The end of May has arrived and, starting tomorrow, the year will be half over. Isn’t that just crazy? It seems that way to me. How has the weather been in your area? It is hot as hell here! I swear it seems to get hotter and hotter every single day. I was out early yesterday morning, and by 10 am I was rolling in sweat every time I got out of the car. Hopefully it will get a little more normal over the summer. Just kidding! It will be even hotter and I will feel like I am going through the hot flashes of five women.
The doctor suggested that I take up something new or, at the least, exercise to help bring my blood pressure back down. He felt that I wasn’t relaxing enough. The truth is that he is correct. Things have been a bit hectic. Medically speaking, the nodules in my mother’s lungs have gotten larger. That means she will have to see a specialist to find out if it is something we need to worry about. There is also some groundglass in them. That means it looks like groundglass and is something that happens, but the reason behind it could be something to worry over.
Not to mention the COPD that seems to have She swears she doesn’t, but the scan she had done showed it. My scans had both good news and worrying news. Everything in the heart is going as well as it possibly can. My cardiologist is very happy with my progress. If I could just bring down my stress levels, However, there is a cyst on one of my ovaries. It could be nothing, but it worries me.
A New Hobby
I always wanted to do pottery and found a class at my local college. I have just started and while it is supposed to help me relax more, it may be driving my blood pressure up. It is not as easy as it looks, but I will admit that when I master something new, I feel pretty good about things. So it may actually be helping more than it is hurting.
Who knows, this may be something I end up being fabulous at. Either way, I am having fun while I learn something new. Plus, if my doctor hadn’t told me to do something, I most likely would not have even tried. I tend to stick with what I know. The class is two months long, so just long enough to learn the basics. I won’t be able to create a masterpiece, but I will be able to do a few things. I have no idea what I am going to do with the pieces that I make, but I know I will figure something out.
Shows & Activities
I have finally gotten to the end of Midsomer Murders. There were 22 seasons and I watched them all. I don’t know what I am going to watch now. Season 23 is in the works. I had been watching Death in Paradise but stopped, so I guess I can finish that. After that, I’ll have to find something new to watch. I am funny about television. I can say I want to watch something and then, five minutes into it, decide that I don’t want to watch it. I have the hardest time finding something that I can enjoy.
3 Favorite Blog Posts From the Month
- Learning to fall in love with your fitness routine is important. Lets face it we all hate to work out. I know hat I do and I always look for ways to do it without realizing that I am actually doing it if I can.
- Cookbooks are my jam! I love them so much and trying some for summer gives me something new and exciting in my repertoire. I hate cooking the same thing over and over.
- Happiness is almost a foreign concept at times for me. I wanted to give y’all an insight with the 20 things that make me happy. They aren’t huge things but honestly there are times when that list gets me through the day.
Run the Year Update
The doctor asked me to stop doing this until after my procedure. So I did about 50 miles the first couple of weeks of the month, but then I had to stop. I don’t know when he will allow me to get back to it. I will let y’all know how things are going once I am back on it.
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In May we took our family vacation to the beach, which went better than I expected.
In May we celebrated several birthdays.
My month hasn’t changed much, still going to doctor’s appointments and waiting for lab results and having more appointments added to the ones we already had! It is quite exhausting! Here’s hoping we all have a wonderful, successful, healthy and relaxing June!
More time outside gardening, walking, and starting a business
I’m spending more time outside, gardening, walking and yard work. We took a trip to visit my sister and her family.
We’ve been busy this month. We finished up homeschooling for the year and have been finishing up activities with things like piano and dance recitals. We’ve been working on our garden too.
was busy
Was a quiet month weather was a bit unpredictable so did lots of reading and some spring cleaning and organizing.
I spent a lot of the month getting some diy projects finished. I’ve also been spending time with my grandchildren.
My kids finished off their school year, we have signed up for summer camps and now we are just trying to enjoy our summer.
Month was quite productive. Been going well.
I helped my son move into his new apartment.
My May started out great with beautiful weather most of the month & having my grandson stay with me on school holidays & weekends. Sadly, the last week of May, we had a tragic death in our family from an accidental overdose.
I did not do anything but rest
We just did our regular routine.
May was hectic! I had a couple of medical procedures but then last week was my birthday and it was wonderful.
It was my birthday on the 1st and I was surprised by my sister who I have not seen for two years as she lives in Australia so it was an awesome month for me.
I did some much needed house cleaning and trying to get ready for gardening season.
In April I lost 2 uncles so in May I focused on spending time with family. I was able to schedule one get together with 3 family members and this month I hope to spend time with several others.
My month in review – volunteering, working out, meal planning for healthy meals.
Pretty much my regular month.
May was a real roller coaster, i landed a new client and then my husband lost his job, so we’re treading water, running to stand still, hoping for a better june.
My month has been a bit rough – I started a new job so the training/transitioning over from a job I knew extremely well to one that I’m learning from scratch has been tough. My stress strangely has dropped though, as I was in charge of a lot of things at my old job where as this one I’m not, so I got a pay bump but less stress. Everything else has been great!
My month was a “fix it” month. Now that the weather is reasonable and not frozen we were able to start on the outdoor things that needed fixed. New septic system, new drainage system around the house. Hopefully this will put an end to our house flooding every Spring and Fall!
I started Aquatherapy and it’s helped me a lot! Had a birthday party at the lake for the youngest and have started watercolor painting. I’m loving it!
May has been the rainiest I’ve seen yet in Washington State. On the plus side, we’ve been going through a drought, so hopefully this weather will mitigate it somewhat.
MY MONTH IN REVIEW INCLUDES MY SON’S 11TH BIRTHDAY, WINDING DOWN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WORK 🙂
May was a quiet, uneventful month for me. No highlights to share just more of the same day-to-day nothing is happening
I did a lot of yard work in the month of May getting the yard ready for summer. I also did a lot of spring cleaning and organizing.h
i had a lot of emotional ups and downs, more downs than ups. i could use a vacation
More time outside with family
May no different from any other month. Bed-bound because of stroke.
A lot of financial stress, but weather is getting really nice
Worked a ton, planned for my birthday trip and spent time with family!
Well, my month in review starts with some bad weather! The storms here in Nebraska have been terrible but could be worse. I need to remember that! I’ve been playing with my granddaughters and trying to get my health under control. God bless everyone and I hope you have a great month!
My month in review. Work Monday to Friday. Weekends of. Repeat.
My month went pretty smooth. I found a few new recipes to try & my family loved them. I like to throw in some new ones to “spice up” my meal plans. We also decided to get rid of some clutter. This is going to be ou summer project to simplify our life.
My month has been kinda terrible so far; work, relationship and life in general has been tough
The month has had some ups and downs; been reading some good books and enjoying the nice weather
May was pretty awful here. Good news–snow did finally all melt. So gardening is definitely going on. Bad news–my depression kicked in full force when we had all the snow, and then flooding, and then power outages. So I’m having a hard time going outside. Planting flowers. Even making meals, to tell the truth. Oh well, I know this will pass.
Patience.
This month has been all about learning to live with my new hip. Finally getting back into the pool after 7 weeks away.
So much going on this month. Trying to enjoy the weather.
Still recovering from surgery. Getting stronger every day.
My month has gone pretty smoothly. It has gone fast. I am looking forward to some hotter weather that is coming.
May passed by really quickly. I love the weather in May so I was quite active outdoors and lost a few lbs!
I help our children & grandkids. I go to their houses & clean, do laundry, babysit & weed their gardens because they work full time & it helps me keep my mind busy.
Attended a couple of birthday parties.