Sunday, March 23, 2025

Good and not so good goings on

We've had a busy time since I last wrote. I mentioned that the back seat window in the Jeep disappeared into the door and wouldn't come  up. So off we went to Pep Boys to get it fixed. I'd forgot about the Pep Boys logo. Here they are in all their glory. 

We got checked in. Also needed to get the back right turn signal fixed - new bulb. We were there before the mechanic, so sat around for a bit and waited. He finally got there and told Bill it would take a couple of hours!? Okay, so we thought we'd walk up to the Carl's Jr and have some coffee. So off we went, then Bill decided why not go home and relax. After all it's a couple of hours. So called Uber, he was there in a few minutes and off we went home. We hadn't been home twenty minutes when they call and say the car was ready !!! Another call to Uber, again he was close and back we went. So that is taken care of. From there we went to a big Mexican Supermarket up the street. El Super is the name. And it was huge. Amazing meat market. Bill found some stuff he wanted to try. So we bought a few things and will probably go back there again. But NOT to buy eggs. 1 dozen $18.97 - WOW I've been buying 18 extra large for $8.59 at Walmart (now $6.50) ever since the egg thing began. Maybe they were priced in Pesos. 
We also managed to get an appointment with the eyelid doctor. Not good news. He doesn't think another surgery will work. He thinks Bill has Ocular Myasthenia Gravis. That explains the double vision and the drooping that gets worse during the day. So he referred him to an neurologist. I called there Friday - and got a real person who was very helpful. She told me doctor has all the paper work and needs to check it over, decide if she can/will see him ? and call our insurance. Should hear from her by end of this week. Sure hope so. The lid barely stays open any more. 
Saturday my fast walker friend and I went walking. I mentioned that I didn't want to go too far, no off the trails stuff. We do a lot of stopping and looking when we walk. The orange plastic thing with the blue rope on it is a crawfish trap. We had no idea but the person who pulls up the traps came while we were there. Wonder where the crayfish come from. Also this was the pond with the two new koi/goldfish and a lot of catfish in it. Yesterday we didn't see one fish. Hum....
We saw two bunnies, this one was nice enough to sit still long enough for me to take a picture. He was pretty small maybe very young. 
It was a very overcast day so even though it was in the high 60's with a slight breeze it was nice walking. 
A canopy set up for the artists who were going to be in the park that day. Plein Air artists "Paint en plein air at Clark County Wetlands Park during Wetlands Art Day."One of the trees in the area they would be painting. Also the river and the bridge. 
A palm tree floating down the river. Wonder where it came from. 
A flock of white pelicans flying over us. 
So on our way back home we went to a few areas that we thought we might see artists painting. Found quite a few. And ended up walking FOUR - that's right FOUR miles for the day. 
More about the artists next time. Another picture of the Sphere. Looks like you could walk right into it.
Going to do some sewing and then watch NASCAR. It is supposed to be 90 here by Wednesday. UGH!

3 comments:

Doug and Nancy said...

Four miles??!! Way to go! Great photos as always!

Jackie McGuinness said...

Sorry to hear about Bill's eye. Egg prices here are still in the "normal" price range for now...

Carol and Bill said...

Doug and Nancy - yep a little more than we planned on.
Jackie - Bill's eye is driving him nuts. He is finally feeling good long covid attacks are getting less and less and change of medication has improved his energy. If he could only see...