Not having as much burning but it’s too soon to get my hopes up where that’s concerned. Earlier I got a little concerned when I started to feel this ache in my flank area but it was a different kind of ache and it was up higher so it was probably a muscle strain. Also, it didn’t last long.

We also don’t want to get our hopes up but Tom may have found the perfect job to supplement our income enough to get us out of debt. The cool thing about it is that it’s not a regular job. He would be giving plasma twice a week and could do it till he was 70. By then I’ll be able to collect SS. He did this many years ago. It only takes a couple of hours. He has an appointment tomorrow to find out more. This would be great because he could sit and play on his phone while he was at it and do what he loves to do anyway. He said he thought he would coordinate his Inbox Dollars with it and do surveys while he was giving plasma so he would be getting paid for two different things at once.

If they didn’t have such a strict schedule and I didn’t have anything in my blood they wouldn’t want, I’d love to do it too. Personally, I think it sounds a little too good to be true but if he could do this in combination with the money we both make online, it would be awesome! This would still leave time for appointments and other things, too.

Tomorrow I’ll have to call and let them know I’m going to be returning the CPAP and not to bother sending me any supplies. Then I have to cancel the pulmonologist appointment. No sense in keeping it since it didn’t work out.

I managed to sleep fairly well last night even though I woke myself up snoring once. It was kind of my fault because I let myself flop onto my back thinking I was getting up then anyway but I ended up dozing back off for another hour. I still have pretty decent energy today so I can’t complain.

Even the planes are quieter tonight! The last couple of days, though, due to people traveling for the holidays, they drove me batshit.

The only annoyance I’ll probably be in for until after the first is having to listen to firecrackers. They already started last night. So far it’s just been a few scattered pops and bangs but I’m sure it’s going to get pretty obnoxious.

Besides hitting the road - I’ve got about 260 miles to make it to the Missouri border and about 1,840 miles left in the entire trip - I am making a point of alternating between running and jogging for 1 minute every hour to get myself in better shape. As I get in better shape, I’ll make a point of going outdoors when my schedule is good for it until the dense humidity returns. I’m tired of being stuck indoors and feeling helpless.

I’m still not looking forward to 2024 at all. I still believe without a doubt that 4 is undeniably the most unlucky number there is. Can’t say which number is the luckiest but I can definitely say that 4 is bad. I figured that out long before I learned that most Asian cultures consider it unlucky as well. When we got to the middle of 2014, I thought maybe things would be okay after all. Then July 9th happened.

Plus, Trump will be reelected so it’s not going to be a good year. Hopefully, it will at least start off that way.

The doghouse is down! We’re storing the panels in the lanai and the posts in the shed. The room looks so much bigger and airier and it’s so nice to be able to fall into bed without having to duck so I don’t hit the top of the frame.

It’s 77 degrees in the house and I’m feeling a bit chilly. Please don’t tell me my TSH is rising again!