After several hours of wakefulness, then a few hours of sleep, she woke again with the pain still in her left eye, which was now red with blood.
When I looked at her I thought both eyes were red and she quickly made an emergency appointment at her ophthalmologist's office.
We both went and after about an hour and a half she finally saw a doctor who examined her thoroughly and concluded that there did not seem to be a problem with her eyes and that she appeared to have a sinus infection.
He suggested Sudafed to keep her pain under control until her regular visit with her primary care doctor on Wednesday.
So after a stop at a pharmacy and another for a fast food breakfast, we came home.
On the way over, by the way, she had commented on the clouds on the horizon.
I opined that they seemed tiny and unthreatening and informed her that the Weather Gods had not predicted any rain or snow.
By the time we were on the way home the clouds had thickened, bulked up and were touching the ground in several spots.
Over toward home the skies had turned dark blue and threatening.
We got home and a short time later this happened.
As I was looking out some white pellets began flying.
I said, "It's snowing!"
She said, "That's hail."
I said, "Oh, it's not either. Look at those tiny snow pellets."
She said, "It's snain!"
That's a word for something in between snow and rain that she and her daughter have popularized.
I grumped back to my room and a short time later took this photo.
Whether it's snow or hail or snow pellets or snain, it covered the ground for a few moments before disappearing before the onslaught of our balmy mid-40's temperatures.
And so it goes, just another normal Monday around my parts.
What's the first of YOUR week look like?
