Last night really sent me on a WTF moment. I was working at my desk when I heard a rustling sound behind me and thought Tom had come into the room and was doing something. But then I glanced behind me and saw the chandelier’s crystals dancing about and my first thought was that the rats were out. They weren’t, and even if they had been, we don’t exactly have bionic rats either. These old fatties can’t even jump on the couch anymore.

So I got up from my chair and saw that Tom was down the hall in another room. If I were the type to believe in ghosts I would have thought the place was haunted for sure, LOL. But then when I took a closer look at it, that proved yet again that there really is usually a logical explanation for most of life’s mysteries. One of the chandelier’s arms broke at the base. The arms are plastic and there was probably a crack in it from the get-go that we didn’t notice given its location, and the weight of it caused it to snap over time.

While this may suck as it was a very pretty chandelier, it was also a bitch to dust. So a part of me is glad I got to pick out a new one that’s just as shiny and pretty but that will be much easier to dust, is only a little over $30 instead of $100, and shouldn’t be so damn bright. I hate naked bulbs, especially super bright LEDs. This takes a regular bulb and while it will be an LED, the crystals should block a lot of the direct light from glaring as much.

Nothing from Tammy today so I don’t know what’s up with her. I’m guessing she hasn’t gotten any test results back yet. I don’t even know how long she’s going to be in the hospital. Hopefully not long! Even if we might have a lot more gadgets to entertain ourselves with since I was last in a hospital myself, it’s not a fun place to be. I can’t imagine getting any sleep at all there either.

I wonder if she has her own room. In the past, I always thought that if I was unfortunate enough to have to stay in the hospital I would want my own room but I don’t think it would really matter because hospitals aren’t very peaceful anyway. Let’s hope I never have to stay in one again!

I also ordered 6 boxes of Sleepytime detox tea for $20 (it helps keep me calm), and we needed to get a new modem as well because ours is obsolete, no longer supported, and is dropping off here and there. It’s about 5 years old. We’re going to get a high-end modem for $160 that’s not only supported by our provider but will also work with the high-speed upgrade they’ve been doing.

Slept surprisingly well for being on a street where you can’t go 15 minutes without something loud zooming by, be it the same people coming and going or different vehicles. Last night was amazingly quiet. This is the time of year when you don’t hear the freeway or as many planes. There definitely isn’t much I don’t like about summer. It was over 90° today but our summers are very dry.

Super lightheaded at times still. This can’t all be my ears. It’s either the meds or the peri. :( Might as well make peace with it and accept that it’s not going away anytime soon but that it will go away someday, if only for a while.

Went out walking at dusk. Said hello to the “Twenties” on the way out as they were seeing company off.