Yesterday I did the laundry, ran errands, grocery shopped, paid bills, washed my car (which it sorely needed after traveling to the middle-of-nowhere-Texas this past weekend), went to my acupuncture appointment, only to find out that I had put it in my calendar for the wrong day. No problem, just ran more errands.
Then had a quiet night at home while Son #3 went to work.
Oh, and got tickets to go see my family in Oregon later this summer when Son #3 is at camp.
Woot.
:)
Today I played a singles match, which I lost, but given the fact that the women who play singles are about 20 years younger than I am .... I'm ok with that. I gave her a run for her money and hung in there, but lost.
Most women my age won't play singles anymore, but I like the workout and the challenge. I also like that you have to think more when playing singles.
Evidently I'm not thinking quite as well as I need to, but .... hey, I was still standing when we finished 2 hours later and the temps were over 90 (and the humidity was at about 225%, or so it felt).
After tennis I ran a couple of errands, came home and cleaned out the garage, showered, then went to my real acupuncture appointment, ran 2 more errands, came home, rearranged some furniture to get a new look, cleaned out a closet and then went to Circle for dinner.
Circle was great, as usual. We had a large group .... which is wonderful. :)
And now .... I'm pooped.
But not sad.
Sad wasn't a feeling today.
Some days it's easier to not feel sad.
And so I'm not.
Today anyway.
I haven't even thought about packing for our trip.
Which is the norm for me.
I'll probably pack the morning we leave.
But really, what's to pack?
A couple of swim suits, shorts, t shirts, pj's .... toothbrush, toothpaste.
How hard can that be?
In exciting news .... Son #2 signed a lease for an apartment yesterday. He is SO excited and I'm excited for him. Now if we can just find someone with a truck to help him move ..... he'd be even more excited. :)
Son #3 is winding down the school year with finals. Two more days and then he'll officially be a "senior".
Sometimes it seems as if it's taken forever to get to this point ..... only one home, and only for one more year.
Other times it feels like it's flying by way too fast.
Oh .... yes, the acupuncture.
I decided a couple of months ago to give it a try to see if it helped with the R.A.
I never thought I'd EVER try it.
Needles?
No freakin' way.
But heck, I had nothing to lose .... except may not having to take an even bigger dose of the chemo drug, or adding yet another massive dose of something new.
And so I went.
And it's difficult to tell if it's doing much for the R.A. pain, but the pain is definitely not getting any worse.
And it's helped quite a bit in other areas of my body.
The chemo drug has started to have unpleasant (to say the least) side effects on my body, so I took it down a notch.
The last time I saw the dr. he upped the dose.
So yes, even though I'm not a dr, I took it back down.
The acupuncture seems to be keeping it in control and I don't feel any worse. And haven't had the side effects this week.
I go to the dr. after we get back from Cabo, and I plan to talk to him about weaning off of it to see if the acupuncture can control it.
That would be amazing.
So that's all of the medical crap you never wanted to know.
Have I mentioned that I'm excited about spending a week with all 6 of my kiddos?
Not today?
Well I am.
Immensely.
I love my kids.
And it's getting more and more difficult to get all 6 of them in one place.
Which is just a part of life .... and raising them to be independent people who work and have lives of their own.
Which is as it should be.
Surprisingly, not all moms would agree with that.
But Jim and I raised our children to be able to have a life after they got out of school.
We didn't raise them to have to depend on us for all of their emotional and financial support.
Surprisingly, some parents like their kids to have to depend on them .... even after they've moved out.
Which has always seemed a little sad to me.
But what do I know?
There's no such thing as the perfect parent.
Never has been.
Never will be.
Ask anyone who's been raised by a parent.
:)
OK, it's now 10:05 and I'm going to bed.
And maybe catch up with the French Open.
Can you believe Serena lost in the first round??!!!
I will refrain from jumping up and cheering.
Barely.
Tomorrow brings more errands and things to get done.
And maybe time with friends.
Sounds like a good day to me.
:)
Happy Wednesday/Thursday, Peeps.
:)
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