Plague 2021 #2 Icy Hell
Feb. 13th, 2021 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geowenchIt's currently 11F (-12C). It has not been above freezing for over a week. We have a big snowstorm forecast for this evening and temperatures forecast down to -11F (-24C). Our expensive new geothermal furnace (put in a few years ago) is performing like a champ. So far the well pump is also performing though I live in fear that it or the pipes will freeze and burst. E keeps insisting that we don't need to keep the faucets dripping, so basically I'm just shrugging my shoulders and if we have big awful expensive mess to repair, he can pay to repair it and I will do my best to refrain from saying "I told you so." Pretty sure my herb garden and my lovely sage and rosemary bushes are dead. Ah well. We are warm, we have plenty of food, I insisted we buy some jugs of water, and we will be fine.
This morning my BP was almost normal for the first time in god knows how long. I'm still on 50mg of the beta blocker and now also a small dose of calcium channel blocker. Hopefully this fourth med adjustment does the trick. I see my GP next week, though I may need to reschedule - I can't really drive my little Honda in these icy conditions. I was supposed to see the retina specialist on Monday, but I already rescheduled that for the following week. My vision in my left eye has definitely improved. At its worst, I'd say the vision was 80% occluded; now it's about 50% occluded, less in bright light. This is very encouraging and a big relief. Hopefully it will continue to improve.
Not much else to say - today felt like a big adventure because we drove into Backwater to get groceries. Only to find the stores rather shockingly depleted. Okies go grocery shopping crazy whenever snow is forecast, and they're forecasting up to 15", and so the bread, milk, and produce sections are literally empty.
Still no word on when we may be able to get our vaccines, but we *have* been told that we're expected to be back on campus and back to normal for the Fall semester.
This morning my BP was almost normal for the first time in god knows how long. I'm still on 50mg of the beta blocker and now also a small dose of calcium channel blocker. Hopefully this fourth med adjustment does the trick. I see my GP next week, though I may need to reschedule - I can't really drive my little Honda in these icy conditions. I was supposed to see the retina specialist on Monday, but I already rescheduled that for the following week. My vision in my left eye has definitely improved. At its worst, I'd say the vision was 80% occluded; now it's about 50% occluded, less in bright light. This is very encouraging and a big relief. Hopefully it will continue to improve.
Not much else to say - today felt like a big adventure because we drove into Backwater to get groceries. Only to find the stores rather shockingly depleted. Okies go grocery shopping crazy whenever snow is forecast, and they're forecasting up to 15", and so the bread, milk, and produce sections are literally empty.
Still no word on when we may be able to get our vaccines, but we *have* been told that we're expected to be back on campus and back to normal for the Fall semester.
