Coping Methods

I took this picture yesterday and forgot to post it. It's a bit strange in that it appears as if Maurice is hiking her butt up in the air but she is not. Just the angle of the picture. She is laying on the air vent, enjoying the warmth of the heat coming through it. We really do not keep our house very warm when it's cold outside. It's warm enough. We don't have to wear layers of wool and puffer vests although I do wear my Goodwill cashmere and often with a thermal shirt. We keep the thermostat at about 65° during the day and 63° at night. The thermostat is in the hallway and honestly, that is probably the coolest area of the house and I believe the temperatures in the other rooms are warmer than that. But obviously not quite warm enough for the Tiger Lady who has worked out her own solution to the cold. 

Today has been warmer and may have even gotten up to 70° but is going to get back down in the thirties tonight. How many times a day do we change clothes? A few, at least.

I still have the anxiety brain today and probably will until all this exploration of my colon has been completed although if I do have something going on I'll probably just have anxiety brain for the rest of my life. Perhaps I should finally learn to meditate. 
Anyway, I got out of the house which was not easy. I drove to the pottery studio for what they call "open studio" where you can work on your projects as you want. Jessie was going in and I knew that if I didn't get some trimming up and smoothing out done on my things nothing was going to get fired and I'd have no chance of glazing them. It still looks iffy because pottery class is Tuesday and whether or not I'll feel like going the day after my procedure is not a sure thing. And honestly, I don't really care that much if I get even one piece out of this whole series of classes although everyone insists it's important that I do.
Sigh. 
And it was nice being in the studio. It was only Jessie and me and a different teacher who was just there to answer questions and also, one other man who, as I said after he left, was "quite pleasant." Another lady came in later but she did not say one word. Not a one. We respected and honored that. 

Here's a picture of Jessie working on her projects where you can see my projects in the foreground. Please try not to laugh. Oh hell. Laugh all you want. I live to make people laugh. 

Do you see my beautiful caterpillar  cracker platter? Perhaps it should be a cheeze ball platter. I could give it an orange glaze and people would be confused about what was a real cheeze ball and what was clay attached to the dish part and it would be a LAFF RIOT! 
There's my drop plate and also my experiment at making a pinch pot which looks more like one of my pie pastries which is to say- rough. 
However, they are all on the shelf waiting to take up unnecessary space in the kiln. 

Here's another picture.

I should have gotten a better picture of Jessie's bowls. They are lovely. She's also working on an orchid planter and another bowl. She has a very fine touch for clay-work and also for the glaze-painting. She denies it but I'm right. 

Last night I did some google searches for the best way to eat before a colonoscopy and according to some sites, I should really only eat macaroni and cheese, canned vegetables without peels, and white rice. I do not understand the no-fiber situation that the pre-diet calls for. One would think they'd want you to get a goodly amount of fiber before the day-before cleanse. I can see not eating seeds or nuts because I suppose they can get stuck in places that could conceal something that needed to be seen but I suppose I just really do not understand the way the colon works and frankly, that is fine with me. As I was reading these lists of things TO eat and things NOT to eat, I almost decided that this would be an excellent time to try a diet of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with canned Le Sueur Peas. Why not? Two of my favorite foods which I so rarely eat. After my grandchildren reached the age of discernment, I had no more excuse to even make any Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, much less eat it. And as most of you know, Mr. Moon cannot abide canned Le Sueur Peas so I only eat them when he is gone. 
When I went to the store today I got three boxes of Jello which is something you can eat along with clear-ish broth on Prep Day. I got orange, lemon, and lime. No red Jellos allowed. Of course the red Jellos (strawberry and cherry) are the best but we must follow the rules. I was also able to pick up my prep solutions at the pharmacy and boy, I am ready now. 

Am I making too much of this? Am I talking too much of this? 
Well of course I am. What else would you expect me to do? 

Strangely enough, Mr. Moon has had stomach issues today, most likely related to what was served at the Duck Club dinner last night. I mean, the food sounded terrific but with a much higher fat content than we ever consume in a meal. Or he could have just had a little bug. But yesterday I boiled my Thanksgiving chicken carcass for hours and I have made a simple soup out of that for tonight which will satisfy both our nutritional needs for the moment. I will cook the vegetables in it until they are nice and smooshy. No peels. No fibrous stems. 
Perhaps tomorrow we will have macaroni and cheese although probably not Kraft. 

Although...

I'm sure they sell those lovely blue boxes at the GDDG. 

So all is well and although I feel as if I am in some sort of limbo, thanks to the miracles of medication for depression and anxiety, I am doing all right. It's good to keep busy, it's good to be with other people, it's good to keep a sense of humor about it all. 
I sure am trying. 

Love...Ms. Moon