Tuesday I worked on the kitchen walls more. Then Miranda arrived early in the afternoon so she could take me to my appointment with the urologist. Since they were doing a prostate biopsy, it was necessary for me to take a valium once in the office and they would not let me drive home. I was not loopy, but my mind was definitely not all there for several hours. Sorry, no embarrassing videos. The procedure commenced with a penicillin shot to my bottom side. I can't remember the last time I received a butt shot. The doctor came in, used a probe to insert the needle with numbing drugs and then proceeded to take 12 'slices' out of my prostate. There was no real pain, but the twisting of the probe was most uncomfortable. And there have been no uncomfortable after effects. I was in and out in about 45 minutes. I meet again with him this Tuesday to get the results.
I also received a call from the ophthalmologist about the biopsy they took. It was benign, but they still want to remove it. They scheduled an appointment with a specialist in the Rogers area (2.5 hours west of me) for next week. He will do his exam, and then schedule an appointment with the appropriate expert to remove the cancerous spot. Once that is healed, I will return to the doctor in Rogers for reconstructive surgery; evidently I will have a hole in my lower eyelid. Sounds so exciting!
Wednesday, I assisted the elders in delivering fire wood to a recent convert mom and son. They only have wood heat and were in need of wood. They had also experienced frozen pipes at their well head which they were able to resolve. Miranda fixed tasty beef stroganoff for dinner.
Miranda left Thursday around noon. It was delightful to have her and Rachel here. Then, that afternoon, I met with my contact at the law office to review the status of assets in my trust; it appears that we might have everything accounted for and beneficiaries properly assigned where needed. I was surprised that Randall the lawyer was there, but was excited for his input on what to do with a check from the bank that I can't do anything with (long story). We may have found a loophole and Randall will meet with the bank president to pursue that line of reasoning. Otherwise, I will have to go to the circuit court and petition the judge for access to those funds. Evidently this bank has had some recent experiences with similar cases whose outcomes were not favorable to them and they are being overly conservative. And I am not the only one facing this challenge with this bank.
While Miranda was visiting, we looked at two countertop stores in town, trying to identify an appropriate countertop for the new kitchen. Word to the wise: be careful of taking a geologist with you to countertop shop! While my intent was to identify quartz or granite, color and design, Miranda talked 50 cent words and manmade versus natural, and the formation of the various products. But it was a fun activity.
Saturday was a lazy day. This week I finished scanning the last binder of personal letters (400 pages) and feel relieved; I have scanned over 17,000 photos, letters and documents over the past 15 months. To celebrate, I downloaded all the family letters (1979-2018) and other family related items off three different computers onto an external drive so they will be in one single location. Oh, but there are still more things to scan.
I finally got the kitchen walls drywalled, taped, mudded and primed. I kept one section untaped and mudded for access to electrical wires. My man Nathan called and hopefully he will start work this week. I am not sure I have fully thought out how disruptive this construction project will be. I also removed some of the exterior vinyl siding in preparation for expanding the kitchen.
We held elder's quorum today and discussed Elder Christopherson's talk on 'Sustainable Societies' from last October's conference. The short answer to how to maintain a flourishing society: keep the two great commandments. Zoom church was good; the first speaker spoke about adversity and how it can be a refiner's fire to perfect us. She has is a cancer survivor and has first hand knowledge of that process. Next week we will hold our first in person sacrament meeting.
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