Fall is...well, falling!

We are right on the edge of September. Where has this year gone? I know I shouldn't be surprised because I have been conscious (most of the time) but I am truly amazed that we are on the precipice of fall...the holiday season. Since last I blogged I have been rather sedentary. Enjoying the last days of my summer break because, yes, I am going to sub at least one more year. I actually have found these last few days that I am restless and anxious for some normalcy. Since all I have ever know since I was 16 is working, then that is my normalcy. In the meantime, and to kill time, I have done a few things until I begin working again. First, Ronnie and I went to Choctaw with Ryan and Rich. It was just a quick trip up and back, but it was fun. Especially since I came home a winner. I turned $7 into $265 so I was very happy. That rarely happens for me. I also FINALLY schedule and went to a dental appointment that was previously scheduled in April, 2011, before my car accident. I go tomorrow for the final step...the real crown. Ronnie had surgery to remove a fatty tumor from his back and I took him to that and took care of him for a couple of days after while he was in pain and sore. I followed up with a CT scan and appointment to find out that the lump in my foot is actually a benign cyst that I don't have to do anything with unless it grows or the pain increases. Speaking of lumps, I knew that I had a fluid filled cyst in each breast. Not my first rodeo. I have had SEVERAL needle aspirations since I tend to be prone to this condition. My doctor, however, is concerned that one of the masses doesn't feel like a cyst that he can drain so...off I will go on Wednesday to have another mammogram, followed by a sonogram. They will drain the one large cyst and if the other is, in fact, a cyst they will use the sonogram to guide the needle to the center of the cyst in order to drain it. Must say that I am not looking forward to this procedure though I am not worried about it either. At the same time that I am having my cyst procedure Ronnie will be undergoing a procedure to remove a basal cell carcinoma from his chin. Can I just say that it sucks to get old? But, it beats the hell out of the alternative. Anyhoo...as we step in to September there willl be some R & R. We will be heading out the middle of September for almost 2 weeks in Las Vegas and San Diego. We will be celebrating both Ryan and Rich's birthdays in Vegas. When they fly home we will go to a Hall & Oates concert before packing up and heading on to San Diego. Neither of us has ever been to the Pacific before so we'll stick our toes in the water just to say we did! After we return the crunch begins. It's Ronnie's birthday, Carter's birthday (g'son #2), my birthday, Thanksgiving and then ::insert scarey music:: Christmas! Shortly after Christmas we are expecting the birth of grandchild #3! Life is good!!! Till next time ~ Cheers!!

Summer 2012

Wow! What a summer it has been! Expecially in the good news/bad news department! The good news first... We took a couple of short vacays. It was nice to get away...both by ourselves and with at least one of the grandsons. Summer school was an awesome experience. I was responsible for the computer lab. I worked mostly with 7th graders who needed help in both English and Math, but I also worked with one group of 5 who were math only and one eighth grader who needed help with pre-AP English. The other teachers that I worked with were awesome and some new friendships were formed. I found out that I get to be a Nana again! It was really cute. We went to my daughter's house to pick up her youngest for a weekend trip out of town. While there she asked me if I had my phone with me. When I said "yes" she said she wanted to text something to me. She then texted me a picture of her sonogram. I am just as excited this time as I was the first time...and the second time. We're getting ready for a bigger trip...two weeks...in about a month. We will be going to Las Vegas with Ryan and Rich and when they fly back to Dallas we will continue on to San Diego. Really looking forward to that trip. I bought a health tracker and I love it. It is making me much more conscious of my activity and eating habits and is helping me keep track of significant information like blood pressure, blood sugar, activity, weight, resting and exertive heart rate, etc. that I will need to share with my doctor. It has also resulted in a steady decline...of weight. Because I am paying more attention to my activity level I am being more active and therefore, am losing weight. Yay! I have a Winstar trip planned with Ryan and Rich...actually Rich and I are going to a concert there and Ryan is going to gamble. We don't have the same taste in music! Lol! In the "not so good news" department... Since my doctor made me aware that I need to be monitoring my blood sugar it has gone totally beserk! He wants it to be between 80 and 100. Some mornings it will start at 103. Some mornings it will start at 213. Some days at lunch time it will read 144. Some days it will read 67. Frustrating! That is the reason I bought the aforementioned tracker. I had a CT scan done on my right foot. It was a "growth" that the doctor is baffled by. I'm still waiting to get the results but hopefully there's an answer in my future. I am getting rid of my wine business. Because I make sweet wine...and the whole blood sugar issue...I have determined that it is not in my best interest to have that wine in the house. I have given cases of wine to my children and a couple of friends who hosted tastings for me and I am going to continue making just a couple of wine solely for personal consumption...wines that aren't sweet like a reisling and maybe a zin. Otherwise I am out of the wine-making business. I am currenty trying to decide how I will repurpose the wine room. In the good AND bad news department...AC went out in hubby's car (bad...in case you couldn't figure that out)...BUT...it is still under warranty!! (good!!) So now, as summer 2012 draws to a close, and we're cramming in those last minute medical things that need to get done and getting ready for our trip(s), I am readying my "kit" for subbing next year...getting my calendars and notebook ready...sorting clothes...cleaning closets...etc. You know, the routine and mundane that HAS to get done. So...till next time... ~Cheers!!