Yup. More snow.
At least the rhubarb (second picture) can handle it. The garlic seems fine, too. I think my winter sown beds are toast.
I’m skipping the dump run today.
On another note, I got the new topical painkiller, diclofenac, applied last night. Between that and regular painkillers, I actually slept, with only a couple of interruptions, for nearly 10 hours last night. I could still go back to bed for another 10 hours, if I could, but I recognize that this fatigue is my usual response to dreary days like today.
Oh, dear. I just got interrupted by a phone call from my mother.
*sigh*
She was demanding I take her to the doctor. She wants me to walk her across to the clinic in the same building (the doors to the TCU are locked to prevent residents from wandering) and she would make the appointment herself. I tried to explain – again – that I already called about making an appointment for her and they said now, because of where she is. She is under constant medical supervision. The staff there can tend to her current needs. After several times asking, she finally told me why she wanted to go to the doctor.
It’s her ears.
She got her 5 days of mineral oil treatment, but no one has flushed her ears. I pointed out, it’s not even 9am yet. Give them time. It took a while before she told me that one of the staff had said she would find someone experienced with ear flushing, and then she left. She’s gone. Maybe it’s her day off (I have no idea if this happened yesterday or this morning; my mother’s sense of time is pretty much gone). I said again, give them time. If she said she was going to find someone with experience, she needs time to do that.
My mother went back to demanding I take her to the clinic so she could make an appointment, accompanied by various insults on how I’m “afraid of the doctor” and how she’s “not allowed” to see a doctor, and “is this Russia or Canada?” The irony of that is, she’s probably be getting better care in Russia right now, than anywhere in Canada.
I kept trying to explain to her how things work, but she ended up hanging up on me.
*sigh*
What a way to start the day.
And it’s still not even 9am yet.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
Ahh, shoot! Sorry about the spring snow. We had a dusting a few weeks back. LOL, very natural, but very discouraging just the same! Glad you got some topical pains meds and got your own medical care sorted out.
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