My dogs got new beds yesterday as I visited the pet expo. Buying things for them is always a crap shoot because I never know if they will like what I bring home. This bed was intended for the border collie but as you can see, the top dog in this house claimed it. She also promptly rounded up all three elk antlers I brought home to claim them for herself. I constantly have to put this dog in check.
I did some yard time on Saturday, took a nap, watched The Highwaymen on Netflix with the hubs (he loved it), and did a lot of laundry. I also input data into TurboTax. I haven't hit the send button on the taxes yet because I don't trust the numbers. I like to sit on them a day or two and go back with a fresh mind. I visited my friend who I'll be dog/house sitting for next week to get the lowdown on what I need to do. I was tickled pink when she said the dog and cat will both sleep with me every night.
Today is my first of three speech therapy appointments this month. I haven't written about it here but I'm having trouble with my voice. I noticed about 8 months ago that my voice was changing. I mentioned it to my primary care doctor in August and she said it was probably the heavy smoke from fires we were experiencing at the time. When I went to see her 4 months later, she sent me to an ENT doctor. He put a scope down my throat and says I have bent vocal chords and referred me for speech therapy. Whew, at least it's not cancer. Every doctor in this area takes a month to get in to and I've been at this since January. Today is my first session. What caused the bent chords? Likely aging and the fact that I talk all day long on a switchboard. When I met for my speech intake, I discovered that I project my voice differently when I'm talking on the phone. I attribute this to cell phone coverage. Often people cannot hear well on them and so I have to change my voice to accommodate. Often times, people are calling from their speaker phones while they are on the road. Long story short, however it happened, the damage is done and now I am hoping the therapy helps. Other remedies are cutting back on coffee, drinking more water, humidifier, and no whispering. Whispering is the worst thing you can do to your vocal chords. Who knew?
MONDAY UPSIDES:
- 6 Mondays to retirement
- Speech therapy finally
- I did some meal prep yesterday so I've got salads for a couple days
- Taxes are almost done
- I got a great idea for something to grow from a reader (thank you The Widow Badass) Go read her awesome blog!
- Change is in the air
Got upsides today? Tell me about them.
love, susan
love, susan
Whispering is bad for the vocal cords? I didn't know!
ReplyDeleteHey Susan! Thanks for the shout-out! I hope you love growing pole beans as much as I do.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your throat issues. I also did not know whispering was bad for you. I would have thought that would be screaming your guts out ala Janis Joplin (while chugging Southern Comfort, of course ;-) ) would be the worst thing you could do.
I hope the speech therapy helps. 6 Mondays to go? Woo hoo!!!!
Deb
Having had a bout of chronic laryngitis, I knew that whispering is bad! :) Good luck with your therapy, I do hope it works. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you find it interesting.
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