I'll Live

I went bright and early this morning for my annual physical, and the doc says I'm going to live.  Overall, he's pleased with my progress -- my weight and cholesterol are both down, and my A1C is back to within normal ranges.  High normal, but still normal.  

I told him about the pain I had in my left shoulder a while back, and he checked it, said I had normal range of motion, and it was probably just a touch of bursitis.  I'd been worried about a torn rotator cuff, so I'm glad to know it wasn't that.   It feels a lot better now, too.  Almost back to normal. 

After my appointment, I thought briefly about running up to Batesville to see what plants they have at the Walmart up there, since the one here has had a paltry selection this year.  I don't know if it's because they're remodeling or what, but they haven't really had much of anything.  Maybe the one up in Batesville would have a better selection, and of course there is always Lowe's.  It would have been a beautiful day to walk the trails at the mounds, too, but in the end, I didn't go.  

Instead, I ran by the Walmart here and got my oil changed to stop my car from nagging me about it.  While I was there, I ran by the craft department and picked up three new skeins of yarn.  

I'd been looking for something to knit a baby sweater for my oldest nephew's baby -- which I found out yesterday is a boy-- and thought something in the camouflage will be nice, since they're all avid outdoorsmen.   The other two were impulse buys.  I thought they'd make nice looking charity hats, and there just might be a second baby sweater from one of them, too.  I've already cast on a 5 Hour Baby Sweater from the camo. 

Somehow, I think it'll take me a bit longer than five hours, but they ought to be done before the baby gets here.  I'll probably do a matching hat, too.  

The only other thing I did was to get the new air conditioner into my bedroom window, and that was a chore in itself.  As you can see, the window in that side is odd shaped and higher than a normal bedroom type window. 

That not only makes it hard to lift the unit up that high, but they never fit quite right.  I don't know why they put such odd windows on that side of the house, but they're all like that -- even the one in the kitchen.  Next time I go into town, I'm going to have to look for some insulation tape or something to seal up around the edges, then we'll be good to go for a while.   That brown stuff is the little bit they included with the unit, but it won't be enough for what I need. 

It is now happily humming away, cooling down the bedroom.  

Maybe now I'll finally get some sleep.  At least, better sleep than I have been getting.