that I didn't recognize my own grandson?! He had his head down as he walked and I didn't even realize it was him! Maybe I need to get better glasses!! I stepped away from work so that I could spend time with them. My son was helping his youngest to learn to navigate our streets and soon begin driving out on his own. It was a great surprise, and I am grateful they stopped by. It is always good to se them. And it reminds me I need to make another pitcher of tea. I generally do have some in the refrigerator, but the last time I made it, I washed the pitcher and just set it aside and didn't refill it. I think I will do that today. We drink it as well, and then I'll have it when the son does stop by.
Which brings me to last night. I was exhausted after not much sleep the night before, and we went to bed at our usual time last night. I fell into a deep sleep - only to be awakened by my watch buzzing. Not once, but several times. Earlier in the day my youngest son had included me in a group chat (for which I am grateful; it helps me know what is going on). I had responded to his announcement of a birthday party for his grandson. Still on the chat, the oldest and the youngest son were discussing the party (and I can bring tea) and then the granddaughter was chatting as well. Now mind you, I can't read my watch texts without my glasses, and I'm squinting at my watch when it kept buzzing, semi-awake. I hit a button, thinking I was being asked to bring tea to the party. After a few minutes the texts stopped and I could settle down and go back to sleep. At 11:16PM hubby's alarm clock starts flashing 8888 and beeping. Loudly. I wait to see if he will move to stop it. He doesn't. (I found out this morning that he didn't even hear it!!) After a couple minutes that seemed like eternity, I got up and turned on his light to see if I could stop the noise. Nothing worked. It wasn't an alarm. It was a malfunction of the clock. So I unplugged it. It continued to beep and flash for another 30 seconds. Weird.
Wide awake by this time I came in here to try to sleep in the chair. And I may have, but shortly after I came in here, I heard hubby shuffling down the hallway to the bathroom - so I got up and went back to bed. Settled in, slept a bit, and my watch alarm goes off. I turn it off and try to go back to sleep to no avail. I finally get up and come in here, tried to sleep again; unable to, I heard hubby getting up and knew he would be bringing in my coffee shortly (by now desperately needed) and got my light turned on and my Bible out to read. My vision is acting weird this morning; it's blocking out words. Not my usual ocular migraine so don't know what is going on. Ah - I close my eyes and I see the lightning bolt on the left - and now it is there with my eyes open. I wish I knew what caused that and why is there not a cure.
I got my blood test results back and I can now see why I am extremely tired at times, and why other things are weird. I don't remember all the test results, but my iron is low - I think the lowest on the range is 15 and my count was 14. My iron saturation is out of whack, my protein in my blood dropped substantially, and I don't remember what else. Oh yeah - my TSH is also in the red. I don't know what all this means but I am sure I will hear from the doctor's office soon on these tests, unless she will wait until I have my bone density and mammogram next week and call me one time. I have already gone into my portal and read what she wrote from my visit. I'll check it later today to see if she will comment on my labs before I get the phone call. I'm pretty sure I'll get a phone call; too many of the labs were in the red so something is going on in my body. I just don't know what. With my TSH out of whack for the very first time, I'm wondering if it means the levothyroxine I've been taking for years needs to be increased - and that could also be a problem as to why I have been unable to lose weight, although I have been working out and cut back on my eating plus eating more healthy. Nothing has been working and I nearly have resigned myself to being chunky. But I have noticed my clothes are getting tighter and I don't want to give in and buy a bigger size! That's not the solution to my problem. That's the easy solution - just buy larger sizes - but I'm uncomfortable being this size as I feel chunky when I try to do things. I don't like the feeling. Man, this ocular migraine is in full force right now and it is annoying!!
I'm going to close this off and close my eyes. I have ten minutes before I need to turn on the work computer. This week has been horrendously busy and I need my vision to complete my job. It takes about 20 minutes to get through these episodes. So with that - hope you have a great day - sorry I'm cutting this short - need to see better.
Blessings!
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