June Primary and the Proposition to get a Small Amount of Sales Tax to the Libraries Failed!!

I had lunch with my friends Valerie and Sherry at Lam's, a local Chinese Restaurant. My favorite dishes are scrambled eggs with shrimp, mixed vegetables that are stir fried.  We asked if it was possible with no extra fat or at least very little. It was delicious!  In addition, we got some lemon chicken. I then had lots of leftovers.  We haven't seen each other in months, so it was catch up.  We plan to get together in about three weeks. I missed these women. They have been a large part of my life. 

When I saw Carol, my art teacher, she had great ideas on how to "punch up" my drawings. She made a point of letting me know how far along I have come.  I agree. Even though there is much need for more work, she said that I have come along ways from where I was six months ago.  So I worked on three drawings I have already done and the fourth one is another toad.  

I added more shading and detail

I noticed on the first picture of Pepper that the right
eye was bigger than the left eye.  I made them as
even as I could get.

I added more detail and corrected the front leg.

I think he has a lot of character, but
I still need to work on him.
I like that he looks old.  That gives him character.

While at my art class I had this constant urge to urinate but unable to do much. Carol, my teacher is an RN and recommended Azo an over the counter medication for women with urinary tract infections (UTI's) and also said to drink cranberry juice and see a doctor. So I did, but took Azo before doing a home test to see if I had a UTI but taking Azo makes the urine red/orange won't show if I have an infection or not. So I went to Kaiser Urgent Care.. I was told to give sample urine, however, they couldn't tell if I had an infection because of the red/orange color.  From start to leaving after getting my medication was an hour and 20 minutes.  For urgent care, I thought it was pretty good!  I was given Cipro, an antibiotic which took care of the problem fast. Thank goodness!  I slept a lot this week.  I think recovering from all this.

California Primary Election  was this week. The 1/8 of one percent sales tax for our libraries did not pass. It requires a 2/3 majority vote.   It had a simple majority. Not enough.  I feel we are going back to the Stone Age with not getting this.  If they farm this out to a for profit business to run the libraries, our libraries will have even less monies to work with. It is a crisis!

That was my week.  I hope yours went well.  I will see you next Sunday.              Rachel