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!!