The birthday looms....

I've been singing "When I'm 64" in my head a lot, HAHA!  It's almost here!

Next week, for my birthday, we will be visiting a different state park with cabins.  The cabins have full size kitchen appliances, and actual fireplaces, so we shall see if it's a viable option for our future Thanksgiving retreats.

We haven't got a place reserved for this Thanksgiving yet, but it worked out okay last year, when we did the same thing:  went to Robbers Cave for my birthday, and were still able to book a cabin for that year's Thanksgiving.

This past week, we had many many predictions of rain and storms, but nothing came our way at all, other than some drizzle yesterday.

Unfortunately, though, there was a major tornado out break in the northern part of the state on Thursday night, with lots of serious damage.  Thankfully, no one was killed.

It's been humid, and warm (but not hot), and cloudy for the past couple of days.

We DID get the gardening boxes set up at last, and the seeds are planted.  Now, we wait to see what grows, and what doesn't.

I got a healthy-looking strawberry plant, a tarragon plant (FINALLY), and an heirloom yellow grape tomato plant.  

One box will be the herbs and, hopefully, strawberries, and the other box will be the tomato plant, a red pepper plant, and root veggies to start with.  Once we see if these root veggies grow, I will harvest them and plant again, or maybe try something else.

We can also put scallion and celery roots in between the plants and regrow them to save money at the grocery store!

Dave had a couple of appointments last week, and also got his second shingles vaccination.  His only side effect from the shingles shots has been a sore arm, which is good, because many others have complained of it making them feel miserable.

No appointments for me, but I finished reading "Hamnet," and actually took a few naps during the afternoons, which was nice. 

This past week, and for part of the previous week, I have been having some pretty severe left-hip pain, which felt to me like tendinitis.  My best guess is that I "overtrained" some of my hip flexor muscles, because I found some knots where I never had knots before, HAHA! 

I self treated with rest, myofascial release, yoga/stretching, and heat, and am doing SO much better.  It did, however, throw me off of my routine that was established with the wellness study.

Hopefully, this coming week, I will get back into doing some strength training every other day, without over-working my hips and thighs!!  When I DO work those areas, it will be in different directions.

Thankfully, two full rest days did not diminish the amount of muscle tone I have built up and hope to maintain!

The only thing I will need to do next week is go get my every-three-weeks labs drawn.  We might also go get Covid boosters ahead of going to Chicago for the wedding next month.

Today, I will be making chicken enchiladas with the meat from last weekend's roast chicken, will be doing a bit of tidying and (maybe) dusting, and will work on the next lesson in my spiritual course.

A friend has said she might come by with a birthday gift for me, but I have learned never to rely on her to follow through, HAHA.

Oh well...that's okay, she is who she is, which is completely opposite of me in certain ways.

May you, gentle readers, enjoy a peaceful Sunday, and a lovely week ahead!