Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

pinched

About three weeks ago, I woke up with a pinched nerve in my neck. I’ve had these before, so I wasn’t really concerned about it, as uncomfortable as they are. However, this one would not let up and kept getting worse and worse (I have a numb streak running down the nerve from my neck to my thumb, not to mention neck pain, and occasional nerve pain along the entire trail of the nerve). It reached critical mass over the weekend, so I went to MedWELL to get checked out. They x-rayed my neck, which only showed age-related changes and I was put on a course of prednisone, which seems to be working, but not quickly enough. It’s still pretty uncomfortable, but things are improving.

And to add insult to injury, I ordered a cervical pillow from Amazon, which was supposed to be delivered yesterday but the mail carrier (a substitute mail carrier, I might add) forgot to leave the package when he delivered the mail. It better come today! I’ve gone through every pillow in the house and the only one that’s a little comfortable to use is an old squishy pillow I found in the closet.

I am so far behind on things at the house because I haven’t really been able to do much the last week or so. But, more importantly, I hope I’m feeling better by Friday because I don’t want to miss the Flood City Music Festival or the Alice Cooper show on Sunday. Fingers crossed!

buttermilk falls

I was here once before. Way back when it was just a waterfall in the woods. They turned it into a county park at some point, so I thought it would be fun to visit again. So, I went there this morning to check it out. It was mostly as I remembered it, but much more convenient to access. There were a number of other groups there before and after me, but I managed to have some time to myself behind the falls. I haven’t been to a lot of waterfalls, so I don’t know if this is unusal, but you can go behind the waterfall here, which is kind of cool.

jake visit

Jake had to come in for a work thing (something unavoidable that had been scheduled for a while, unfortunately for him). It was good to see him even though he’d only been gone a few weeks. We went to my parents’ for lunch on Sunday, worked on the puzzle a few times (a neverending puzzle that we’ve been working on for a year!), and he got to hang out with his friends a few nights. I’m not sure when I’ll see him again, but I’m planning a trip down there this fall, which I’m looking forward to.

billy summers

I’m loving these crime novels from Stephen King! The first act of this book was top notch. The rest of it was pretty great. The story was about a hit man who planned on doing his last job, which turned out to be more complicated than most. There were so many good parts, but one of the best parts was where the main character started writing an autobiographical book, so it was like two stories in one.

My rating: 4/5

the golden gathering

I took Tilly to this event again this year. The turnout was slightly better than last year (over 85 goldens were in attendance today). Just like last year, it was a lot of fun. I don’t think Tilly enjoys it, but she’s out of luck, because we’re going to go every year.