Spring has arrived and seems to be here to stay. The carpenter bees are out (time to duck now :-) ), and many of the trees are getting their leaves. It has been in the 70s or low 80s with high humidity and not much breeze. The forecast does call for a chance of thunderstorms or rain showers most every day. Rain would be nice as it is starting to get rather dry. It has been humid, but the rain has mostly consisted of some sprinkles, though some surrounding areas got a bit more rain.
The Lord has been allowing me to have some fun crocheting. I’ve done a few hats and a number of mini hats. Also did a bunch of hearts as well as some flowers. I think I figured out how to do a tiny mouse. We want to try making little flowers and critters and gluing a magnet on the back. It will be fun to see how they turn out.
On Tuesday Christy took me to my chiropractor appointments, and I finally got my re-evaluation. He still wants me to come every two weeks for maintenance right now and do another re-evaluation in three months. We won’t go back until April though, so it will be about three weeks this time. Then I went to the other chiropractor, the one who works on my foot; and he was pleased with my improvement. This time he did adjustments and stretches on both feet and legs. Surprisingly, they hurt a lot more on the left leg than on my right leg. He said my calf muscles on the left leg were really tight.
After the chiropractor appointment we went to Sears where Christy had her eyes checked and ordered some new glasses. Then we went to Chik-Fil-A and got a lemonade. At 3:00, Christy took me up to the third floor. There was a surprise awaiting me there – Lunar Mini Golf. The whole area was lighted with black lights, and everything glowed in the dark, even our teeth! This was really funny because our skin was dark, but our teeth glowed. My socks also glowed in the dark and the silvery stripes on my shoes did as well.
On the wall were beautiful chalk drawings – a moon landing; the Dark Nebula; squid; sea turtles; a dolphin doing a graceful dive, silhouetted in front of a rising moon and the silvery ripples of the sea; and others. It was all very beautiful.
There were 2 courses. We got to play both of them and then play our favorite one a second time. At the end, we got to try to shoot our ball into the “win” hole to see if we could get a free pass to come back. Neither of us got a free pass, but we would like to go back some time anyway.
(Sorry, we did not have a camera with us so didn’t get any pictures.)
Wednesday was super busy after the long day Tuesday. Surprisingly I had lots of energy. That was good because lots needed to be done.
On Thursday, though, the energy was gone. It seems I overdid it a bit. Christy had most of the day off, but we didn’t do much – made flowers and mini hats and put together the puzzle and things like that.
Even though I was feeling really weak on Thursday, the Lord did give me enough energy to work in the garden for about 15 to 20 minutes. Got about half of one section weeded. We haven’t planted anything yet, but onions and peas are coming up there (from last year). The onions reproduce by themselves, and the peas are apparently from seeds that never germinated in the fall. Looks like some chamomile coming up in that section as well. In the raised bed section, the kale is growing. That area needs to be weeded and aerated so that things will grow well. There are a couple of “trees” coming up in that section. I’m not sure what they are. That is where I threw the insides of a papaya last year, but the “trees” survived the winter so they are probably not papaya trees. Maybe they will grow and just not be able to produce. Don’t know. Guess we’ll find out.
On Friday the 16th, we had a wind storm. We were under a severe thunderstorm warning, but we mostly just got strong winds. The winds were so strong that I had to shut the dining room window because little bits of the Bradford pear blossoms were blowing right through the screen.
My aunt had a neat thing on her website. Did you know a broom will stand up on its own? Well, it will. One theory was that it could only do that around the time of the spring equinox or one of the other seasonal equinoxes, but that is not true. It can be done any time. We tried it with both our brooms, and it works just fine. Christy did it at work, but her co-worker said it was “spooky.” According to one website, standing a broom up this way is impossible. However, we know it is not, because we did it with three different brooms. And you don’t have to spread the bristles apart. Simply stand it up. There is no “trick” to it, and it isn’t magic. One site said you need a broom with stiff bristles for this to work, but that doesn’t seem to be the case either. It worked with both our corn broom and the one with nylon bristles. One possibility for the explanation of this phenomenon is that it has something to do with the earth’s gravitational pull. Another site says to use a solid, not so beat up broom, but our nylon broom is bent and rather “beat up” looking, and our corn broom has lost a lot of its bristles. So that doesn’t seem to be the case either. I couldn’t find a scientific explanation for it, but there surely must be one. Anyway, it was fun!
The last day of the week, began with a beautiful sunrise.
Health Update
So far I haven’t heard anything back about scheduling an MRI. I did call and found out it could be another 1 to 3 weeks before I even hear anything. So please continue in prayer about that.
On Thursday the 15th, my extra energy ran out. Guess I just got plain tired out. I tried weeding in the garden, but only lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. After that I felt very weak, so weak it was hard to even stand up. So I sat down for a while. I did manage to do a little cooking in the afternoon but was very weak all day. I thought I was in for a really bad flare up but felt much better on Friday. I was just over-tired.
My general health seems to be doing OK, and I am thankful for that. There has been a bit of trouble with my toenails, which is probably because of wearing shoes all the time and having sweaty feet.
My feet have not been numb as often, but they hurt a lot and have been swelling quite a bit. Also, I’ve developed a bit of a rash. It is like my other symptoms – disappears completely and then returns during a flare up. It is somewhat blotchy, and the blotches are hard and the area under the rash swells a little. Thankfully it does not itch or hurt. So far it has only been on my forearm and on my face. My face tends to be red sometimes anyway, but this can be distinguished because my cheeks get puffy under it. (picture below)
We ordered some new supplements specifically for neurological problems. I’ve just tried one so far, and it seems to be helping but is leaving me kind of “spacey.” Hopefully that side effect will diminish after a while. The interesting thing is that, since taking them, I do not seem to fall asleep for no reason when I sit down. It has been a struggle to stay awake when sitting down for more than a few minutes at a time. This can be a little problem during church. I don’t know if the “falling asleep” problem is related to my other problems, but my Grandpa had that problem as does one of my uncles.
That is about it for the health update. I’ve been thankful for some days with a little more energy.