We really haven’t done anything the last few days. On Saturday Cora and Dave invited us over for home made ice cream and it was great on a hot day. Some grocery shopping, went to church and have basically just veggied out and I've been taking naps. I’m tired and not feeling the best. We’ve had pretty warm days the past couple of days and the humidity is horrible!
Hope you all had a great weekend :)
I got up early this morning and got showered and washed my hair. I have a doctors appt. It’s another beautiful day the sun is shinning and it’s T-shirt and shorts weather! Yeppie
I went and saw the doctor .. ummm my blood pressure was 172/128 .. Yikes!! It wasn’t surprising as I've been down in the back for sometime with all this cool and rainy weather. When i have severe back pain as I've been experiencing my blood pressure shots through the roof. I take 2 blood pressure pills a day and even with those it’s high. I will be making an appt with my regular doctor to see how my blood pressure is doing sometime next week.
After we left the doctor’s office we needed to do a few stops, one was the ford dealership looking for a part hubby needs for the truck. They didn’t have it :( We went to Golden Corral for lunch/dinner. It ended up being a long day and we were both exhausted when we got home. We got a nice surprise our oldest son stopped to visit a bit since he is working in the area. It’s always good to see our son.
I went to Cora’s for a visit with her and Wanda and then headed home to retire for the evening. Hope you all had a great day.
They say April showers brings May flowers, well if that is the case we should have all kinds of beautiful flowers. At least the warmth seems to have finally found me. Yesterday temps were around 84 degrees! YESSSS .. finally i’m back to my T-shirt and shorts weather. My back started to let up a bit yesterday afternoon and i ventured outside and had some company come visit me. Cora came to sit outside and enjoy the warmth, friend Jim, Pam and then Dave stopped later. We had a great time sitting outside in the warmth of the Sunshine.
Later hubby got dinner for us, he made Salisbury steak and mashed tators .. yummy .. thanks hubby. Later Cliff, Georgia, Cora, Dave, hubby and I played Pegs and Jokers. We had a great time even though the men did win both games.
Today temps have really warmed up to almost 90 degrees! I spent some time sitting outside until the sun got too hot and i started to sweat and then it was time to retire inside. I’m glad to see the rain gone, the sun shinning and can feel the warmth again. Although this weekend the rain is suppose to return.
April is going out like a Lion .. where has the time gone? It’s hard to believe April is over and tomorrow a new month begins. We woke to thunder storms this morning and it was another very ruff night. I have basically been living on heating pads and pain pills. I didn’t get up until almost 11 AM!
Not much to really blog about when you are spending all your time in a bed, on the couch or in a recliner. With this back that is all that i am able to do. It has rained so much i’m beginning to think i need to invest in a boat. We are sounded by water and no i wasn’t able to get outside and get any pictures. I’m hibernating like a bear does in the winter.
I did manage to put some pork steaks in the crock pot for dinner. Later i added some brown gravy mix and mushroom for a tasty gravy. Hubby nuked some baked potatoes and supper was served.
It was another ruff night of sleeping, more storms and lots of rain! I slept in again this morning and spent my entire morning laying around. I went from my recliner to the bed. This back is still not letting up and there doesn’t seem to be any relief in the next few days with the weather we are experiencing.
Gabe and Kelsey came to spend time with us and of course they brought the grand dogs. Gabe made breakfast for everyone. We had eggs and they were good. Of course it was a a lazy day for everyone. The dogs really didn’t want to do much other then sleep either.
Of course us girls didn’t argue with that as we took a nap as well. Kelsey laid on the couch and i went to my comfy bed and heating pads. Gabe gave me a wonderful neck and back rub. Hubby can’t do it very good or long due to his fibermyagia (ignore spelling) it hurts his fingers and hands. I had a splitter headache from the stress on my back and it’s amazing how Gabe can hit the right spot and relieve my headache. Just wished it would last longer. Same with my back and leg pain. I have certain spots that pressure can be put on and it relieves the pain. Just doesn’t last long and unfortunately i don’t have someone who can do it for me 24/7 :(( I finally got dressed around 2 PM. I decided i better put on some clothes today although it wouldn’t of took much for me to have a pj day.
Chico was fascinated with being able to see out the windows while being perched on the back of the couch. Around 6 pm the kids needed to head home to get ready for work and school tomorrow. We said our good byes and the kids left. We spent the rest of the evening in the warmth of our comfy home.
Since neither of us slept good last night we slept in today. I didn’t get up until around 9.30 AM! Once I was up and about It had warmed up a bit but the clouds and dampness was still in the air. One bright shinning sunshine to our day was spending time with our grand kids.
Since Toby forgot to bring his bike his big sister gave him a life on hers.
We had a great time enjoying the grands and later in the evening it was time for them to go home.
More storms moved in and that meant the rain was back and more pain and suffering for me. It was another ruff night of sleeping and sleeping on my heating pads was a must.
I was up early as my back hadn’t really let up all night long and i didn’t want to take any pain medication as i knew we had plans for the day. When I'm in pain sleep is almost none existing for me. It’s so cold outside!! We didn’t leave as early as we had planned because i was moving very slowly. We haven’t seen hubby’s mom since we have returned and that is top on our to do list. I have a wonderful mother in law .. she really isn’t a mother in law but more like a mother to me. We had a wonderful visit and she sent us home with fresh eggs (yesss) and 2 more jars of her wonderful salsa that she makes. Thanks mom you have a very happy daughter. We had a great visit and we spent several hours catching up. Then it was time to head to pick up our Grand daughter Hailey. She got out of school early :))
Of course a needed trip to Wal-mart was on our way home. Hailey got a new barbie and batting gloves. Tuesday night is her first ever Softball game. We will not be going to watch her as it’s a away game and too far for us to drive. We will be watching her Saturday and YES we are so excited.
It’s still pretty cold outside but Hailey and Papa practiced playing ball. Grandma watched and cheered and of course had to get pictures. Hailey is a bit afraid of the ball but it wasn’t long and Papa had her getting under it and catching it. She does grounders really good.
Batting went pretty well too. Grandma had to sit in her lounger on a heating pad and watch as the back and leg is still screaming with pain.
We had planned to have a fire and roast hot dogs and smores but it was just too cold for Grandma. Grandma had to finally escape to the warmth of a cozy home. The rest of the evening was spent snuggling up and watching the Disney movie Tangled.
Of course I am up writing this post at 2.45 AM as i had to finally give in and take some pain medication for my back and leg. The pain has finally reached the unbearable point. thankfully we do not have any plans but to enjoy spending time with our grand daughter. Grandma is probably going to just watch from the side lines. Now if the pain med’s and sleeping aides would just kick in so i could get some rest.
Next year we are really going to have rethink our plans of not returning home until June. We leave to escape the cold because of my health issues and returning to soon in the spring just takes me backwards. I have no desire to return to my previous state where i was confined to a bed for over 10 years. I do not want to be back in a wheel chair. The desire to return home and see family and friends is so strong in the spring but were just going to have to fight it and not return until we know the weather is going to be tolerable for my disability. Right now i would give anything to be back in the warmth of Florida. Pain is such a debilitating horrible disease and it can take complete control of your life if you let it and i have sworn that i will never do that again. I will never let my pain get the best of me where i try to commit suicide again. I will never let it take control of my life where I'm stuck in bed and so depressed. Our home has wheels on it and that is why we chose this lifestyle was so that i could get control of my life again. The stress and desire to be home because of the passing of my sister and my dad’s health played a big part in our returning home so soon. I am going to have to do a better job of fighting the guilt of being so far away when these type of crisis occur. I think about if my dad was to get sick again and even though i am home now what good am i? I’m miserable and in severe pain, there is no way i could contribute to taking care of him with my own health issue right now. My health issues have not changed and the doctors are correct. If i want control of my life then i am going to accept and adjust that i just can not be in cold weather. No matter how strong my desire to be home with family and friends, be there when some gets sick or passes. It’s just not good for me. I have to be careful taking pain medications due to the complications of my liver. They are not good for me in many ways. Does anyone else fight a debilitating disease that cause you to have to be away from family and friends? Do you fight the guilt of feeling like your not there for you family when they need you?
Okay enough of this for now .. i’m going to see if i can get some sleep it’s after 3 AM.
