Category: Tunes

I am listening to Gavin Degraw right now and as soon as I heard the opening bars of this song, I immediately got extremely vivid flashbacks of both of our apartments!

You know, back when I still could drive and get around on crutches or even a manual wheelchair. It’s summertime and my apartment is clean.

Today, this evening, I was able to stand up fully when I transferred. Finally! It has taken me five days for this! What was I thinking?!

I am getting my teeth cleaned next Tuesday and then the following week, I am going to the doctor to get my calculus removed. I may be under for two hours for this one.

They are going to call my Mom to reschedule my colonoscopy and endoscopy. Like it is not super hot outside?! Seriously, what was I thinking?!

I have been thinking and, I should just let myself cry in recovery! That probably would be better! It was crazy to wake up crying and not understand why but now I know why and I’m just going to let myself cry. And this song popped into my head that ABSOLUTELY shows my age but I don’t care:

I had reposted a previous post that I had written that I take 42 supplements a day. I am scheduled to go back to see Dr. Clark in September. He will change them if need be then.

Okay, yesterday I had my two procedures. Leading up to that, I had to stop all of my supplements for seven days prior. Let me tell you that that was so rough! I stopped taking them on Monday night, Tuesday afternoon, it felt like I was drunk. By Friday, it felt like I had a urinary track infection. Sunday, my head was in a jar of water! I couldn’t wait for Wednesday!

So, Tuesday night, I did my preparation for the colonoscopy. I opted to take the pills. All I can say, is that I am NOT a fan to say the least!!! it didn’t even work! I have to have a repeat procedure. I threw up three times while taking the pills! Barb, my nurse said that it wouldn’t be clean. It wasn’t. That stinks!

I have said it so many times and it is a known fact that I am a ‘rule follower,’ and I followed those directions to the T but it does not work for someone who has had MS for 24 years! I know that now!

So, the colonoscopy had to be aborted, but my endoscopy showed that I have gastritis. Wait. What? So of course I Internet search!ed, something I absolutely abhor, but I did it anyway:

I stopped drinking in 2009 but I did start taking Motrin 800 every night in 2018 after my second knee surgery.

My Mom picked up my prescriptions from Meijer today as well as multiple supplements from Zerbo’s. I’m tackling this with both Eastern and Western medicine like I always have done with my MS.

She brought in a big bag from Meijer and four different supplements from Zerbo’s. It was a lot! It took me a minute to sort out what I need to add to my daily vitamin dosages.

Sh also picked up my new preparation for the rescheduled colonoscopy. It was 2 4 L empty jugs with powder in them. This new preparation is a two day preparation and I need to stop eating solid food two days before I start that.
they will call my Mom to reschedule. I’m not looking forward to that! So again, NOT a fan to say the least!!!

A Pet Shop Boys song popped into my head when my Mom brought the things from Zerbo’s. I didn’t even know it was a Pet Shop Boys song. It wasn’t one of my songs, but I remember hearing it. And my Mo me and I listened to it and she said that it came out in 1984. So I must have heard it somewhere, the dentist,or in the back of my Mom‘s station wagon? Anyway, it’s in my head again right now:

Prince is still showing up in my feed a little bit, but it’s been a little while since the hajj, but I saw this and I think it’s just brilliant!

I talked with Sean yesterday on his way home from work. He stopped to get gas and we were talking as he went into the gas station and I heard this song:

He told me that, “Wake up call” is gas station music now! I couldn’t believe that and I told him that I feel like I am in our second apartment. To which he answered, to my delight,”Mr too.”

A few days ago, my Mom wanted to listen to this song as she put my compression socks on and I was TOTLLY down because I put this song on my ‘faves’ back when I was still teaching and working out at Barwis!!!

It’s been a while since I’ve heard this song and it completely took way back to when I was teaching and working out at Barwis, just like I KNEW that it would!!!: 😍😍😍

So here’s the deal, I have kept my Lenten promises all the way up until Pentecost. This is the first time that I have done this and that feels great! I really haven’t been listening to music. But now, since it is after Pentecost, I can resume normal activities.

I saw a reel of Prince wearing a red hat when he was inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame with Tom Petty, Bob Seger and George Harrison was inducted posthumously.

Wait. What? How did I not know this? Well the reason is because on March 15, 2004. I was still an undergrad. I still lived with my Parents and my son was three years old. I did not watch things on TV for myself back then. It was a lot of Playhouse Disney.

After I watched that reel, I had to see the performance. It was mind blowing! The next day, the remastered versions of that video came with an explanation:

And here’s the explanation:

And then I started seeing reels of the Super Bowl performance, and I had to watch!!!

And this one too:

This one popped up in my phone last night and I had to include it:

I’m thinking that Prince reels started showing up in my phone because I talked about my friend Aseal talking about the hajj. She has loved Prince for my whole life! Seeing these videos popping up in my phone makes me think of her. I saw her once when I was teaching. She was also teaching, but it was in passing, and that was it.

I have been thinking about her since I read about the mayor of Dearborn going on the hajj and this Prince just make me smile.