I’m sitting here enjoying my second and last cup of coffee for the next at least 30 hours.  Yep the stress test is tomorrow morning and the rule is no caffeine for 24 hours before the test.  For me that is a double Whammy because I drink International Delight Chocolate Cream in my cup of coffee.  I like to joke that if you cut me open at the ankles coffee grounds would flood the room.  Of course that is not true because after surgery on my feet the last two years I heard no one complain about the grounds on the OR floor.  But it is going to be quite a chore living through these next hours.  I do have plenty of Orange Crush, which has no caffeine, to drink.  I can make lemon aid or apple juice, drink white milk, or use that stuff (water) you wash your feet in so I won’t get thirsty.  But I figure by the time Jay gets in from dialysis I should be fit to be tied. 

The big thermometer reads 32 degrees this morning, no snow yet, but the bushes and branches are dancing to a rhythmic wind.  The feeder on the deck is about due to be refilled and the sun hasn’t decided to honor us with some basking areas for the animals to sleep in yet.

The words AW S**T just echoed from the kitchen signaling that sweet hubby has nodded off with a cup of coffee in his hand as he waits for the YOUR RIDE bus to arrive.  So it is a frantic change of clothes as I mop up the spill on the kitchen floor.  The story of my life has just unfolded again.  Had he spilled it just 10 minutes earlier his clothes could have gone in the washer.  But when I checked the load it was all ready on rinse.  Oh well such is life!

Les, Anne, and Courtney were up on Sunday and Les looked at my CPU because drawer wouldn’t open to allow me to play a Print Shop Disc.  I had all ready had problems with the outlet that you plug the camera cable into when transferring pictures.  (Boy can you tell I don’t know a whole lot of technical terms about my machine.  Now you can see what my tech, Les. has to put up with when I try to explain my problem!)  The short of it is he may build me a new machine rather than patch the old one.  Jay told to him to go ahead—-we can afford it right now.  I stipulated that this one will be mine because the last one he built for me became Jay’s. 

We had a bit of dinner, some conversation, and Les tweaked a couple of things on Jay’s computer before they went home. 

My new project calls for finishing three inches every day in order to complete it on time.  Yesterday (the third day) I had eight inches when I spotted a mistake some three inches back.  So I ripped it out and finished at seven inches which is two inches short of my goal.

I will close this post and knit another five inches + today.  Tomorrow I have no knitting plan because of the test so Thursday will call for another three inches. 
I will try to better my goal each day and finish early but I never know what events will happen that will change my plans. 

Well I just took my third sip of feet washing liquid or as Jay loves to say ‘what fish sh** in’ ( which is a little grosser!)

Have a great day—-I’ll see you in two!!!!