- A few health related things this week. First I had a dentist visit this week. I have a tooth that's been bothering me since the last week of our Camino last May. Turns out it's time for root canal number three. I do have the option of an extraction but I'm not ready for that yet ... if ever. Nothing like another $1,000 bill ...ugh.
Mom went to the pain doctor this week to get a shot in her lower spine. We are all hoping for some relief for her back pain. - I received my federal retirement annuity account password this week. This means my application for my Federal retirement annuity has been accepted. Checks start getting deposited next month. Yesterday I got a letter with the actual annuity amount. The amount is a bit smaller than I expected but I didn't have the right numbers to calculate the annuity amount (shame on me for not keeping the fifteen year old records I needed) and my guesstimates were off. Still a good amount and any amount of money is welcome. For those who are curious, the annuity is one of three parts of my Federal retirement. The other parts are a 401(K) and Social Security.
- I walked three times this week. I decided to do longer walks closer together. I usually spread out longer hikes with either rest days or shorter, around the block, hikes in between. This week I did a four mile followed by two eight mile hikes over three days. It felt better doing it this way. For the week I walked 21.4 miles (34.4 km).
This coming week will be a hard one. We are experiencing a five to six day heat wave with heat indexes over 100℉ (38℃). Not sure it would be wise for me to walk in this weather. - We had some more visitors to our backyard this week. The first was, what appears to be, a juvenile Blue Jay. They are common around here but are rare in our backyard for some reason.
The second announced itself by ringing the chimes on our deck. I looked outside to see if it was windy and saw a face looking back at me. A raccoon had climbed up on the fountain on the deck and rang the chimes (I assume it thought it was a bird feeder). I banged on the slider and it moved away a few feet. I opened the door and yelled at it, trying to get it to get off our deck, but it didn't seem phased. I then realized that it could run around me and get into the house so I went back in and closed the slider. I watched it explore the chairs, chiminea, and chinese garden stools we have on our deck. It eventually left the deck after satisfying its curiosity.A suspected juvenile Blue Jay.
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Rocky raccoon climbing out of the chiminea onto a deck chair. |
- We continued planning our Rome trip booking tours to the colosseum, catacombs, Vatican, and other places we want to see in the city. We have most things nailed down. We have a few things that do not need a tour, ticket, or guide that we haven't scheduled yet. Those places will probably be fit in over the three days before the Wife's student's ordination events.
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