The Good News and The Bad News

I saw two of my doctors over the past couple of days and I feel strange complaining, but here goes. The good news is that the injections worked really well at first but are already beginning to wear off. The bad news is that I heard once again that my back is so messed up (that's putting it nicely) that is amazing that I'm as mobile as I am. Or, is that the good news? I can have more injections, more surgery was suggested as a possibility in the future, and I definitely have to continue my water therapy, physical therapy, neuro muscular massage therapy and chiropractic care. Yikes, now I know where all the time goes. But nothing is going to cure my problems and I get down about that. So I'll just keep on working on staying as healthy as possible and keep in the fight!

More good news - we're getting our pool redone, new tile and new edging and that makes me very happy. And, plans for a summer getaway with all of our kids, and their families are shaping up very well, so we'll be heading to New Hampshire and Boston in July. Life is still very good.

Lost Wages!

We are back after a great time in Memphis and in Las Vegas. It was fun to spend time with my grandsons who are growing up way too fast. One of the best memories is that of coloring Easter eggs with them. I hadn't done that in so many years and it was so much fun. Jeff bought a dozen of his favorite golf balls and had them decorate them with Smart pens. They had done that at Christmas time and he loves it because he can always find his ball.

Las Vegas was not very generous, but we had a wonderful time with our friends. We saw Jersey Boys and found ourselves singing to all of the Frankie Valle hits that we spent our teenage years dancing to.

On A Roll

Things continue to go well. We are on our way to visit our son and his family (the magnificent Lynsey and the magnificent boys) in Memphis tomorrow. We'll spend Easter with my Jewish grandsons :) ~ diversity is very cool and interesting! ~ and then we head to Las Vegas to meet up with old friends. Old friends is a little misleading. How about friends we've known since 1966. Ginny taught in the trailer next to mine in Torrance, California. We were both brand newly accredited teachers and Ginny was the best next door, new teacher I could have worked next to. We are going to see Jersey Boys while in Las Vegas, so this should be a great time! I know I've said it before, but life is very good! I probably won't post while we are away, but I will let you know if I hit a lucky streak in Vegas!

Much Ado About Nothing?

After spending much of the day making the jewelry to wear last night, I didn't wear it or the outfit I had planned. Much ado about nothing, perhaps, but I was glad to be doing my jewelry thing even if I didn't wear it. I wore a black outfit I had never worn and a necklace and earrings my sister Priscilla had bought for me in Italy. What was really sweet was that through all the flurry of trying to decide what to wear my dear husband of 47 years said all the right things, like I think you have some things that are more becoming instead of you look fat in that outfit :). And as we sat across from each other during dinner he mouthed that I looked beautiful a couple of times. I woman I didn't know well saw him and asked me what he had said! It was funny and fun.

Okay, what I'm not saying is that I really got upset because when I was slimmer, I loved putting on clothes and I loved how I looked, then. Now, since I've gained some of the weight back (it's as if it is right around me waiting to jump back on my body :)) it's not such a joyful experience.

And finally, I'm still pain free and so grateful for that!

Back At It!

Tonight's a big night! We are going to a charity event which means I get to get all dressed up. We don't often do that out here in Arizona. Deciding whether to wear black jeans or blue jeans is often the most challenging decision I have to make about what to wear. Oh, I do wear dressier pants but that's just to church occasionally.

This morning I sat down and designed and made a necklace to wear with my top, my favorite purple top. Months ago I wrote about buying two identical tops because I loved the design so much. Finally I get to wear one of them!

Something that I'm realizing is that I have shut down several parts of my life, including the blog and the jewelry. I wonder if I've just been too distracted with activities I've added to my life, or if I just quit because of pain issues and just a big case of the blahs about certain things. It doesn't really matter, but I am glad to be back!

And I'm so excited to have a chance to go out and not worrying about pain. Oh, the joy!