Standing up, shaving down, punching out

So it was quite weird having a Friday night that was devoid of pizza and Mexican Coke.  I instead continued my bland meal plan I used most of the week which included items like toast, rice, applesauce, and boiled potatoes.  It was a bummer.

On Saturday I woke up feeling physically better.  My energy level was improved and the sweats/chills had left me alone since some time on Thursday.  My bathroom frequency had at least fallen back into the normal range.  By the time I went into the bathroom Saturday morning it had been almost a full 24 hours since the last time I did anything.  The end result was better but nothing close to what I would call normal.  I suppose with what I have been consuming that isn’t surprising.  At least I wasn’t getting blown off the seat.

So during the Saturday I needed to do SOMETHING productive.  I got outside and did the weeding.  Just something this simple felt fatiguing.  After I was done I saw one of the huge seed branches on the coconut tree needed to come down.  I was able to hack it down with the pole saw but the idea of picking it up and dragging it to the trench or pit sounded like it crossed the line of what I could hack.

While I was outside weeding I took a good look at the avocado tree.  I was quite happy to see what appears to be dozens of small avocados starting to form.  I only planted the tree post separation, I was surprised it would start bearing fruit already.  It would be AWESOME to have our own personal supply of the superfood in the front yard.

I also spent a lot of time backfilling numerous armadillo holes.  My yard has been plagued by these annoying animals for years.  I have tried unsuccessfully live trapping them but for the most part I have just been angrily undoing their work.  Well this time I was annoyed enough that I bought some armadillo repellent.  You basically spray this stuff with a hose end sprayer in areas armadillos are frequenting and it is supposed to make them move on.  I really hope it works.

After doing this minor yard work and feeling fatigued I found myself feeling angry.  I was annoyed my body had not yet recovered from whatever was going on after nearly a week.  I went over to the pull up bar and did 10 slow dead hang to neck pull ups just to prove to myself I still had some semblance of strength left.  After completing the reps for some reason the pressure in my head was further elevated.  As I walked by the corner of the shed I smashed the siding with a straight left jab.

I’m not sure what punching the shed accomplished but I did feel a bit of steam being released after impact.  The only other time I beat up the shed was after Google cancelled my AdSense account a couple years ago.

I moved inside and got some less physically demanding things done.  It at least felt good to be doing something worthwhile instead of laying/sitting around 90% of the day.  I also said goodbye to my much longer than normal hair on Saturday.  I imagined the piles of hair on floor contained whatever toxicity that has been in my body for the past week.  Of course I had to video the event since head shaving videos are among the most viewed on my YouTube channel for some weird reason.  I used the GoPro this time, my first time doing so.  It provided a different type of perspective.

Saturday night we watched my Netflix disc, Percy Jackson – Sea of Monsters.  Evidently this was the second installment, I hadn’t seen the first so there was some storyline that I was in the dark about.  I thought the movie was simply average.  There was too much stupid cheesiness wedged in and I found myself simply not caring for most of it.  It gets a B from me.

On Sunday morning my energy and wellness level felt like it crept up a couple more notches.  My bathroom effort was better than the day before which was encouraging.  I went and picked up the girls so they could spend the day at the house.  Ali had the vet give Nicki a cortisone shot last week to address the extreme itchiness that was causing her to go after her ears and eyes almost incessantly.

Even though receiving a cortisone shot is never a good thing, there was no arguing that it had at least a temporary major positive effect on how Nicki was feeling.  In addition to the itchiness it looks like the steroid helped her joint pain as well.  She seemed much more mobile than normal.  It was great seeing her feel less encumbered.

I did a decent amount of physical work yesterday including trimming up ALL the seed pods on the coconut tree while on the extension ladder.  The cordless sawzall is a great tool for this job.

Cindy positioned some of the seed pod casing to form a big crucifix, it was her tribute to it being Palm Sunday.  The rest of the day we kept busy while also taking time to enjoy the nice weather with the girls outside.

I also set up a set of 8 new solar lights I bought at Costco.  They are a much higher quality than the lights I had in place.  I think they look sharp during the day and even better at night, throwing an absolutely awesome light pattern on the ground.

On Sunday I gave my guts a couple tests.  I had a small cup of DD coffee and Sunday night I took in the pizza and Mexican Coke.  None of these items evoked a negative gastric reaction.  I can only hope the upswing continues.