Toast & Tea and An Amusing Moment

I haven't been feeling well for a week- struggling through a rheumatoid arthritis flare which has made me wicked dizzy this time around!

I saw my rheumatologist this morning and was started on a low dose prednisone (because I'm allergic to it at higher doses). Took my first prescribed dose at 1:30PM and by 4:30PM I had noticed I was less dizzy.

So, I'm just taking it easy tonight with toast and tea while going through email, writing my blogs, and accepting an invitation to speak about how I became interested in writing (when wasn't I interested? I swear my teething ring was a pencil when I was a baby!)

My husband was funny tonight. When I got home from work I noticed the red light indicating a message on the answering machine. I said, "Is that a reminder about my doctor's appointment tomorrow morning?" He rolled his eyes and said, "No, that was someone looking for you to make an appearance." I honestly didn't know what he was talking about- an appearance? In court? I couldn't think of anyone who would want me to be a witness! Usually they deliver a subpoena, not summons you by phone (leaving a message at that!) "What do you mean? Was it like the fake IRS calls?" I asked. "Just listen to it," he replied from the couch, a wry twist to the corner of his mouth. I listened to the message- an invitation to speak at the Women's Club about my writing and my books. Oh, right. When I first get home from work I'm still in medical secretary mode but am already morphing into house manager/wife/mother mode. Writer mode materializes after dinner.

We are so not used to this, him and I. To him I am just his wife and best friend for the past three decades or so. (He hasn't even read any of my books! I'm not lying about that either. I'm not James Patterson, Lee Child, or Clive Cussler so he's not interested. ) To me I am just me, the same person I've always been.

To have someone call the house looking for the author/writer is still a new and somewhat surreal thing to us. (At least he wasn't irritated about it like he is with spammers, telemarketers, phishers, charities, politicians...NoMoreRobo is now his best friend- our phone is a lot quieter since he discovered this gem- one ring and those robo-calls are GONE! It does let your appointment reminders and legit callers through. We've had it like a watchdog on our phone for about a week now and LOVE it!)

So- toast, tea and a laugh about not quite understanding what he was telling me when I got home tonight! It's been a better Tuesday than last Tuesday was, that's for sure!