Thursday, February 29, 2024

 Thursday, February 29, 2024 

 

    We had driveway yoga today instead of on Wednesday. Yvette had to schedule something for Wednesday morning and offered the class today instead. It was just Yvette and me in the driveway and Deb in Seattle on FaceTime.

   I had a session with twenty-six-year-old S today. I didn’t see much progress over the last class. She still has problems disregarding letters. When I tell her she’s wrong, she can easily correct herself.

    I had an appointment for an eye exam. I’m not going to get glasses anymore. Whatever problems I have seeing without my glasses, my vision is better without them. I need something like five modifications to my glasses. The smallest maladjustment of the frame, and they became useless. I did have my retina checked. I had a foveal pucker. I still have some, but the condition has been improving. Meali’inani did a cursory vision check. My vision is actually better. My right eye is for distance 20/20. My left eye is better than it was before. I thought she would diagnose eye strain, but no, she said my eye muscles are getting stronger. No sign of macular degeneration. Usually, there is some by my age. The veins in my eyes look good. She said she has seen 18-year-olds in worse shape than me. Mixed news. It predicts long life- but is that good or bad? Looks like I’m going to find out.

   I stopped off at Island Naturals on the way back home. I love their tuna salad and raspberry mini strudels. I also stopped off at the transfer station. There was no one there. Wow!

  Josephine canceled for today. She said they were too busy to accommodate me, and rain was possible. I drove into the Ulu Wini subdivision to donate something to Habitat for Humanity. The rain had passed by the time I got there, but I could see good-sized puddles. While I had not seen rain where I had been, I had poured at the higher altitude.

   When I got home, I got to work preparing the linens to donate to the church silent auction. While I love some of the items, I have no idea what to do with them. They’ll all wind up in the trash when I die. Better put them in the hands of someone who will appreciate them.

    I finally got the call from Kia saying my car was ready. Today was the end of week eight when my car was in the shop. Tyler agreed it was late; I could pick it up on Friday. I felt sad about surrendering the loaner, a newer car with more features. I considered trading my car in and paying the difference. We’ll see.