As expected this morning, we could see signs that the deer had visited the feeding station during the night, and dug through the snow to find food.  There might still have been some left, under the snow, but my daughter still topped it up.  With the various running around today, inside and outside, I’m happy to have been able to spot Hungry Girl and Barbecue.

You can see that Hungry Girl was nuzzling through the snow to get at the feed. :-)  She seems more comfortable coming closer to the house than Barbecue, and the snow is a bit deeper there, because of the bushes in my mother’s flower garden.

Today was a day of doctor’s appointments – with a quick pause on the way out to get the old gas cap tether off so I can finally use the new one (the “check gas cap” notice continues…).  My husband and I now officially both have the same general practitioner.  My appointment was immediately after my husband’s, and we’ll both be seeing him, one after the other again, in a month.  I forgot to start the paperwork to transfer my medical files from my old clinic, though.  It requires signing a form, so I’m going to have to go back.

Hopefully, by the next appointment, our new medical cards will be in.

While the appointment was a “meet and greet” sort of thing (with the usual admonitions that I’m going to have to get a pap smear done, since I haven’t had one in years.  I hate those), I did request a referral for mental health.  My husband is, of course, going through that process already (you can’t live with the sort of constant pain he’s in and not need help!), but I’ve never gone though this myself before.  I realized I needed to get this done based on my response to the BS from the co-op that managed to reach out and grab me by the throat.

We’ll see how that works out.  The referral has been made and I’ll be getting a phone call, likely next week.

I also got a requisition for blood work, which I was overdue for.  The lab is right there, so I was able to get it done right away.  Then it was a few quick stops on the way home, during which my husband just stayed in the vehicle – it wasn’t worth dragging his walker in and out for such brief errands – and we were done.

On a more pleasant note, I got a chili started in the slow cooker this morning, which meant we came home to a delicious smelling house and hot food almost ready to go.

Even my older daughter had some, and she doesn’t like chili.

The recipe will be in my next post. :-)

The Re-Farmer