Good Thursday morn to you!
Here we are again! Another post. Must be a full moon or something. One thing for sure, it’s the first Thursday of the month which means it is time for Sentence a Day, 05.2018. I really slipped on my sentence writing last month. There were days when I was just too dawg tard (dog tired) to write a sentence. And not doing much better so far this month. But I want to get my act together because it’s always fun to see all that has happened, to remember the special moments and to celebrate the little milestones and triumphs. And I’m always glad to have you join me for this and all my other posts!!
Sentence a Day, 05.2018
Feeling My Age
- Dreary, cool day…felt more like fall than May Day; I remember as a child making May Day baskets at school and dancing ’round the May Pole, innocent times. 05.01.2018
- Stepped outside my comfort zone with two activities - walking around downtown adding money to parking meters, and taking my first Pure Barre class - talk about hard work, I felt every one of my 60 years! 05.02.2018
Love is in the Air
- Spent much of the morning trying to put out prenuptial nerves in Brennyn, then waiting on pins and needles for the first pictures of their marriage ceremony in Las Vegas; in between that, I finally finished spring cleaning the study, amazed that I am not bedridden after yesterday’s workout, cheeseburger sloppy Joe’s for dinner after PC’s baseball practice. Happy wedding day, Brennyn and Mustafa. 05.03.2018
- Terribly frustrating meeting with our inept and totally incompetent lawyer for the latest on our pool lawsuit, came home shaking with anger and disappointment, walked up McKelligon Canyon to work some of the anger out and watched “Tully”, a fabulous movie, at the theater. 05.04.2018
- Baseball Saturday with six hours at the ball park, grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for supper and a soak in the hot tub before bed. Happy 6th anniversary to Lauren and Francisco. 05.05.2018
Busy Bee
- Super Sunday…bike ride to the gym and home with weight work out while there, grilled shrimp and chicken for dinner, quiet evening blog reading and watching Lucia on What’s App; Lauren seemed really, really good! 05.06.2018
- Got all out of whack with my morning routine which threw my day off, pizza for dinner, skipped the gym, worked on my elephant cross-stitch and elephant collage today. 05.07.2018
- Overall good day; city inspector actually showed up to reinspect our electricity for the pool, he advised me how to put in a complaint against the pool builder’s bond, cleaned and organized the drawers in the master bath, morning walk, 79 minute gym work out, used my Instapot for the first time to make beans and sausage. 05.08.2018
- Another good day…until the garage door broke…what is going on with our house?…my second barre class was tougher than the first, worked on my elephant collage, made meatloaf for dinner after a 75 minute gym work out…just call me Jack(ette) Lalane. 05.09.2018
- Hot as blue blazes, second triple digit day; lunch with old Schuster Elementary pals, finished organizing bathroom, journaled in my Bible, walked around the neighborhood and ran on the treadmill, Skryped with my sister and finished another Germany trip scrapbook page. Lauren has an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic and asked me to accompany her with Lucia; thank you, God, for answered prayers. 05.10.2018 (I wrote 2011…geez, where is my mind?
- PC’s Friday off so we were out and about getting him a sports massage, working out at the fancy schmancy Planet Fitness on the we$t $ide of town, followed by Chinese buffet and a soak in the hot tub. 05.11.2018
Three-Day Weekend
- Baseball Saturday - long day at the ball park but got a good walk in while talking to my mom on the phone, improptu hot dogs on the grill and beer with the baseball team after the game, Souper Salad supper and FREE ‘Don’t Look Back’ Boston tribute band concert at the Sunland Park Casino. 05.12.2018
- Mother’s Day Sunday - my babies gave me a carpet cleaner for pet owners; easy work out at the gym, ran a few errands, strawberry cheesecake for dinner. 05.13.2018
- PC was off today for a doctor’s appointment, I ironed, organized his side of the closet, worked on blog reading and writing, helped install new faucets in our bathroom to replace the leaky ones, called lawyers, inspectors about the pool, good work out at the gym, steak on the grill for dinner. 05.14.2018
Going into Battle
- Prepared notes, a timeline and photographs for our pool court hearing, good gym workout, inside out egg rolls in a bowl for dinner then walked up to get frozen yogurt after sunset. 05.15.2018
- Court hearing was today, met with the opposing council and hope we have convinced him that all we want is our pool to be made ‘right’; came home and hit the spring cleaning of our room - washed windows, blinds, dusted everything, laundered drapes and bedding but feeling very shaky and weak today. 05.16.2018
Productive Days
- Finished spring cleaning upstairs with the exception of the carpets which I will do tomorrow, only took 2 months to clean 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, a study, a loft and a big ole hall; had blood drawn to check for diabetes…always something. 05.17.2018
- Yay for good days…Bible journaling, spring cleaning, morning walk, afternoon workout at the gym, spaghetti squash casserole for dinner; another sad, distressing shooting at a Texas high school, senselessness. 05.18.2018
- Another good day…slept like a champ, PC played a great baseball game, lunch with the baseball gang, first swim of the season, blog writing and Live PD watching, long phone convo with my mom, Buff sounds more energetic. 05.19.2018
- Lazy until noon, another good gym workout - so proud of us - Panda Express to celebrate, early to bed. 05.20.2018
Albuquerque-Cleveland-Lexington Bound
- Quick morning ironing, finishing the carpet cleaning upstairs, putting laundry away before meeting PC at work for a picnic lunch (hamburger on a bench) then driving to Albuquerque so I can accompany Lauren (and Lucia) to The Cleveland Clinic for an evaluation. 05.21.2018
- Scrambled around helping Lauren get her suitcase packed and Lucia’s many necessities together for our trip to Cleveland, after two flights and five hours, we took an Uber to the hotel and were tucked into bed before midnight. 05.22.2018
- Hectic day with appointment for Lauren at the Cleveland Clinic at 7:45, evaluated by a microscopic polyangiitis specialist who thinks she doesn’t have it but has inflammatory bowel disease instead, running more tests to try to get a clear diagnosis. Removed Lauren from her chemo and steroids and a third medicine called Plaquenil. The results for the tests won’t be back for 24-48 hours so we rented a car and drove 5+ hours to Lexington to see my mom and brother. 05.23.2018
- Such a nice day with my mom, Lauren, and Lucia in Lexington…lunch and dinner, naps and happy hour music together, Lucia was a doll high-fiving and knuckle bumping all of the seniors at my mom’s apartment complex. 05.24.2018
- Visited with Metra (sister-in-law) and Shelby (niece) before lunch and Kevin and his girlfriend LeeAnn after lunch, dinner at mom’s favorite restaurant O’Charley’s and bingo before we head back to the hotel to pack up for our trip back to Cleveland and home. I love my brother so much. He bought Lauren a beautiful guardian angel to keep her safe. 05.25.2018
- Up hours before sunrise, split the drive to Cleveland with Lauren, Lucia was a doll; turned in rental car and boarded our first flight for home, layover in Houston, arriving in Albuquerque just before bedtime…one LONG day, and 3 time zones! 05.26.2018
Home, Sweet Home
- Woke up soaking wet with sweat, not certain where I was, decided to head for home without waking Lauren to say goodbye so left a little love note for her and a heart and kiss on the bathroom mirror in lipstick for Lucia; glad to come home to my sweet husband and our life. 05.27.2018
- Eased back into the routine with biscuits and gravy for breakfast, an easy workout at the gym, visit to the national cemetery, swimming laps in the pool and pizza and beer for dinner. 05.28.2018
- Back on track with a regular weekday with PC at work and me at home filling my day with ironing, vacuuming, mopping, devotional time, morning walk and then a good workout with my hubs at the gym before dinner. 05.29.2018
- Crazy day driving from one end of El Paso to the other for a cut and color and lots of odd errands in blistering heat. 05.30.2018
- My whirlwind trip is catching up with me…feeling snorky and sniffly at the same time, coughing and hoarse, babied myself with a nap. 05.31.2018
I’ve been doing these Sentence a Day posts for quite some time. Originally through some of the TBB gals. But it is Rebecca Jo at Knit by God’s Hand who actually dreamed up this series. Sadly, Rebecca Jo lost her father suddenly toward the middle of May. Hope you will join me in thinking a good thought and sending up a prayer for this sweet lady and her family.
Your Turn
How did you fare in May? Good month, bad month or somewhere in-between? If you have a Sentence a Day, 05.2018 post, please link up with us!
We have one more out of town trip in the near future and then I am going to park myself at home and not going to budge. I have been so off my routine. And I miss it. Spring cleaning may never get finished!
Off to walk with my Prince before bed.
Hugs and kisses,
You’ve had a full May, accomplishing a lot and traveling, too. I hope you feel much better by now, Leslie. Thanks for organizing the SaD link-up again. Have a peaceful and enjoyable June!
Nancy Baten says
That is a werd month! A bit of swinging between happiness and stress. I hope that pool conflict will be solved! Thanks for organizing and have a great weekend!
Debs says
What a busy, mixed month you had - you’ve gone through every emotion in the book! Let’s hope that June is more carefree and relaxing.
Gail says
Tumultuous is how I would describe your month. You have a lovely breezy style, I fear I am too long-winded and lose everyone in my SAD posts! Thanks for organizing! x
Whitney @ Whitney à la mode says
I’m always so impressed with how much activity and productivity you fit into every month and season. I feel like my daily sentences would be way boring. Haha. And those wedding pictures are gorgeous!
Would love to have you join us for a Sentence a Day post. I bet you would be surprised at the kinds of day to day things you do that we would all love to read about. Especially now that wedding plans are underway!
Was thinking of you today, leaving the teaching profession, at least for now. It is such a tough career. Even with summer vacation and seasonal breaks, and Christmas holidays. And the work day extends so many hours beyond that dismissal bell. But I know you were a wonderful teacher. Hope you can find something new to do that will allow you to interact with people/children. You are such a dear.
P.S. Thank you for the kind words about my bride/daughters. I am so proud of them!
I can’t imagine all that you are going through Leslie. With the pool thing (which adds so much stress and negativity) to your daughter’s tests and such. It’s amazing that you keep up anything. As for it taking 2 months to clean your house, I just want to say, I consider that good. I hardly clean at all anymore. And no, I don’t have a housekeeper. I just kinda gave up caring…..that’s why we meet friends out at restaurants…ha ha!!
XOXO
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
Thank you for making me giggle!! We really hardly socialize, certainly not at home because I am so paranoid about the house. And so uncomfortable entertaining. But we are going to have cookout for PC’s baseball team and their families (shiver me timbers)! I need to psych myself up for this. Hopefully, we can keep it pretty basic and I will feel comfortable with my hostess duties.
My oldest daughter’s wedding celebration…3 days of Afghani festivities…next week in Ft. Worth. Once that is behind me, it will be a huge weight off my shoulders. I haven’t been able to financially help my daughter and her husband much with this but have done what I could from 600 miles away and limited resources. We are hopeful that the pool builder is going to finally do something about our pool and my younger daughter’s health seems to be stabilized for now, as we try to get the doctors to settle on one diagnosis or another. I hope by next SaD post, I have lots of good days to share.
Christie Hawkes says
I always loving reading your sentence a day posts, Leslie. It gives me a little peek into your daily life and makes me feel like I know you. I hope your daughter is well and your pool is made right!
Thank you, Christie. This is one of my favorite series because it serves to remind me of big and little milestones each month. It’s so easy to only remember the troubles. We are hopeful that Lauren is getting good medical care and that we are getting to the bottom of her health issues. Just hope to get the doctors to decide on which of two diagnoses are correct.
Even with all of the issues with our pool, we are at least able to swim in it. And I knocked out a mile swim yesterday and today.
Daenel T. says
What a busy month for you! Putting money in parking meters? What a good idea!!
Sending healing prayers up for your daughter.
I want to eat that little Lucia up. Not literally, because eating babies is frowned upon… But oh my word is she a cutie!!!!
Thank you for your prayers for Lauren and sweet words about my tasty Lucia. She is just right for nibbling on. Even if doing so is frowned upon!! Lauren has been busy this week potty training her and we have discovered just how stubborn a two-year-old can be! But as of today, she even went ‘potty’ like a big girl at daycare so I think they’ve about got it made.
Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you are still dealing with that pool stuff! I really hope they just make it right, some people…grrr!!! And so happy you could be there for your daughter during this time, I hope they find answers! Your granddaughter is just the cutest!
Hey love, you are so sweet to worry that your comment didn’t come through and to send it in an email, too! Big hugs for that. I don’t know why, but I am having some email/comment issues. My BFF has commented and commented and none of her comments come through. I hired someone to see if somehow her comments are blocked but the IT guy couldn’t find anything wrong on my blog’s end. Very frustrating.
This pool stuff has made me bananas. Turned our lawyer in to the Texas Legal Board today. And called to try to get someone to help us with our faulty electrical wiring too. It is an everyday worry.
Thank you for the sweet words about Lauren and Lucia. We are all going to Ft. Worth this week for my oldest daughter’s wedding celebration so we will be together again. Lucia reminds me of your Mini in that she is quite dramatic and all girl!
I always enjoy your SAD posts, Leslie, you were indeed supremely busy in May! I would have reacted the same way about your pool, too, and I hope it can get resolved soon! I haven’t read June’s yet so?? My teaching schedule all last semester with a brand new class and new curriculum took me out of blogging for a few months, but I’m back, but really only doing photo challenges. I’m always surprised at how much I can write about images for challenges. Of course you know by now I am hosting Sunday Stills photo challenge and hope you can join us when possible! It has a link-up too. I’m also using this summer to hopefully finish my book called “No Excuses Fitness” and it might be right up your alley (as a pre-reader)! I’m always happy when other busy women make time for exercise every day, like you!
Would love to pre-read your “No Excuses Fitness” book. Sounds like something I would enjoy. So in envy that you are a published author. And such a wonderful photographer, too.
I created a graphic for the summer Insta photo challenge. I am so tickled that you remembered it from last year and were anxious to do it again this year. Will send it out this week. Will join your Sunday Stills, too! In fact, let me go by right now to see if the new prompt is out!!