Update

I have run out of ideas for naming my posts. This weeks title is less than exciting, but I don't know what else to call it.
Bob is back to school this week thankfully. He loves riding the school bus and going to school, and he is usually more well behaved after school because they do a variety of activities with him. Lately we (or usually just Jim when I am at work) have been taking Bob onto the golf course to run around every night so he can get out some of his energy. I have some big foam airplanes that Jim will throw and Bob will run after them. They fly a good fifty feet each time Jim throws them. So, basically, Jim plays fetch with Bob. But Bob loves every second of it. Bob also discovered the rakes in the sand traps at the golf course. Bob likes to rake the sand. When Bob is done, we re-rake the sand trap. But it does tire him out. He has been going to bed a lot easier lately.
Q has completely recovered from his ordeal with the cactus last week without any long term ill effects.

Chuck had a delivery to Phoenix last week, so Jim and Bob got to see him briefly. I had a doctor's appointment that I could not re-schedule, so I missed him. Bob was excited to see Papa Chuck's big blue truck. Papa Chuck brought Jim's favorite Jelly Beans - Just Born. Just about every store in Phoenix sells Peeps this time of year, but no one carries the jelly beans they make. Oh well. We were lucky to have Papa Chuck bring them to us.

As for my doctor's appointment, I found out that I don't have to go off my thyroid medicine to have my annual scan. There is a new drug that came out about a year ago that raises your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) levels. I get a shot on Monday, one on Tuesday, have labwork on Thursday, and a scan on Friday. I was not looking forward to the scan because I did not want to go off my thyroid hormone. Now, I don't have to be off the hormone at all. I do, however, have to go on a low iodine diet for a week or two prior to the scan. I perused the diet, it is not going to be fun. Just about everything that I like has iodine in it. But it is better than stopping the thyroid pill for a couple of weeks.

Jim's Dad and step-mother visited on Saturday. They were in town for a day. We went to a children's museum in Tempe - just outside of Phoenix. Bob had a blast. It was nice.

We had an encounter with the biggest bee I have ever seen in my life yesterday. It weighed at least two ounces. In case any of you are not aware of this, Jim is severely allergic to bees, as are many of his relatives. I don't know if Bob is, but I don't want to find out. Bob left the screen door open. I think the bee was on the patio enjoying the flowers on our tomato plants. He flew in. Jim came and got me. I whisked Jim and Bob into the bedroom and shut the door. It was then just me and the bee......and Q the dumb dog. Q started to go after the bee. I diverted him from that activity. I had enough fun with the adventures in veterinary medicine last week from the cactus incident. I didn't want to nurse Q back to health if this thing stung him. I grabbed a big basin and I whacked the thing outside through the patio door. It made a sizable "thud" sound when I hit it, but it wasn't enough to kill it. I watched it fly away. Then again, the thing had to be pretty huge since Jim did not have any trouble seeing the thing. I have never seen a queen bee before. I wonder if it was a queen bee. Or maybe there is a strain of deadly bees here in Arizona. Or maybe it is the water.