Week 9

Happy Tuesday and Happy March!  Last week was intense with more storms moving through.  I'd say we've got our share of snowpack in the surrounding mountains to last us through the year.  Sadly more storms to come.  It's fine down here in the valley with the rain but those foothill and mountain towns need a break so they can dig out and get power restored.

Otherwise mostly all good so here are last week's pictures:

Day 58- Monday, 2/27/23

I'm starting my week off in the lab doing tissue culture and bulking up parasites for an upcoming harvest before moving to my cubical space for some coffee to help me get through clinical reports.

Day 59- Tuesday, 2/28/23

We'll see rain on and off all week.  Today was a really wet day so I was happy to work at home remotely.  In other news I tried a new light-weight cat litter that said no tracking and it's the worst!  It's super dusty and tracks so much that it even formed an impressive pawprint from my cat as he stepped out of it onto the bathroom rug.  That's cute but no!

Day 60- Wednesday, 3/1/23

Happy March! John's been spending more time in the kitchen lately and was craving blueberry muffins so he made up a batch which turned out great.  Later we were happy to find that the new season of Survivor has started.  44--wow!

Day 61- Thursday, 3/2/23

They had all kinds of cute spring things at Target today so I picked up this cute bird for my kitchen and a festive green wreath for the door.

Day 62- Friday, 3/3/23

TGIF!  Someone was happy to see me when I got home but then later once I told him the laser mouse needed a rest he was giving me the cold shoulder.  I'll sit by you but I won't look at you or cuddle with you--for now anyway ;0)  He eventually got over himself. 

Day 63- Saturday, 3/4/23

Much more rain here in the valley messing up our weekend and way more snow in mountains shutting them down.  It could be a record breaking year for snow totals in the Sierras near us as well as in the southern mountains outside of LA.  I found the Sierra snow pictures online and Brandon sent me the last picture where he has a peekaboo view from his dorm room of the snowy mountains near LA.  Super cool!  What a winter to remember especially after coming off such a horrid drought.

Day 64- Sunday, 3/5/23

I did say a mostly a good week.  I've been dealing with a gastrointestinal issue for a few weeks now and it has taken way too long to get tests done through the regular dr so I went the ER today and pretty much spent the whole day there.  They took my vitals, did a blood test, urine test, CT and gave me fluids for dehydration but everything came back perfectly normal.  On paper I'm the healthiest person there.  Fecal tests are still pending so maybe they will give us some better clues otherwise it's time to see a GI specialist. Definitely not the best way to end the week but at least it doesn't appear to be anything major just super annoying.

That's it for now.  See you next week hopefully with clear skies but I heard another atmospheric river is lined up to hit yet again.  I just hope Justin will be able to make it home for spring break.  He should be here Saturday--yay!