A Nowhere Day
Today is Thursday the 22nd and we needed to be nowhere for the entire day.
Yesterday our agenda was to take a load of limbs to the tree dump at four in the afternoon. I was prepared with my old garden shoes, gloves and a jacket in case a branch came my way to leave a huge gouge in an arm. On the trail we were behind a huge dump truck loaded with limbs. I had never seen anything like a truck that had a ladder on the back of it with a fairly comfortable looking chair attached. We paid our $2.00 and got in line. When the fellow driving the truck got out, he was fast on his feet and he scaled the ladder in a few seconds. Then I saw the controls. There was a huge jaws attachment on a bucket that the truck driver could control. It took only three nips with jaws and his load was empty.
The truck driver came over and told us to pull up next to his truck and he would empty our trailer. Wow. Talk about making fast work of our load. We would have been tugging on the limbs for quite some time to get them to pull off easily. Of course, Dennis had to chit chat with the driver. The rig was from Sleepy Eye doing a job in St. James. Dennis’ niece had been his teacher when he was in school. Small world. Within a short while we were home, had the trailer parked at the east end of the lot, vowing to each other . . . no more tree work this year.
Dennis did have coffee and cookie guests in the patio porch this morning. Doug, from Madelia was over for a VA appointment and stopped afterwards to share his Alaska fishing trip news.
After my walk, I had local effort to do in the bathroom, laundry and kitchen. Tidy, tidy. There was success in the studio. Of the six total rows in the purple log cabin pattern, I have three rows looking smart. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Tomorrow Dennis will be making the five minute trip to the VA for his INR (blood clotting test). I will be enjoying the entire day at home.
I did need to change Dennis’ dressing on his left foot after lunch. We are down to a 3″ x 3″ band aid after applying a solution of Iodasorb. Iodasorb kills bacteria better than Betadine and heals from the inside of the wound out. It pulls out any seepage that could slow down the healing. It is not covered by our insurance and was $78.00 at the Mayo Store. BTW, the only item not covered for Dennis throughout these last ten months. Well worth our cost to get this great headway in that left foot project. The fact that he can wear a shoe on that foot . . . sweet. We did get an appointment yesterday from the prosthetic and limb store in the old Madison Mall in Mankato. It is a medical prescription from the VA. We will be traveling to Mankato next Tuesday. Dennis will be fitted for shoes and a prosthetic insert for the left foot as it has a diminished size compared to October of 2021. One more item to get done during these fall months.