each day an adventure in alaska: bronch please? haha

i think the worst of it is starting to get behind me...that doesn't mean i feel peachy at this point. the fever is gone. i did hit a clinic the other day. mostly i was hoping for iv fluids, but didn't realize they don't give you fluids there. so other than the fact that they swabbed me and i tested positive for Influenza A, they didn't do anything. they did seem to treat me with greater deal of pity once i was found to be positive...also like the infectious creature i am.

self imposed isolation. Monday was my last day with a fever. i woke and it was still over 101F. 3 days of fever seemed rational to get checked out. this thing dropped to my chest with a vengeance pretty immediately. i have chronic bronchitis/asthma so a thing like this can hit me harder than some.

if you've never had bronchitis. it can feel like there is a huge chunk of sputum that just goes up and down in your trachea, impossible to cough up. I'm still puking on occasion from the severe coughing. as you can see from these pictures i did manage to paint the deck and rails in between naps and coughing fits. easy to spit over the side. looks nice i think. locked dogs inside the outdoor kennel and then yesterday finished off the inside part. that was the hardest part as by yesterday i have a few areas that feel like i have pulled muscles. front and back of my chest. still good to get fresh air.

have felt badly for the dogs as walks are pretty minimal if they happen. i did manage the dog park today. yesterday i just had placed a chair on the deck and i went out intermittently and threw the tennis ball for them. they have been super sweet though. content mostly to just lay near me. since I'm in quarantine it's good to have my canine's. my life tends towards isolation at baseline so add influenza...drag.

this is the before. i should probably stain the shed too. hmm...

had to cancel my massage and hair appointments. this whole stretch off was spent accomplishing nothing so I'm happy to at least have the deck to show for it.

sorry to bore you with all my influenza talk...my world is small this week. overall, I'm just weak. i get hungry but can't really get much eaten. how can you be hungry and yet have no appetite. so mostly jello, popcicles, a few bites of toast and this and that. today i ate some McNuggets. for some reason that is usually something that works on my gut when I'm sick. i braved them and it really is the first real "meal" I've gotten in. pretty sad. so i just feel weak, foggy and I'm still coughing like a mad woman at times. puked a little at the dog park.

so not much photo taking of late.

hostages released from nk. which is good. no idea what will come of the talks...as long as others do the actual talking it may be ok. it seems that everyone in the other nations have figured out just keep iitoo happy with fawning and compliments and then deal with the real people. he's pulling us out of iran deal. it wasn't just an Obama thing but he hates all things Obama anyway. those that voted for him do as well. food for the base for sure. we shall see how that turns out. his cia pick was getting grilled today. required, but at least she actually has cia experience...he could have selected the last person who complimented him or whom he owed a favor so I'll take it over the scary people he's selected for other positions.

like Clinton, iitoo should have just said, yes i had sex with that woman. the pay off is going to sink him. it's getting pretty wild with a shell company that shuffled money from Rus Oligarch's...hmm. all roads lead to Rus. these men...just can't control themselves. pretty pathetic. it's their families who chose the fate of that part of it...the money...we all get to weigh in on that. the lying, we get to weigh in on that as well.

his fixer lawyer may have put the fix in for sure. there is a lot of shady crap going down in those around him. what did he know remains to be seen, but it's doubtful that he was in the dark on it all. the evangelicals will stick by him though. he is their God, i am not sure there is anything that will turn them against him. no amount of proof that they will believe. they are just so convinced that anything bad they hear about this iitoo is fake news, a witch hunt...what ever...the old nothing burger as hannity likes to say.

it is cult like. never have i seen it at this scale though.

these are on the way back from a trek to Seward.

some amazing reflections.

the cam is live on Round Island. walrus have also been spotted near the village of Port Heiden in Bristol Bay. they haul out different places. some they have been to for years. biologists aren't sure why the changes in haul out. does seem natural to me to rotate around for the food opportunities. walrus are difficult to get detailed studies on. they have a huge territory.

they do appear to be impacted by the global warming/climate change. was thinking today it is funny that the GOP stands alone in trying to discredit the idea of climate change. the arrogance of believing that all the other nations, the vast majority of science on earth is wrong and they are the only ones who know the truth. it really does seem silly to me. they do stand alone though. stubborn in their belief's.

now the other sanctuary of AK, McNeil River is at risk. the community, the people of Alaska fought and won it's battle to prevent Pebble mine from happening in Bristol Bay...until this iitoo came along with his destroy the environment in the name of benefiting corporations crew....they have put it on the fast track despite public opinion and outcry. risking salmon and the refuge. as long as the rich get richer, who cares....

it's all frustrating. this week. for the most part i have lay in bed with episodes of "the big bang" playing. easy to fall asleep to as I've seen them all already. i can nod off and not feel obligated to watch...

something new I'd have to give attention to. i have dozed off/on for days. amazing how fast the time passes. you get up, do a thing or two and then you are tired again.