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As Monday winds down I'm listening to the radio call of the Duke vs NC State college basketball game, now moving through the 2nd half. Pretty good game. Was able to listen to the Rangers lose to the Angels this afternoon.
Today was productive, too. Did my weekly laundry, and began the 3-day eye drops regimen in preparation for my cataract surgery this Thursday.
posted Monday, Mar 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM #QNMAR2024
posted by Roscoe
Sunday afternoon finds the day moving smoothly. Pain in my mouth continues but I'm dealing with it. As long as I eat small bites that don't need much chewing, and I keep that chewing over on the “good” side of my mouth, that's not too bad.
The issue with my hips seems to have resolved itself. As long as I wear the proper shoes, and move around very carefully and intentionally, I'm okay. I've not used a walking stick for weeks now. Of course I don't “zip around” like a young man, instead I move more slowly as a 75 year-old man should.
Over the past week or so my health metrics have been consistently very good, both my body weight and blood pressure. That does make me happy.
Tomorrow I begin using the medicated eye drops as scheduled prior to Thursday's cataract surgery. Friday, when the eye patch is removed, I'll begin a different schedule of different eye drops to help that eye recover from the operation.
posted Sunday, Mar 3, 2024 at ~2:50 PM #QNMAR2024
posted by Roscoe
As this Saturday afternoon winds down I'm happy to report another won Correspondence Chess game. My Knight to g7 Checkmated the Black King a few minutes ago. All his possible flight squares are covered my Queen, Bishop, and 2 of my pawns.
posted Saturday 02 March 2024 ~17:30 #QNMAR2024 #chess
posted by Roscoe
I won this Correspondence Chess game earlier today when I caught the Black King in a Queen-Rook Checkmate. As you can see, Black's only two flight squares were covered by my h4 Bishop and my g3 pawn.
posted Friday 01 March 2024 ~13:10. #QNMAR2024 #chess
posted by Roscoe
A major dynamic of this Thursday is coping with major toothache pain. For the last two nights this has prevented me from sleeping well. And today it's keeping me from concentrating sufficiently on even my most basic chores. Amazon is supposed to be delivering special toothache pain meds to me today. Hope it arrives soon. Hope it works.
posted Thursday, Feb 29, 2024 at ~11:29 AM QNFEB2024
posted by Roscoe
A productive Wednesday, this. I spent most of the afternoon shadowing a team of plumbers who were working on the plugged kitchen drain I've been talking about for the past week. I think they finally fixed the problem. Hope so anyway.
And I've been dealing with a nasty toothache all day. It actually woke me at 03:00 and stayed with me all day. no fun, that.
posted Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM #QNFEB2024
posted by Roscoe
First, a few words about yesterday. Monday 26 Feb. 2024 actually did happen in the Roscoe-verse. And it was actually a pretty good day, all things considered. While I was comfortable doing all the chores tackled on Sunday, doing them drained me more than expected. Monday, therefore, had to be considered a “recovery” day. Despite that, Monday brought a number of extra chores which I handled quite well. But I spent the entire day moving through the fog of getting things done on a “recovery day.” And that kept me away from the mental clarity needed to properly post to this blog until I was just so exhausted at day's end.
There's a lot ahead of me today, but I'm facing it with more energy and more confidence than I had at any time yesterday. I'm expecting this to be a good Tuesday.
posted Tuesday, Feb 27, 2024 at ~9:35 AM #QNFEB2024
posted by Roscoe
The plan for today: work on the back yard, cutting grass before things heat up this afternoon (we're supposed to see mid 80s); then following another Texas Rangers Spring Training Game.
Yeah. I think I can handle that.
posted Sunday, Feb 25, 2024 at 10:07 AM #QNFEB2024
posted by Roscoe
I won this Correspondence Chess game midday Saturday by catching the Black King in a Knight-Rook-Knight combination checkmate.
posted Saturday 24 February 2024 ~12:15 #QNFEB2024 #chess
posted by Roscoe
Facing this Saturday relaxed, calmer, and with a healthier attitude than I've had most mornings recently. And for that I'm MOST thankful.
posted Saturday, Feb 24, 2024 at 9:35 AM #QNFEB2024
posted by Roscoe