This and That Thursday

Woody walked 6 1/4 miles early this morning. He also weeded and mulched some more this morning. Abigail came over mid morning wanting to know if I could make her a pair of shorts to replace one of her favorite pairs of shorts. She had "sort of" ruined them gardening. So I spent time taking that pair apart to make a pattern of them. Her shorts have to be blue as her grade at the camp she is going to next week is supposed to wear blue! Well, I found some blue knit fabric that "may" work. I got them cut out and started sewing on them a little while ago. Woody walked to the barber and got a hair cut to add some more on to his walking total for today. He is now next door taking care of the neighbor grandchildren while their parents have a date night. Melany called a while ago to report in after her busy day. This morning she met up with the head of the art department at Motlow College. She is going to be an adjunct professor in the fall if the art class that they have chosen for her to teach makes. Motlow's main campus is here in the Tullahoma area, but they also have several other campuses...the one closest to Melany is in Smyrna. And, she will be teaching at the Smyrna campus, but her class will meet at a high school in Smyrna. She went today to see the class room that she will teach in if all works out and to find out some more details about the class. This afternoon Melany had to go back to her dermatologist's to find out about some allergy testing that she had earlier this week. They are trying to find out what ingredients that she is allergic to in certain topical meds. They put 60 patches on her back two days ago and they had to stay on for 48 hours. She was pretty glad to get them off as several of them really itched (there were six of the 60 that she was quite allergic to...one that she was very allergic to. Interestingly enough several of the ingredients that she is allergic to are in the medications that had been prescribed for her by the dermatologist. She is beginning to realize why she had been having so much trouble lately with her face looking like it had chemical burns! Hopefully these skin tests will give her a clearer picture of what is okay for her to use. Now for the adventure of checking out ingredients in many, many things she uses...everything from make-up to toothpaste. Well, I'm heading back to sewing Abigail's shorts.