Not exactly a great week…………………………………………….

As always, first the chronology:

02/23/25 – Sunday – Up and still not sure what’s going on. Stayed up all day except a 2 hour nap this evening before net. Got the tone board out of the old radio and put in the new one. Did the second COVID/flu test and it was all negative. Still have a soare throat. Really not sure what it is. Anyway, blew off church and Gary’s today to make sure I didn’t give anything to anyone. Since I tested negative for everything I guess I’ll go to work tomorrow. Other than that, got the blog done and did some computer update.

02/24/25 – Monday – Up at 6AM and off to work. Manned the handicapped entrance to the main courthouse from 8AM to 1PM. Home and put the truck away. Kathy was off to take Julie for an MRI. I had lunch then to bed for a nap. Slept from around 2PM to 5:30PM. Up and dinner. Some chores around the house and usual evening routine.

02/25/25 – Tuesday – Up at 8AM, cleaned up and off to the dentist. He told me he would rather I come back if I have a cold so I went over to Shelbyville and got the truck washed. Back home and some computer work at the kitchen table. Kathy was washing her hair and getting ready to take Chloe to the dermatologist this afternoon. We had lunch and I went for a nap. Up around 3 and down to do computer backups. Kathy came home and we took a 1/2 nap then up for dinner. After dinner the usual evening routine.

02/26/25 – Wednesday – Up around 9:30. Kathy was out taking Carter to a doctor’s appointment. I started breakfast and Kathy came home. Felt worse today. Kathy suggested I should get a Doctor’s appointment. To my surprise it looked like he was available this afternoon. So after lunch I headed up. He check me over and ordered a Z-pak for me. Got home and filled Kathy in. Also called worked as the Doctor said I should take tomorrow off. Had dinner then a nap for an hour. Downstairs for the usual evening routine.

02/27/25 – Thursday – Up around 8AM. Called in sick yesterday. Doctor said I would be contagious for 24 hours after I started taking the antibiotics. Spent most of the day in bed. Did get downstairs in the evening.

02/28/25 – Friday – Up at 6AM and into work. Opened the court room at 8AM. Court started at 8:30AM and was over by 11:30AM. Went home and Kathy was still at the animal shelter helping out. I had lunch then down for a nap. Up and chores around the house. Dinner and usual evening routine.

03/01/25 – Saturday – Up at 9AM. Did the first of the month routine along with my Saturday morning routine. Had lunch. Took a nap this afternoon. Up for dinner. Usual evening routine.

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Now the specifics:

Here comes the saga. Last Friday night we went out to celebrate our anniversary and like an idiot I forgot my coat and hat. Saturday morning I woke up with a head cold so I started taking some medication. Trying different things along the way. Started feeling a little better by Monday but worked the handicapped entrance at the back of the main courthouse which is a rather small area with a heater. All is good till someone opens the door then the temperature takes a nose dive and it’s several minutes before the heater brings things back up to comfortable. Again, like an idiot, I just wore my regular shirt instead of my pull over that is much warmer. By Wednesday I am feeling like shit. I sent a message to my doctor but some bimbo that has no clue picked it up and responded with totally worthless information. I got online and to my surprise the doctor had an appointment open in the afternoon. So after lunch I headed up, he looked me over and sent in a prescription for a Z-pak. I started that Wednesday evening. He said I’d be contagious for 24 hours after I started the antibiotic so I call Wednesday and the boss got someone to cover for me. I started feeling better by Friday and went to work. I think I’ve got things under control now and just have the ass end of a cold to deal with. But I did stay home from church again and blew off going to Gary’s just in case. I don’t have work till Wednesday so I have some more time to recover.

The used radio I picked up at R and L electronics last week when I was up in Cincinnati was in very good condition. But I found out it didn’t have a tone board in it that was an option. You need that for the radio to transmit the sub-audible tones to make the repeaters work and to make the decoder work. I was a little put out till I realized I could probably take the one out of the old radio I have and put it in the new one I got. So I did that earlier in the week and everything was good. So I know have a fully functional radio and a spare one for parts.

I’ve been making plans for next week. The 9th I have to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Training center for my two week Court Security Officer training. They have a onsite residence hall that we can stay in and since it’s an hour and a half drive one way I think it would be a little rushed to get down there for class every day and back home. So, I plan to stay down there for the week. I’ll go down Sunday the 9th and come home Friday the 14th then back down Sunday the 16th and finish up and come home Friday the 21st unless I flunk out sooner. Just taking it a day at a time.

This week while doing the first of the week routine I changed the air filter in the furnace and discover it makes a big difference what kind of air filter you use. We got a super cheap deal on some filters at ACE hardware and had been using them up for several months. Last month I put a Fliterete filter in that we get at Costco and the difference in the amount of dirt it collected was amazing. So, I guess the old adage, you get what you pay for, is really true.

I have tomorrow and Tuesday off this week. I’ll take it easy tomorrow and the only thing I have Tuesday is to get my hair cut. Wednesday I work the door at the rear of the main courthouse and I’ll wear my heavy pull over. Thursday morning I have another appointment with Pain and Spine management so I’ll take the morning off. Then go in Thursday afternoon from 1PM to 4PM. Then Friday I’ll have a long day.

Well that’s about it for the excitement here. As always, hope this finds you all safe and healthy. Stay that way and I’ll blog at you again next week.