Snow Shoveled Off Roof - A Winter JobWe're baaaaccckkk! Today's trip to Jackson went well, and much like most other days. Started off about -5 and mostly cloudy, but not stormy. We met at the Boulder post office and I parked over in the corner there and Charm drove her Tahoe. When she drives I really relax both up and back. It was warmer in the afternoon, and the roads were dry all the way. Snow depth was lessening in some places, still deep in some. A new look was where wind had blown some of the ridges bare and then dirt had blown downwind over on the snow making it all brown. Good for the deer and animals that some of the ground is baring up to make it easier for them to find food. We saw about 6 or 8 moose and a couple of bighorn sheep today, and one elk in the river. Plus the 700? elk on the Fall Creek? Feed ground. I saw a lot of deer both going and coming near home.
Charm had a mammogram scheduled today and both our appointments were set at 11 a.m. Yesterday Carol from oncology called and asked if I could come at one instead because they had changes in their patients, and I said yes. She said to still stick my head in the door when we got there and see how they were doing. I did that and fortunately there was an empty chair, so I was seated about 10:30 and we were out by 12, pretty quick. My port (and two other patients at the same time BTW) were blocked and had to have heperin before, as well as after, to thin what probably was a small clot there. They had all of us leaning over one way and then the other, and then Paige had me recline in the chair. Well, that led to them asking if I wanted a warm blanket and next thing I knew I napped nearly through the whole treatment. All the patients but one were sleeping today, and I heard one of the nurses ask if they should put on some soothing relaxing music. Someone else said no, or they'd all be asleep next. I'm off next week, so don't go back until the 25th and will start my 5th month then.
We went over to The Bunnery for lunch. It was really hard but I resisted all the bakery things there. Charm needed a necklace repaired so we went into a jewelery store next door where they make all their own BEAUTIFUL jewelery, to have it fixed. LOVED seeing the lovely designs and such great workmanship. Then we went on to KMart. I needed to get my pain pills refilled although had enough left for a while. When you're out in the boonies you don't want to run out. The pharmacy was closed for lunch until 2:15 so while we waited I got a few other things, and we both shopped for greeting cards. The pharmacist told me the generic version had been recalled, and my Humana Part D probably didn't want to pay for much of the brand name. Actually I believe the last time I bought the generic it was about $9 and the brand name today was $96. I said I would wait a while and see what happened. So that was a waste of our time. Then we went for groceries at Smith's (where I bought irresistible giant bakery muffins) and came on home.
When I got in my car at Boulder the temp read 51 degrees!! In about 10 minutes it was 48, and 15 minutes later was about 27. The county road was good; Richie Road and our lane were sloppy slushy ice. Arrived back home about 6 p.m. This morning had left some pot roast in the crock pot, and that was ready for dinner.
Well, while I was putting the groceries away, I saw water on the window sill above the sink and thought I'd splashed it up there. Wiped it away and in a few minutes the puddle was back again. I told Joe, "Uh-Oh, Trouble!" Water melting off the roof and icicles had leaked back under the eaves and was coming down through the wall and somehow under the cabinet over the sink without any water being in the cabinet. I sure hope it isn't backing up doing damage inside the wall or ceiling. We've had very little trouble with that, but Joe has always cleared that off more often than he has this year, since it seemed to be coming off on it's own pretty well. So he got out there on the ladder with his tools and got a lot of the ice in the roof valley knocked off as far back as he could reach. The drips lessened up right away.
Charm called and said a few of my groceries had jumped over into her bag, including the dog's jerky treats. I had missed those but not the other stuff yet. They will have to do with biscuits for treats until I see Charm again.
Got in jammies right away. Am tired, but so far not feeling too bad. Will see what tonight and tomorrow bring.
