HVAC

 This morning Rod and I got up

"early" (for us) and headed to the farm.

We had an appointment with the

AC company that replaced our

WaKeeney unit last summer.

They don't normally service that

far north, but because we are

current customers they made an

exception.

He was a really nice man 

(turns out he is an owner...)

and he took a bunch of measurements,

gave us a bunch of options to 

consider and will email me a quote

once he has a chance to run the numbers.

We headed home after that.

Rod used his "stick" and that was a lot

of walking for him.

I bought some new rubber feet for his stick

and he swapped them out for the tennis

balls which worked in the house, but

are not very sturdy/stable.

Until he got those, I insisted he use the

walker when he's not on a solid surface.

Speaking of getting up early,

we had a GREAT night last night!

Rod took his night pills about 9:30

and didn't wake again until 5:20!!!

A first!!!

(The previous night he was up 4 times.)

I gave him his 5 am pills and we both

went back to bed until about 7:30.

(I had a really bad night the previous

night, took a "healthy" energy drink to

stay awake on the drive home from

Wichita and was still WIDE AWAKE

reading a book at 3 am... ugh.)

Yesterday Kyle and I did the Hays Day 

thing... Home Depot first to get a part

he needs for his water system.

And then WalMart to pick up the

weekly groceries.

I also picked up a sleep mask to wear

at night - Rod needs light at night

and I need it to be really dark.

I wore it for the first time, and except

for dreaming there was something on my

face / head all night, it worked well!

I felt much more rested when I woke

up this morning! 

YEA for the little things!

Rod stayed home and while we were

gone he made himself a grilled

cheese sandwich!

(All good, except he's not supposed

to bend, and the pan he uses is in

the drawer under the oven...)

I'll move it so it is easier for him

to get to.

We don't have anything else planned

for today. He is watching YouTube

University to learn more about the

difference between a regular traditional

propane water heater (what we have now)

and a propane powered tankless water heater.

I cleaned the kitchen and refilled all our

daily vitamins bottles.

I've saved all my thyroid pill bottles

and we each have 7, one for each day.

That way it's already divvied up

and when they are all empty, I just

fill them up again.

(Also easy to tell if somebody missed

their pills one day...)

We didn't have ANY of our pills with

us in Wichita. I got a refill of my

thyroid pills at WalMart, but we didn't

take any of our vitamins.

So its time to get back to it.

There are a few side effects from taking

the gabapenten he is on 3x daily.

One is damage to your liver.

So he's back on milk thistle to clean and

power up his liver.

He is also taking D3, K2, Magnesium

to help keep building those bones.

And both Moringa and Beetroot for

additional minerals we can't get from

the little tiny bit of food he is eating.

Last night for dinner we had steak fajita.

We bought a bag of already cooked

and frozen - Kyle tried it last week and

said it was really good!

There are 3 servings in the bag.

I cooked up 1 serving and we shared it

along with some tortilla chips and a 

small green salad.

It was yummy, but not nearly the amount

of food he used to eat.

Over all, he is doing REALLY well.

We are both so pleased with his progress

and daily prayers are now more 

thanksgiving than pleading for help.

It's a good transition.