Well, it must’ve just been marked down as a bad week.

Wednesday night I got in the car at 6 o’clock to go to work to play the Ash Wednesday service. It was 18°. The car wouldn’t start. I know a thing or two about this and that, and I knew I was the victim of an old battery in freezing weather.

I called our regular Cab guy, and mercifully, he was available. My friend Miss K drove me home. Jonathan called AAA and had them come out and jump the battery so the car could run for a while and hopefully start in the morning.

Thursday morning I called AAA to buy a battery and to bring it to me. The nicest man ever was here within 30 minutes, tested the battery and alternator, hooked up some box so I wouldn’t lose all my data, and installed our shiny new battery.

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However, standing outside in the 20F-something weather for over an hour was definitely unwise.

Besides, I was feeling a stomach/GI attack beginning. (We’re taking medical steps to get that fixed.) I felt absolutely awful by noon, and my temperature goes up (weird) when this happens. Two of my doctors think that’s weird, and the other two are willing to chalk it up to the G.I. stuff.

I got to 102.9, I think. It goes back down as I start to feel better. It was 99 by evening after lots of rest. Along with this, I was without one of my serious medications because the drugstore hadn’t filled it yet. (Honestly, that was the worst part of it.) It was filled the next day, and I became more an operable human being than a groaning bed warmer.

So, that’s enough of that! I’m up to about 85%, and should feel pretty normal tomorrow.

On a happier note, our adding-a-bedroom project is started!

On the first floor we have the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, and this other weird room. I suppose it could be a dining room, but it’s small and in a strange place. Plus, we have never used the dining room when we’ve had one. Of course, it became a “let’s just put it in there” room.

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We’ve felt a downstairs bedroom would be a good idea for many reasons. (One of them is sick people wanting to be near the bathroom when needed.) My design is below.

We’re starting to move the furniture out of the room, after which my friend and contractor will build a new wall, replace the sockets and switches, and move a ceiling light fixture. After the bedroom is done, we’re looking at a bathroom redo.

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So! The process will be fun to take pictures and blog about!

I’ll keep you posted!