Friday morning

I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep easily so I just got up and went swimming. Worked out perfectly. No traffic in the pool or on the road. I got home, had breakfast, caught up on LJ and piddled around on the internets while I finished my coffee and now I'm ready to start my day and it's only 8 am!

My bear/doll delivery isn't til 10.

This time last year I was one giant itch. I itched, particularly my back, for months and months. I tried everything - lotions, creams, sprays, antihistamines, swearing. It was miserable. Finally in May, when I went for my annual checkup, the doctor suggested Cerave lotion. Totally fixed it. Instantly. Now it's itching season again. I slather Cerave all over my back with a spatula every morning when I get out of the shower. It's expensive and I got through it like made but the no itching is glorious. And yesterday I used the last of my supply. I have more coming on Sunday with my Amazon order and I'm hoping that my Vaseline spray on lotion will get me through. At the first itch, however, I'm making a bee line for the drugstore. I'll pay full retail price - heck I'll pay double. I'm Cerave's bitch.

I went back in my journal to last year to see when the itching really started and so saw some of the very earliest dolls that I started making at the end of December 2015. Yikes some of those early ones were rough. Whew. But, now, 600+ dolls later, I'm way happier with how they look.

I think I'll go make another one before I leave for the delivery.

Friday Afternoon

It is cold. I hate hot so much that I refuse to complain about the cold so I'm not complaining. I'm just saying... it is cold. The thermometer next to this chair says it's 66 degrees. I just went down to get the mail and take some recycling to the dumpster and learned that 66 is toasty compared to what it is in the garage!

I have a little desk heater here blowing hot air on me and Zoey, so we're good.



I'm getting the phone bug again. This phone is just too big. I want my little Pixel phone back. My brother is in the market for a new phone. He wants big. I've offered to sell him this one. So I think I'm going to buy the Pixel again - and this time buy insurance. I hate to spend the money - especially this month but, I will.

I've keep having these little coughing fits. It's a dry, non-productive, little annoying cough that will not stop on its own. I can go days and sometimes months and then get hit. Lately it's been a couple of times a week. Fortunately, I have a stash of benzonatate which stops the fit instantly. I'd be a mess without it. I keep some in my purse, some in my glove compartment and the rest in the bathroom. They are my little savior pills.

Already have some replacement 'friends' to take those who left for good homes this morning.