Monday, September 9, 2019

Happy Birthday!

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  Good Morning All :) Sipping a lovely cup of tea from our Retro apartment- its so peaceful here. The owners cat was waiting outside on the porch to greet me. Job done & shes wander off to find a place to nap. Battling a sore throat. Crossing fingers it doesnt develop as I rarely get sick.

Had a great day yesterday at Joshua Tree National Park in the open air Hummer. Sorry to those on facebook for the duplicate photos. Its an amazing place.

Today we plan to do some tours. See Queen Mary and Battleship Iowa plus wander around the pier etc. Our hosts told us about stand up paddleboarding & Im keen to give that a try if time permits! I will be the one who is in the water swimming after the board likely but it would be fun.

Ann- Good luck with your appointment today. Your relationship with food thoughts resonated with me a lot

Well its time for another cuppa. DH is still sleeping & Im listening to the sounds of Long Beach waking up - and likely go to work. Of which Im thankful I dont need too for a while. Have a great day all x

Uggg sorry pics went before text- harder to post from phone

Hopefully your throat is just a consequence of the dry air yesterday! Gorgeous pics. I always feel like I'm a lot closer to the sun in the desert. All that clear air and dry heat.

Still have sore throat- crossing fingers I can shake it

What a GREAT looking couple you guys are! Lookin' good, y'all. :)

Re the sore throat, find an "Urgent Care" walk-in clinic and get treatment / meds for your sore throat. Better sooner than later. And better NOT to infect your hubby, because you know how they whine when THEY get sick! ;)

Awww thank you Ann xx Such a sweet thing to say

Im doing ok- we went to the pharmacy after dinner & I got some sore throat lozenges. Upped my Vit C so will see how it pans out

If I do get a head cold, Im heading for the right place as next stop is staying with our friend in San Fran who just happens to be an intensive care nurse so figuring she will be able to sort me out

And I hear you re men & sickness! Well aussie ones anyway :) no offense Peps & Leap he he he

Hey Shirley go to a health food store or Whole Foods or some such or Trader joes and get some zinc lozenges - I get these elderberry ones that taste best. They also sell zicam at drug stores. The zinc helps ward off and shorten colds. I picked up a cold on our trip and am using them. Diane S

Thanks Diane S - will do and hope your cold gets better soon x

Weight: 172

Thank you all for the birthday love. We celebrated yesterday since Mondays are hard! My sister made my favorite casserole with salad and bread (nom nom carbs) and we got a chocolate caramel cake from my favorite bakery.

Weight up today. Smh. Not much to do about it now! We'll be celebrating a friend tonight who shares my same birthday.

Surgery tomorrow. That always brings on all kinds of doubts. It's going to place a lot of demands on DH and I'm feeling extremely selfish for not just being satisfied.

My grandmother, with whom I am extremely close, seems ill. Her appetite has plummeted, and her speech seems slow if not slurred. I'm very worried. She is nearly 89 and I just have a bad feeling about this. And yet, we all know it's coming. Some day. She's lived a good life. HOping it's something easily treatable, but she's scared...and that has me scared.

Which reminds me that the greatest gift of all is good health. I just hope and pray to stay healthy enough for many more trips around the sun :)

Good luck for surgery- will be thinking of you