Scattered Thoughts . . .

Tonight will be a little primer for St Paddy's Day. The corned beef is being slow-cooked in a dutch oven and the potatoes, carrots and cabbage are prepared and ready to be cooked. I plan to make some homemade Irish Soda Bread the next time I make this meal next week. In meantime, as the corned beef slow-cooks, the Guinness is cold and tasting smooth... and, it is being served in an antique can this evening... Seeing the fireplace in the background of this photo reminds me... When the guys were delivering and setting up the new furniture yesterday, they commented about how nice the fireplace looks and they asked if I do that sort of work for a living. I just chuckled and said it was more like one of my hobbies.

Our latest furniture order arrived yesterday!  The delivery guys were in and out of our house within twenty minutes and even carted away all of our old furniture. And, they arrived right at our scheduled time! The couch is firm but comfortable and it is a bit smaller than our previous couch. We've been searching for a smaller couch for years so this was a lucky find.  The bed felt great last night! Also, it is very nice to be able to easily adjust the position of the bed with the remote.  I think we're going to enjoy this furniture!

My health has been deteriorating consistently since my last doctor visit a month ago. My new specialist (for a little more than a year now) decided to attempt to simplify my myriad of medications. Some medications were eliminated while others were increased. He sort of consolidated similar medications while eliminating one or two he felt might be unnecessary and added one medication that he felt might help.  These changes did slightly simplify my four daily doses of medications but, unfortunately, my health has been in serious decline since my last visit a month ago. I was getting more and more groggy, exhausted and weakened with each passing day. I was spending more and more time in the bathroom sick (no more needs to be said about that here). I was dizzy and I wasn't thinking clearly. Oddly, even though I was overwhelmingly groggy, I was feeling exceptionally restless. I was groggy, exhausted and restless all at the same time. I slept... a lot... and still couldn't get ne