Poison Control

 Feb 16

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On Saturday night, I was so sleepy and was going to bed at about 10 pm. I was sitting on the bed and putting toothpaste on my toothbrush. I sort of wondered why the toothpaste was not the right color--white instead of Crest colored. As I brushed and sat on my bed, the taste was not there either. I kept my mouth wide open as I grabbed the tube and saw it was Lamisil. Obviously, I had grabbed the wrong thing. 

There was no way to get it out. I took a wad of toilet paper and brushed at my teeth with Crest. I managed to get back to living room and had Tommy look up Poison Control. I had swallowed nothing and only had a smear on my toothbrush when I started. 

The woman wanted to call me back in an hour to see if I was okay or for me to call back. I told her I was on my way to bed and felt I would be okay. 

Well, I finally fell asleep at 4 pm on Sunday.

The last time I used the wrong product was long ago when I used my hairspray instead of my spray deodorant. I even got another toothbrush to brush my teeth again. 

No need to tell me how not to make this mistake again. 

There was a very strong storm happening last night. I knew I heard something being blown about. Tommy told me I was imagining things, that I was always afraid. Not so. He tells me it is my imagination! This morning, a huge planter was on the concrete in front of the car where it had been blown off the porch, Tommy said it knocked off several small pots of dirt and dead plants. There were tornadoes elsewhere with damage. Many people lost power. Today was a beautiful day, but it is getting colder and there will be rain, possibly snow. 

As I was reading on the internet, I discovered an article that stated red light therapy could lessen the chance of a stroke or heart attack by lessening blood clots. I cannot find the article right now. I am too tired to look tonight. Have you heard of this therapy?

For some reason in the middle of the night, I stepped into the bedroom across the hall and looked around without stepping further into the room. I saw a Tootsie Roll bank that I bought many years ago. It was in a large bag. I brought it into the living room to examine since it seemed full of change. It was too loud to handle because Tommy was asleep. When he awoke, I opened it and dumped the change out. It was full of coins I don't remember having. There were only pennies, dimes, and quarters. 

Tommy said he had counted them for me several years ago and decided to divide them by coin. The quarters were state quarters. I barely remember seeing those and certainly not dozens of them. The pennies were mostly the new, ugly shield pennies. The dimes look fresh off the mint. The state quarters look new, also. I cannot imagine how I came by these. I do have two more little banks. I know one is in the bedside table where I put spare change. 

Okay, it is almost dawn, so time for me to go to bed.

Okay, I accidentally found the article. 

Red light linked to lowered risk of blood clots

Car Shopping--Cookie Crumbl and Found Money

 As I stated, we shopped for a car on Thursday. The initial contact with each car was whether I could get into the car. She was saying to come into the showroom to talk. I pointed out that walking to the door was going to be almost impossible for me, and Tommy struggled to get out of the car. So, she suggested she pull cars to my side and let me get into them. 

One car was tight getting in and very difficult. So, any car that I had to struggle so much to get into the car was out. Tommy waited in the car until I told him I might like it. I need a car with a flatter seat back, not so curved. Plus, I need a deeper seat so it does not feel like I am sitting on a bench with front of seat punching my thighs. 

We found one--2023 Pathfinder, 38K miles, for $40K. I did not let any emotion show. We came home and I called today saying the price was out of line with what we would pay for that car. She asked what was a reasonable price. I told her $30K. She suggested an older car. Or maybe mid 30s for that one. Nope, not mid. You know how car talk goes. 

We told her we really needed two cars. She was puzzled. Wanted to know if we were married, if we lived together. She wanted driver's license for some nebulous reason. I told her I was not going to be an owner, so she did not need mine. She looked worried, but accepted she was not getting my license. Like I told her, the state sent my plastic license to some place up north, so I do have valid license is anything is looked up, just do not have it in my possession. This next week, I am going to get another license. 

She offered us water when we drove up. I always say 'yes' and Tommy tells people he has enough. He now knows to say 'yes.' So, two waters. I got out of our car to get in one she brought us and found two pennies. As I got out of that car, I found another. So, two bottles of water and three pennies. As it was after five, I needed something to eat. I asked for cracker or piece of candy. They brought me a  Crumbl Cookie. I didn't know there was a Crumbl Cookie shop around here. Cookie was huge. 

Tomorrow, we will go back to see her. But, first I want to try another SUV slightly larger than the Nissan we have now. 

Tomorrow, I will post something about Trump!