Paradise ponders: paperwork, spring beauty, and geraniums on our porch...

Paradise ponders: paperwork, spring beauty, and geraniums on our porch...  I spent darned near all day yesterday on danged paperwork.  What a pain in the butt!  Makes me wonder what it would cost to have someone trustworthy do all this for me.  Hmmm...

In the afternoon Debbie and I went on a quest for baby goats.  Really! :)  We'd noticed four newborns in a paddock a couple miles north of us, and we know several places where there are herds of goats – so we made the rounds.  Not a goatlet to be found anywhere except the original four.  Those little things sure are cute, bouncing around like crazy.  Too bad they have to grow up into actual goats, obnoxious and smelly...

When we returned from our quest, Debbie noticed a flower on our front porch.  It was a potted geranium (at right), presumably a Mother's Day gift for Debbie.  There was no note on it, so we have no idea who might have left it.  Chief suspects are our immediate neighbors, but there are quite a few people within a few miles who might do something like leave a geranium on every front porch – so we really don't know who it was.  But it sure put a smile on Debbie's face!  :)

Today I'm visiting with our doctor, who called me back into the office for consultation after receiving the results of some blood testing I had done two weeks ago.  It seems unlikely this would be entirely good news. :(  All I know from the nurse who called me is that the blood tests showed (a) normal B12 levels (which means my every-two-weeks one milliliter injection of cyanocobalamin is the right dose), and (b) there are thyroid antibodies present in my blood.  The latter might be indicative of hypothyroidism, which could explain my low energy levels the past few months.  We'll find out more today, I hope...