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cindyny, loved the sand sculptures and the photos of the sunset. My DSIL when she is at their FL home takes sunset photos and sends them in to a weather man at a local TV station. She has had several presented on the show. Glad you were able to make it home, and to replace the battery the next day for a more acceptable cost.

carole, I can't wait to hear what is served for your Thanksgiving dinner this year, and who provides it. The story about the restaurant being in flames when they arrived was sad. What did they do for a meal? I find it interesting that while they are vegans, they provide a meal that isn't.

Sleep study was interesting. I had a spiders web of electrodes applied to my legs, my chest, my chin, my eyes and my head. Also had a belt around my chest and my abdomen. Shocked myself when I went to the bathroom after their application and looked in the mirror with the electrode box loope around my neck on a lanyard. Not an attractive look for sure. Tech was very thorough in explaining what she was recording and why. She started me out wearing my normal sleep apnea equipment with the caveat it could be changed based on what she was seeing on the recordings.

Had a pulse oximeter on my left ring finger because I had to sleep on side of bed closest to a nightstand containing the electrode recorder box and the CPAP machine. Tech told me that arthritic fingers should not be measured for pulse oximeter reading and yet, whenever I go to a medical appointment they use them. Said that this can reflect low readings which are false. So in the future, I will insist they use my straightest fingers. I know that cold fingers can give false readings, too.

She did change my equipment out for another type, monitored me and came in to make another change of equipment. The latter gave better results even though it required some adaptation on my part. I will say, for it being a sleep study, you really do not get much sleep, lol. She woke me at least 6 times for tweaking, and then I had a potty break, so another interruption. At 5:30, the waste disposal company showed up to empty dumpsters located near the building. I was scheduled to be awakened at 6, because I needed to complete some forms and leave by 6:45, so they could clean the room. So when I did get to sleep, it was good, but I wish I could have slept straight through. I won't get results for at least 2 weeks according to the tech and they cannot provide any info about what they saw. I did get sent home with the last face mask she used and was told to use it in the interim. She also gave me information on one she thinks will provide better comfort.

Attempting to get a good seal, resulted in a red mark on the bridge of my nose which persisted for over an hour. I am concerned that this will continue because when I broke my nose, it went undiagnosed (did seek medical help, but told that because it didn't bleed, it wasn't broken). By the time the swelling receded, It was healed, but with a deviated septum that meant I could not breathe out of one side of my nose. So I had to have it rebroken to reset it, but now have a nasal bridge that is not symmetric so getting a seal is difficult. I am concerned that this skin will break down due to the excessive pressure from the mask. I'll talk to the NP and see what she has to offer.

Surprisingly, the bed was very comfortable, unlike most hospital beds that are not. Unfortunately, I was unable to raise the head of the bed like I can at home. I still cannot sleep on my sides due to tender ear lobes. Wonder what impact side sleeping would have had on the results? Side sleeping is recommended.

Hope everyone had a great day. It was cold here with temps below 50 all day and filtered sun. Waving "hi" to everyone.

Cindy, so what happened to the leftovers?

ETA, the sand sculptures are beautiful. I am sure you chose the best.

Wow, Cindy. Never a boring moment in your life! LOL. The sand sculptures are cool.

Today I have to pack for the trip to FL (Jacksonville area) to dh's nephew's house for Thanksgiving. We're making it a two-day drive to avoid arriving overtired on Thursday. Jacksonville's weather is similar to ours, only a day later. It's looking like Thanksgiving weather will be cool, which suits me.

It will be interesting to see what Thanksgiving dinner will be. Our hostess, Angie, doesn't cook the meal. One year when they lived in IL, they hired a chef to come to their house. That was really fun to experience and the food was delicious. Last year they served a meal from Whole Foods, which was very good. It took some time to heat all the dishes that needed to be warmed. They ordered too much food, and I don't doubt that a lot of leftovers were discarded. They eat a mainly vegetarian diet.

Another year when we were not guests, they ordered a catered meal from a restaurant that they patronized. When they went to pick up the meal, they saw that the restaurant was in flames.

Happy Monday to everyone.

Part 2 - we left the park and ride and headed to a new restaurant. The meal was delicious. I had chicken parm, SO had a New Orleans chicken dish. We were stuffed so opted to skip dessert.

I had leftovers to put in the car and then we were stopping at Publix - in the same strip mall. First said we’d walk, but it was far enough that I said let’s just drive over there.

The car was dead, lights an off yellow color, it would not turn over. We called AAA and waited 2 hours in the parking lot for them to show up.

My first thoughts were I was glad we weren’t in NY freezing. It was warm enough to stand outside of the car.

Directly across from us was a coffee house type place where they had many people taking to an open mike to sing. We heard everything under the sun - from those that could play but not sing, to theater singers belting out Phantom of the Opera. It had us giggle at times, but it definitely helped pass the time.

We had a female AAA person who does just battery jumps and sales. She was able to jump it, and said we’d make it home but don’t turn it off. She didn’t have my size battery but had she it would have been $239, or a higher charge one for $289.

I drove home like the wind. No AC on, no radio, and my dashboard was sort of light low. We made it, pulled in our driveway, got everything out that we needed out, before turning it off.

We ran to Sam’s club this afternoon and bought a battery for $139. They take the old one and charge you $20, but then credited us the $20 - we don’t know why and I hushed SO from asking why.

We came home and installed the new battery. A neighbor came over and sprayed the terminals with silicone. Car started right up, interior lights nice and bright.

That’s my two day long story. It’s already getting dark. I wanted to run to 2 more stores and still might go, in the 2019 Impala.

I hope your last 2 days were less eventful than mine. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning for a wellness check. Then we’re off to realtors office to pick up a pie. They have events yearly, and around Thanksgiving they hold a “Pie Palooza” event - giving away your choice of pies. Never have heard of a real estate company being so invested in past clients - we bought 10 years ago!

That’s it for me. Hope you had a great Sunday.

I think I started to post last night but my eyes were tired and I never finished the post.

It was 85 near home but over at the beach there was a beautiful breeze coming off the gulf. Still sweaty though.

We went to a demonstration on how to make a sand sculpture. Super informative and I’d like to try something on a smaller scale once my grandniece is here.
Then there was a competition they call “quick sand” - 2 compete to sculpt the same thing within 10 minutes. Totally enjoyed it.

We took the bus/trolly back to the park & ride but we got to watch the sunset before the bus picked us up.

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

T. E. Lawrence