I’m off to Augusta for my annual VA physical. It was actually scheduled for last month but I had to reschedule due to my butt sore and not wanting to retard the healing by sitting on my butt for the two hour drive. When I changed my dressing Sunday, there was no more draining and it appears to be all closed up. I put a new dressing on just to be sure and I’ll be doing many weight shifts for the drive.
Finally got my towel warmer operational. They had put in an outlet close to the shower to plug it in but it didn’t work. The project manager stopped by yesterday and fixed it. What a sybaritic pleasure it is to have a nice warm towel to dry off after a shower. I’m loving this new bathroom!
Things are starting to come together. I had the Mexicans out today to perform crape murder on my crape myrtles. I call it that because my BIL sez it’s wrong to top crape myrtles, but that’s what happens around Atlanta in February. I’m a little late this year. They also cut back my autumn olive bush in the back. That thing really grows! I’m having a weeping Japanese maple planted in the front yard where my maple tree used to be. I got cited by the HOA management company for not having anything there. Three years ago, I cut down the maple because the shade deterred my Bermuda grass from growing. I had the stump ground at that time as well so they should be able to plant it OK. Hopefully, my financial situation will be such that I’ll be able to have my patio in the back extended and stone retaining walls around my beds. That should finish the outside. Then comes the rest of the inside. Master bedroom closet doors widened, hardwood floors in the master bedroom, and the master bedroom painted. I’m also gonna have to have the rest of the inside of the house painted. When I put the hardwoods in the master bedroom, I may have the guest bedroom done as well. And, when I recover from all of that, I may upgrade the guest bathroom with a new tile floor, new cabinets, granite counter tops, and brush nicked fixtures.
I cannot believe that in July I’ll have lived in this house for 17 years. The only house I have lived in longer than that was the house I grew up in. I lived there for 24 years, 19 before the Navy and 5 after I got out of the Navy and went to college and my first 2 years at IBM. I also find it hard to believe that in October, I’ll have been retired from IBM for 11 years. Where does the time go?