Not too much to report.
This first holiday weekend since New Years has found us doing well.
We went to a tiny farmers' market on Saturday morning, before it got ragingly hot out, with Dave's mom. Got some fuzzy fruit (apricots and peaches).
Then, that afternoon, in the raging 96 degree heat, we went to the Paseo arts festival. Despite the heat, it was really fun. We'd gone to that event a couple of years ago, and that's where we got my wedding band.
We bought cast sterling rings at the fest this y ear, made with the "lost wax" technique. They're both really cool, abstract rings.
Unfortunately, the heat related migraine that started on Friday afternoon really got bad on Saturday evening. I was miserable for several hours, but it eased as I slept Saturday night.
Yesterday was errands and grilled steaks ala gremulade. YUM. Then, a trip to the hot tub and pool after dark last night. The pool in our complex stays open til 10, so people like me, who hate going out in the extreme heat, can actually use it!!
The head ache was gone by evening. This one lasted 3 days, which was not unusual back home when my body was getting used to a heat wave.
Speaking of that, I have been reminding myself of the Ayurvedic doctrine of body types, and am going to re-employ some of the balancing techniques for my body type. In what I have read about when my body type goes out of balance, heat tolerance virtually vanishes.
I HATE the heat, it makes me sick (migraines), and during heat waves in my past, some of the dietary changes recommended by Ayruveda have helped.
Since summer heat lasts for 3 or 4 months here, instead of the 3 or 4 weeks that I am used to, coming from Chicagoland, I will need to be careful about avoiding the foods that aggravate my sensitivity.
One thing we bought for me yesterday will help, too....I got a parasol to take to any other summertime events we may attend.
Today, we went and walked an outdoor labyrinth (we had strong storms at 3 am today, so it was still pretty cool out this morning), then did lunch with my step son, and wandered around Brick Town. It was only 86 or 87 by then, so it wasn't too bad.
Came home, doing some much needed house cleaning, and then, in a little while, we will go to the gym and have our Monday workout before supper.
My brother in law is building a web site for my business. That's coming along great. I purchased the domain name today.
Too hot this weekend for a bike ride. Hoping that biking season isn't already over!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Carry on
Yesterday, Dave announced that he feels better: healthier, stronger, etc., than he has for longer than he can remember.
That is all.
That is all.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sunday rant
Seems that once things calm down here, I only have something to say on Sundays.
It's been another good weekend, but too rainy for the bikes. Lots of sleep for me, because Dave's been volunteering to snore on the couch instead of in the bed.
He is seeing an E.N.T. next week for the snoring issue.
Dave's most recent visit to the cardiologist went well. He is being backed off on the dosage of one of his medications, so that was good news. The doctor didn't say anything about the stress test he wanted for June, and Dave forgot about it too, so Dave will have to take the initiative and call to ask.
I am signed up for a dance class! The teacher invited me into a small, advanced study class that was already full, so that was pretty cool.
I can't wait to get moving again!
Things are pretty quiet otherwise. My mother in law is so sweet. When we visited yesterday, she hugged me tight just before we left, and stroked my hair, and said how relieved she and my father in law were that my breast tests came out okay.
It was quite sweet and touching. I almost cried standing right there!!
I don't think I have mentioned this before, but I continue to hear nothing from Felicia except when she needs something--which usually is prayers and healing thoughts.
Last time, it was because she fell and broke her nose.
Currently, her dad is recovering from a stay in the hospital for congestive heart failure. He's doing okay, but they've found mold in her parents' old house, and it's a mess.
Felicia texted me twice while Dave was in the hospital with a heart attack. Other friends were calling every day, and otherwise staying in close contact.
She has blatantly ignored my attempts to strike up email conversations with her about her trip to Egypt, which she never even told me she was going on.
(during my last get together with her and Priscilla before I moved, Priscilla was talking about the Egypt trip, and Felicia remained totally silent. Priscilla didn't even know Felicia was going until AFTER I moved. What's the point of that?)
The one email conversation we DID have since I moved was one in which she wrote to me as if I were uninformed about my own career as a massage therapist.
She insinuated that my level of knowledge of the law in OKC would naturally be lacking, assuming that I had NOT done my homework before pursuing licensing.
Her comments were "Better watch out, kiddo," "You're not in Lombard anymore, Dorothy!" and "This ain't Illinois!"
When I responded to her that I had read the law word for word, and that I HAD, after all, had the OKC health department come out, inspect my home based office, and license IT, she never replied.
She then missed my birthday entirely, and further chose not to involve me, in any way, in the bridal shower for Priscilla. I could have sent a card, or a gift, or called during the event. But I found out about it days after it happened. I was devastated.
Priscilla defended her, saying that she had said she tried to think of a way to involve me, but had decided not to pursue it, as it might upset me.
Bullshit.
Anyway....it's frustrating. First, it was the bridezilla scene last year, when she dumped me as matron of honor and forgot to tell me. Now this.
Yeah. Best friend indeed. I'm done.
End rant.
It's been another good weekend, but too rainy for the bikes. Lots of sleep for me, because Dave's been volunteering to snore on the couch instead of in the bed.
He is seeing an E.N.T. next week for the snoring issue.
Dave's most recent visit to the cardiologist went well. He is being backed off on the dosage of one of his medications, so that was good news. The doctor didn't say anything about the stress test he wanted for June, and Dave forgot about it too, so Dave will have to take the initiative and call to ask.
I am signed up for a dance class! The teacher invited me into a small, advanced study class that was already full, so that was pretty cool.
I can't wait to get moving again!
Things are pretty quiet otherwise. My mother in law is so sweet. When we visited yesterday, she hugged me tight just before we left, and stroked my hair, and said how relieved she and my father in law were that my breast tests came out okay.
It was quite sweet and touching. I almost cried standing right there!!
I don't think I have mentioned this before, but I continue to hear nothing from Felicia except when she needs something--which usually is prayers and healing thoughts.
Last time, it was because she fell and broke her nose.
Currently, her dad is recovering from a stay in the hospital for congestive heart failure. He's doing okay, but they've found mold in her parents' old house, and it's a mess.
Felicia texted me twice while Dave was in the hospital with a heart attack. Other friends were calling every day, and otherwise staying in close contact.
She has blatantly ignored my attempts to strike up email conversations with her about her trip to Egypt, which she never even told me she was going on.
(during my last get together with her and Priscilla before I moved, Priscilla was talking about the Egypt trip, and Felicia remained totally silent. Priscilla didn't even know Felicia was going until AFTER I moved. What's the point of that?)
The one email conversation we DID have since I moved was one in which she wrote to me as if I were uninformed about my own career as a massage therapist.
She insinuated that my level of knowledge of the law in OKC would naturally be lacking, assuming that I had NOT done my homework before pursuing licensing.
Her comments were "Better watch out, kiddo," "You're not in Lombard anymore, Dorothy!" and "This ain't Illinois!"
When I responded to her that I had read the law word for word, and that I HAD, after all, had the OKC health department come out, inspect my home based office, and license IT, she never replied.
She then missed my birthday entirely, and further chose not to involve me, in any way, in the bridal shower for Priscilla. I could have sent a card, or a gift, or called during the event. But I found out about it days after it happened. I was devastated.
Priscilla defended her, saying that she had said she tried to think of a way to involve me, but had decided not to pursue it, as it might upset me.
Bullshit.
Anyway....it's frustrating. First, it was the bridezilla scene last year, when she dumped me as matron of honor and forgot to tell me. Now this.
Yeah. Best friend indeed. I'm done.
End rant.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sunday evening
It's been a good weekend. I am finally relaxing a bit. Slept for 11 hours Friday night/Saturday morning, and for 9 hours last night. I needed it VERY much....
After a couple of errands, we got our bikes out yesterday and took a 4 mile ride. At the half way point, Dave turned to me and said "I feel really good!" He wasn't winded, or having any chest tightness or discomfort. He felt good!!
Oddly, the shortness of breath that came out of nowhere several weeks ago, that the doctor said couldn't have been caused by the medications, seems to have gone away after a change in....you guessed it...medications.
Dave probably didn't need the angio, or the 2 days in the hospital brought about by the angio. He just needed his meds adjusted.
The next doctor visit is coming up on Thursday. I am sure that Dave plans to discuss this matter, and so we'll see what comes next.
We were gonna take Dave's mom out for lunch today, but she decided she didn't want to see us, and didn't want to go out. She was too tired.
She's got every right to spend Mothers' Day however she wants, and she wanted to be left alone.
So, we had the bonus of a lazy first half of the day, then went to the movies this afternoon with my step son, who wished me a happy mothers' day *glow.*
Saw "Iron Man 2."
It was meh. They tried too hard, and it was pretty stupid in parts. Cool effects and all, but meh. I liked the first one a lot better.
Made a batch of beef and black bean burritos when we got home, and have laundry going.
It's been way too dry here for the "rainy season," and we've been hoping for rain for a couple of weeks now. It's finally raining. Let's hope it actually rains enough for a few days, and gently enough, to do some good.
If not, Dave said the fire season will be harsh this year.
Have a good week, everyone!
After a couple of errands, we got our bikes out yesterday and took a 4 mile ride. At the half way point, Dave turned to me and said "I feel really good!" He wasn't winded, or having any chest tightness or discomfort. He felt good!!
Oddly, the shortness of breath that came out of nowhere several weeks ago, that the doctor said couldn't have been caused by the medications, seems to have gone away after a change in....you guessed it...medications.
Dave probably didn't need the angio, or the 2 days in the hospital brought about by the angio. He just needed his meds adjusted.
The next doctor visit is coming up on Thursday. I am sure that Dave plans to discuss this matter, and so we'll see what comes next.
We were gonna take Dave's mom out for lunch today, but she decided she didn't want to see us, and didn't want to go out. She was too tired.
She's got every right to spend Mothers' Day however she wants, and she wanted to be left alone.
So, we had the bonus of a lazy first half of the day, then went to the movies this afternoon with my step son, who wished me a happy mothers' day *glow.*
Saw "Iron Man 2."
It was meh. They tried too hard, and it was pretty stupid in parts. Cool effects and all, but meh. I liked the first one a lot better.
Made a batch of beef and black bean burritos when we got home, and have laundry going.
It's been way too dry here for the "rainy season," and we've been hoping for rain for a couple of weeks now. It's finally raining. Let's hope it actually rains enough for a few days, and gently enough, to do some good.
If not, Dave said the fire season will be harsh this year.
Have a good week, everyone!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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Some of the windmills in a smallish wind farm near Weatherford, OK.
And, yes, the sky really was that pretty today.
And, yes, the sky really was that pretty today.
A somewhat closer view of one of the windmills. They are ENORMOUS!
One of the trails in Red Rock Canyon State Park-the tree up ahead is a huge oak that is actually growing out of the side of the bluff...it didn't fall down across the trail. It grew like that.
These rocks remind me of "Jessie's Rocks" in southern Illinois, only they're RED, instead of sand stone and gray colored!
Me, with giant horsetail growing near the water of a creek in the canyonAbout and hour and a half away from home, there's a state park with camping and hiking trails. Dave decided that I needed a nature fix to help me deal with the stress I am under as I await tomorrow's "breast test" day.
He was right.
We went to Red Rock Canyon state park, and hiked two of the trails. It was fine and hot, but not too hot. We spotted lots of red rocks!
Then, after, we drove a little further west so that I could see the closest wind farm. It's smaller than the one that is further west, in Oklahoma's pan handle, and it's smaller than the one we drove through in Missouri on the move trip. (which was probably the one I could see from the plane as I flew over it a few times when I was visiting down here before the move)
But we could get right up close to some of them, and they are freakin' HUGE! The wind was blowing, as it always does in Oklahoma, and they make this deep, whoosh whoosh whoosh sound as the blades rotate.
It was pretty cool!
A good day of distractions, with wild flowers and trees I still can't identify, and lots of hawks, swallows, and scissor tail fly catchers to admire.
I spent MOST of the day NOT worrying...so that was a good thing.
He was right.
We went to Red Rock Canyon state park, and hiked two of the trails. It was fine and hot, but not too hot. We spotted lots of red rocks!
Then, after, we drove a little further west so that I could see the closest wind farm. It's smaller than the one that is further west, in Oklahoma's pan handle, and it's smaller than the one we drove through in Missouri on the move trip. (which was probably the one I could see from the plane as I flew over it a few times when I was visiting down here before the move)
But we could get right up close to some of them, and they are freakin' HUGE! The wind was blowing, as it always does in Oklahoma, and they make this deep, whoosh whoosh whoosh sound as the blades rotate.
It was pretty cool!
A good day of distractions, with wild flowers and trees I still can't identify, and lots of hawks, swallows, and scissor tail fly catchers to admire.
I spent MOST of the day NOT worrying...so that was a good thing.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Nice weekend.
MY SISTER IS THE QUEEN OF CARE PACKAGES!
For my birthday, she sent me a box that held a couple of packages of Pasta Barilla Plus, Trader Joe's chocolate covered pretzels, and their steel cut oatmeal, bars of luscious chocolate, and 2 pounds of YELLOW split peas!!! All things I can't GET around here!! I am so excited!
At Christmas, she sent me a bunch of stuff like that, too.... MWAH, sister!!!
Maybe some day, they will open a Trader Joe's here, but so far, there isn't one in the state of Oklahoma.
And I have NO idea why the grocery stores don't carry Pasta Barilla Plus pasta....they carry other Barilla products, but not my favorite pasta.
Unfortunately, the package delivery failed 3 times, so we had to go pick it up today. Better late than never!
Tomorrow, we are going to go check out a place called Red Rock Canyon. I need to get out in nature, and this place is about an hour west of here, and should be perfect to get out and do a little hiking. I need this to deal with the current state I am in.
I spent a good part of Thursday trying to get the facility back in Illinois, where I had my last mammogram, and the facility here, to communicate with one another and allow my records to be sent from old to new.
Ultimately, I found out that my records had already BEEN sent from old to new. Signed for a week BEFORE the new place called to tell my that my old records were unavailable.
WTF?
Anyway.....my appointment is still set for Monday at 3:30. Dave is going to meet me at work and drive me there. Having him be there means the world to me. I'd be even more freaked out if I had to go through this process alone.
I am trying to have a nice weekend, though. We went and visited Dave's parents, like most weekends, and I got to tell them the news. They are praying for me.
Then we went and did our errands, and now, a new recipe is cooking on the stove....a veggie soup. There's tequila and lime juice in the glass by my side.
Tomorrow, there is the hiking trip....so I am doing my best to just go alone like everything's normal, and not be terrified that I might have cancer.
Trying not to think about losing my hair, or my breast, or my life.
Yeah. Trying.
For my birthday, she sent me a box that held a couple of packages of Pasta Barilla Plus, Trader Joe's chocolate covered pretzels, and their steel cut oatmeal, bars of luscious chocolate, and 2 pounds of YELLOW split peas!!! All things I can't GET around here!! I am so excited!
At Christmas, she sent me a bunch of stuff like that, too.... MWAH, sister!!!
Maybe some day, they will open a Trader Joe's here, but so far, there isn't one in the state of Oklahoma.
And I have NO idea why the grocery stores don't carry Pasta Barilla Plus pasta....they carry other Barilla products, but not my favorite pasta.
Unfortunately, the package delivery failed 3 times, so we had to go pick it up today. Better late than never!
Tomorrow, we are going to go check out a place called Red Rock Canyon. I need to get out in nature, and this place is about an hour west of here, and should be perfect to get out and do a little hiking. I need this to deal with the current state I am in.
I spent a good part of Thursday trying to get the facility back in Illinois, where I had my last mammogram, and the facility here, to communicate with one another and allow my records to be sent from old to new.
Ultimately, I found out that my records had already BEEN sent from old to new. Signed for a week BEFORE the new place called to tell my that my old records were unavailable.
WTF?
Anyway.....my appointment is still set for Monday at 3:30. Dave is going to meet me at work and drive me there. Having him be there means the world to me. I'd be even more freaked out if I had to go through this process alone.
I am trying to have a nice weekend, though. We went and visited Dave's parents, like most weekends, and I got to tell them the news. They are praying for me.
Then we went and did our errands, and now, a new recipe is cooking on the stove....a veggie soup. There's tequila and lime juice in the glass by my side.
Tomorrow, there is the hiking trip....so I am doing my best to just go alone like everything's normal, and not be terrified that I might have cancer.
Trying not to think about losing my hair, or my breast, or my life.
Yeah. Trying.
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