More health issues

Finished the book "This Body of Death" by Elizabeth George. One of her best and I've read them all (the Inspector Lynley Series). This time they are trying to fill the spot left open when Lynley left on compassionate leave after his wife's murder. They've put a woman in the spot and her first assignment is to find the murderer of a woman found in a park/cemetery in London. She shows up at Lynley's door to beg him to come back as part of the team and he apparently is ready to do so. His former partner (Barbara Haver) and other co-worker are sent to another area of England to do some background on the dead woman's exboyfriend and family. Lots of suspects to choose from and the new acting superintendent is all over the place in her decisions as to who did it and why. Lynley discovers her drinking problem early on and confronts her with it. She denies she's an alcoholic but it's obvious that she is since she can't make it through the day without several of her airline size bottles of vodka that she keeps in her purse. I'm sure we'll see her character again in the next novel. Elizabeth George kept me guessing till the end which one of the characters was the murderer and she had a great twist at the end.

I got a letter concerning my stress test and apparently my heart is within "normal range." Whatever that means. Now my latest issue is a very sharp abdominal pain that won't go away. Been having it since last Thurs. Got so bad yesterday that they actually told me to leave work since I couldn't move very well and walking was difficult. I wasn't too happy with the supervisor for mentioning it to the boss. I've never called off sick before and resent someone making that decision for me. I noticed they didn't ask me to leave until they were sure there was coverage on the desk to replace me. I was scheduled for my sleep apnea test at the hospital on Monday night but I'm cancelling that. Hubby says that I'm not snoring anymore since I've been using the Nasonex and I don't think I want to live the rest of my life hooked up to a breathing machine at night. I'm sure that's what would happen. I can't wear the boot contraption for my heel spur without feeling claustrophobic so how could I wear a mask. I'm a mouth breather so what would a nose mask do to help me?

Careless in Red

There aren't too many murder mysteries that I can't figure out "who dunnit" well before the end but this one kept me guessing right to the near end. Elizabeth George writes a series of novels featuring Detective Lynley and his sidekick Barbara Havers. A couple books back she killed off Detective Lynley's wife and unborn child and in this book he's wandering the cliffs of England trying to get his life back on track. With nothing more than a sleeping bag, he has headed out on the paths along the sea. Unkempt and unbathed this now former detective comes across a dead body. Since he's first on the scene he reports it and becomes a suspect. Once he can prove who he is he is roped into helping solve the case. The body is that of a young adventure seeker who was "climbing" alone at the time of his fall to death. It was discovered that his gear had been tampered with and now it's a murder case. Everyone is a suspect in the small town. Even when the killer is discovered he has set up the murder in such a way that it can't be proved. I was glad to see that Detective Lynley is back on track and hopefully there will be more books about him in the future.

Our last oil painting class is tonight. I left a little to be done on the "rooster" that I'm painting and I have a landscape that needs a few more details added. Hubby is hard at work on his lighthouse. Looking good! I don't know if I'd take another course from this instructor. I was hoping for a little more guidance and structure. Like here's an apple, banana, and orange and this is how you paint it. His version is bring in a picture of something and paint it. This guy wanders the classroom giving a few minutes to the eleven of us so that at the end of the evening we've had maybe 5 minutes of one on one time. I took a finished (I thought) piece to him and he told me it was floating and needed to be grounded. What? Apparently adding a little shadowing makes something grounded. I might look around for a more advanced class to see if I have any talent or if I just like to waste paint and canvases.

We've gotten things straightened out for my daughter's settlement tomorrow. No survey was needed once I pulled in the original title company that had done their last settlement on the old house. Apparently when there's a railroad running behind you house that's considered an natural boundary and therefore whether the deed is wrong or not you can't go further than the natural boundary. The current title company should have known that and allowed for it and we would have settled already.
I feel the old title company should have corrected it and we wouldn't have had to endure this current mess. Keeping fingers crossed for tomorrow!

The best comedy on television right now has to be "The Big Bang Theory." There isn't a better group of actors with better timing anywhere. It's season finale was last night but here's hoping that they keep running reruns all summer. Monday nights at 8:00 on CBS!