And the catching up effort resumes. I was under the weather for about 10 days - not helping.
Lawn work & foundation plantings
JoJac’s landscaping team is scheduled to do the work on about 2/3 of the width of our home on May 1 & 2.
Per Bogie’s request, I’ll try to remember to get some photos along the way. I may not have mentioned it, previously, but the “used” camera that I purchased in late 2021 conked out, having provided nearly exactly one years’ service. (That camera was a year-later version of the camera that I had been using since about 2006 which, itself, had conked out.) Never mind.
My iPhone, now my only camera, takes photos that are “good enough” - which is all one can say about my photographic skills, anyway. (I had pitched the Nikon some time ago.) Truthfully, the iPhone is an order of magnitude or twenty better than would be required to match my photographic skills.
HH’s Health
HH saw his audiologist and was given a new hearing test to see how much, if any, his hearing had been impacted by his COVID-19. The answer was, “Who knows?” Although his hearing acuity had not suffered enough to tell, his understanding of the spoken word had deteriorated significantly. “Why is that?” one might ask. The answer would be that he has not, from Day 1 of having hearing aids, deigned to wear them any more than 2-4 hours per day. Some days he wouldn’t wear them at all. Casey gave him a “talking to” about that and, now, he is wearing the aids for at least 8 hours each day. We’re hoping that will help.
CC’s Health
I saw my Primary Care Physician after several days of being under the weather. She had x-rays taken and a couple of other more-or-less routine tests in diagnosing, treating me, and getting me back to what passes as “normal” for an 85-year-old female. My annual "Wellness Exam" and lab work are scheduled for this coming week.
My hearing test showed that my post-COVID-19 hearing acuity differs little from HH’s. Bad news. Our otolaryngologist prescribed an MRI before having the audiologist fit me with hearing aids. Always something to anticipate!
Taxes
As it turned out, we ended up owing the State of Kansas enough more in taxes (than we had had withheld) that we had to pay a small penalty. OTOH, the Feds owe us four times the amount of the deficit owed to the state.
Local family gathering
For personal reasons that shall be unspecified, although quite benign, Elder Brother and I colluded - planning for him to come visit us for St Patrick's Day, and to stay for his 87th birthday, the following day.
Being a good cook and a generous person, Dudette volunteered to bake a birthday cake for her uncle, which offer I gladly accepted. The local tribe gathered for Dudette’s delicious cake, and Tillamook’s Old Fashioned Vanilla ice cream on the appointed day. The next day, EB started his drive home, taking an extra day to do more birding in the Great Bend KS area.
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