Midweek Musings
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (68944)
United States
December 20, 2023 7:27pm CST
Happy anniversary!! Yes, it was three years ago today that I was diagnosed with COVID-19. I’m very thankful that I had a mild case that was confined to my gut. I never had any respiratory issues. Those were the days: the local health department called me every day and sent me a “care package.” One day when the health department worker called I said, “If you sent those Reese’s Cups to see if my sense of taste was back, let me assure you it IS.” 
The VA called me this morning, which kind of shocked me. They wanted to give me the results of my CT scan from last Friday. Normally I don’t get that kind of service from them, but then I did go to a new clinic. Anyway, the results were normal. They told me about the diverticulosis, and I told them that wasn’t anything new.
What’s this picture? Well, you’ve heard of “dumpster diving”? Here’s a squirrel doing it in a neighbor’s trash can! 
I don’t know why, because there’s plenty of food in the bird feeders around here for them to enjoy. Maybe it’s been taking lessons from a raccoon!
I hope y’all have a wonderful Christmas, whether you celebrate it religiously, secularly, both, or not at all. Enjoy the day!!!
The VA called me this morning, which kind of shocked me. They wanted to give me the results of my CT scan from last Friday. Normally I don’t get that kind of service from them, but then I did go to a new clinic. Anyway, the results were normal. They told me about the diverticulosis, and I told them that wasn’t anything new.
What’s this picture? Well, you’ve heard of “dumpster diving”? Here’s a squirrel doing it in a neighbor’s trash can! I don’t know why, because there’s plenty of food in the bird feeders around here for them to enjoy. Maybe it’s been taking lessons from a raccoon!
I hope y’all have a wonderful Christmas, whether you celebrate it religiously, secularly, both, or not at all. Enjoy the day!!!12 people like this
12 responses
@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
21 Dec 23
I lost enough bird feeders to the point where I now have heavy duty plastic shelves in back, and I put the food out on each shelf. It was getting where the birds ate the squirrel food and the squirrels ate the bird food!
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
23 Dec
I had no clue that I had it because I had no respiratory symptoms at all. Other people, however, say that the knew it. 
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@TheHorse (220186)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Dec
@FourWalls I had a nasty stomach flu during Covid. Maybe it was Covid.
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@RebeccasFarm (90339)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Dec 23
Did someone say Reeses?
You said that bad word..the big C.
Cute squirrel fellow..must have been some good dinner in there.
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
21 Dec
I’d like to know how it got in there. It’s not like it’s next to a tree.
I was shocked when they called me and said the test was positive. I’d told my pulmonary doctor, based on the way they were talking about it, that if I ever got covid I’d die because I was obese, asthmatic, and had an immunological issue. I still have two of those things.
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@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
21 Dec
@FourWalls - I see no trees around, weird that there is a squirrel there.
As you see, doctors are not always right, but I imagine how frightened you were when they told you that you were positive.
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@sallypup (61596)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Dec 23
@FourWalls My Mom had a love hate relationship with Starvin Marvin squirrels.
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@LindaOHio (181508)
• United States
22 Dec
I'm glad your CT scan was normal. Love the squirrel picture. You have a wonderful Christmas too and a great weekend.
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
22 Dec
You get better so you can enjoy the holidays!! 
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@LindaOHio (181508)
• United States
23 Dec
@FourWalls I'm all better. Thanks!!!!!!!
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@wolfgirl569 (108000)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Dec
Love the squirrel. Glad your results were normal
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
21 Dec
Silly squirrels. Thanks, glad it was normal, too.
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@RasmaSandra (80686)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec
gotta love that squirrel, I am glad you got normal results The way I am feeling now if I get a second wind I will make sure the cats rock around the cat tree with me upon which sits my Chrismas tree I am anything to get in the spirit and I will be blasting my favorite Feliz Navidad, I sure hope you have a really Merry Christmas1 person likes this
@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
22 Dec
Thanks. You too, and crank up that Brenda Lee version of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”!
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
21 Dec
I hope you have a wonderful time indeed!
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@dgobucks226 (35726)
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21 Dec
What did the hospital expect. Afterall, Reese's are worth the diverticulitis.
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
22 Dec
Reese’s doesn’t do that to me, they just make me fat.
Thank you, and a merry Christmas to you!!
Thank you, and a merry Christmas to you!!1 person likes this
@jnrdutton (3183)
• United States
21 Dec
Glad you got your results, and Merry Christmas.
Glad your case of the stupid C was mild when you had it 3 years ago, and happy anniversary. In regards to the C, even now I support precautions (as I would with any ailment) but I hated the psychotic level panic many had back then. I also hated that it was intentionally continuously stoked by many in the media professions.
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