Yesterday Was A Waste of Time

      Yesterday was a complete waste of time...almost.  We spent the morning in Cooperstown because Jeff had an appointment for a colonoscopy.  The procedure has changed since his last one about 5 years ago and instead of a chalky liquid prep he had a powder that had to be mixed with Gatorade and taken with 4 little pills.  No solid foods all day the entire day before the procedure, either, and by 10pm...in the middle of the Gatorade cocktail...his blood sugar started to nosedive.  He tried to counter it with high sugar liquids (which were allowed) but it kept falling so he ended up having a spoon of peanut butter with  some honey.  That stopped the drop and it went back up slowly.  He finished his Gatorade, took the last of the little pills and kept going to the bathroom throughout the night.  And in the morning.  And at the hospital.  When he was finally taken to the prep room...after sitting over an hour in the waiting room...they asked how the prep had been and he told them it was still working. This surprised them and he was asked if he had to 'go' then.  He did, so he did, and they checked it and said 'no go' and the colonoscopy was cancelled.  Seems Jeff is one of those people who needs a 2-day prep not a 1-day.  They'll rescheduled the procedure for later this winter or early spring.  Jeff's comment was "Yeah, we'll see."
   The nurse was nice and did arrange for us both to get vouchers for free food in the cafeteria.  Usually they give one to the 'responsible' adult who accompanies the patient but because the procedure had been cancelled, Jeff got one, too.  He got a cup of what he called 'weak' coffee and a steam-table hamburger (I got a bagle and a cappuccino) so our first stop when we got back to the Valley was Belly Busters on State St in Herkimer where Jeff ordered and devoured a 1/2-lb burger with everything on it!! It improved his spirits immensely. So did the 2 cups of their coffee!
   Oh, one good part of this trip to Cooperstown, gas at the gas station in Schuyler Lake was $2.11 opposed to $2.23 in Herkimer.
   We had left Fanny home, of course, and I expected she would have emptied the wood box and taken some it to bed with her but no.  The TV room hadn't been touched.  In fact, it took a couple of minutes to find Fanny.  She was stretched out fast asleep in Jeff's bed half under the covers!  But she had did have some treasures with her:  one of my sneakers, one of my old Crocs, an empty TP roll, a pair of my panties and a pair of Jeff's underwear (she raided the dirty laundry!).  She hadn't chewed on anything just made a collection!  She was a very happy doggie that we were home.
   I took a nap when we got home and Jeff spent time on his PC and drank a pot of coffee.   Then I made a chicken stir fry for supper...my first try...and was surprised how tasty it came out.  I tried knitting on a sock...no, the yarn for Jeff's next pair still hadn't gotten here...but couldn't handle the small needles so I stared at the TV for awhile, talked on the phone when Jeff's sister and then with a friend called to see how the trip to C'town had gone, and ended up playing cards on the PC till bedtime.  Yesterday was a waste of time.