up and down

Opening with cat pictures 

Is always good. 

So much hard bullshit

At the case. 

When one problem gets solved,

Another emerges. 

It’s not easy. 

I heard a podcast about cortisol 

And how it’s hard on your body. 

So I upped my carbs to see 

if that helped my stress. 

It did not. 

Bad sleep. 

But no reflux so that’s good. 

I got the “official” reading of my CAC

And they said they saw a “small”

Hiatal Hernia. So it’s healing. 

Reflux seldom bothers me any more. 

Training a new nurse. 

Yay! Amen! 

Our prayers are answered 

And I didn’t have to do anything. 

Someone else did the deed. 

I took on an extra day 

Knowing it would be hard. 

So I need to develop better coping skills. 

And not take it out on my body. 

Oh. By the way. Lol. 

The carbs I ate? Biscotti! 

They were too good. 

Up a pound today. 

Pure water, I’m sure. 

Carbs are the devil. 

Sometimes the devil negotiates. 

More often, s/he they do not. 

Better to not push it. 

overnight

The Colony. 

That’s a town. 

In the DFW metroplex. 

In about 1972, Fox & Jacobs

Bought up all this land. 

They build their own city. 

They had their own water, electricity,

And government. 

1972. Men with beards,

Memorex reel-to-reel tape decks. 

Dark little houses, Brady Bunch kitchens- 

Fox & Jacobs was the cat’s meow. 

All the houses looked a lot alike.

Same tile, same doors. Same floor plans. 

My sister had a house like that

But in a different (nearby) town. 

Well now it’s getting super built up. 

Mega shopping and mid rises 

Still lots of undeveloped land. 

So there might be some cows 

Or wheat or whatever 

Next to your place. 

I stayed with a friend -

She has one of those fancy beds. 

Like $5000 bed. 

So I slept like a dead dog

And didn’t even wake up. 

We Nurses look out for each other. 

Of National Park Posters

Were real. Lol. 


Sausage and SF Jelly

No bun. 

In-N-Out Flying Dutchman. 

With grilled onions. 

And Covefe. 

Fresh, hot, Covefe. 

grinder grind

I’m so happy. 

I sleep like this every night. 

No wine. 

Keep my hand out of the cookie jar.

Keep myself away from the wine store. 

And this is my beautiful reward. 

Purest sleep. 

On my feet most of the day. 

These feet. 

Lol the old grandmother here

Thinks I have a fake leg. 

Because I’m slow going up the stairs. 

So she’s always helping me carry things. 

Bless her sweet soul. 

Salad. HB Eggs. 

Even some Raspberries. 

I use lettuce for hydration 

Since I don’t do water all that well. 

Drive Thru. 

Hold my Buns. 

So busy. 80 hours on the clock. 

Plus friend visits.

“Have Magnesium. Will Travel.”

Some of  my friends don’t have anyone. 

So I go stay and help out. 

It sucks to be alone and sick. 

I have 3 friends having medical

 issues this week. 

My best guess is that now

The offices are opening up again 

For normal business. 

And they’re tackling the backlog. 

Crypto in the news every day. 

Now people are asking me 

How it works and what’s up!

I’m happy to tell them what I know. 

Shib is still at 0.0000250 of a penny. 

That’s 4 zeros. 

A millionth of a penny. 

Up up and away! 

My soul is no longer bitter. 

I don’t hate my life. 

I don’t want to travel to escape. 

I want to see new places. 

And just gawk and look and visit. 

No vacation for 3 years 

because of COVID. 

Next will follow the recession 

Because of COVID. 

I can take a working vacation. 

I can take a shorter vacation. 

I can do a car camping vacation. 

Make some lemonade 

From all these lemons. 

Lol. 

The house always wins. 

As With Rosy Cheeks the Morn…

I hope my friends are not too tormented.