MIGRAINE...but worth it

Jim is in town from Los Angeles for a couple of days so Molly is here. Austin is deer hunting with his step dad, Bob.
Yesterday Judy and I and Corey’s family minus Stacey who had to work at FedEx Office went to Won Won Wok for lunch. Last night we all plus Niki’s family met at California Pizza Kitchen at Fashion Place (Mall) for dinner.
After dinner, because Molly was here, Alexa said she wanted to sleep over at our house; she is getting really good about that; no fears.
Since Alexa was going to sleep over, Bailey decided she would too.
Way into the night there was a lot of giggling and laughing out loud.
This morning I woke up with a headache which soon turned into a migraine. There was a “band” around my head and I go really sensitive to light.
I didn’t go to church but climbed back into bed.
The girls started screaming and laughing and giggling. Niki and Gavin showed up to retrieve Alexa and stayed quite a while. Either Niki or Jim started pounding on the piano.
For a second I thought “Oh my head!” Then I thought, “Those are my kids and grandkids out in the living room together enjoying each other’s company…having fun together.” It is well worth the noise and headache.’
‘Good for them.”

BAILEY ANN

Somewhere I mentioned how, after so many people saying so, Bailey blurted out, “I didn’t know I was soooo good looking!



Lately people have been commenting on her singing, (I heard her singing in the shower.) After someone said something about it a few days past, she got a look on her face that said, “I didn’t know I was such a gooood singer!

CATCHING UP...i.e odds and ends

first
I realized recently that my body runs on a two part cycle; three or four days of diarrhea and three or four days of wishing I had diarrhea. Sometimes there is one day of transition between the first and the second phase.
Second
I have been having some “interesting” dreams lately.
The last two nights were full of erotic dreams. (Yea, like I could keep up!)
The night before that I dreamed that Judy and I were in a small town in Australia. Judy took off and left me all alone. Thankfully it wasn’t too long before a pretty young lady (upper teens or lower twenties) came along and took my hand. We walk around the town as she pointed out the sights.
What do you expect from a 68 year-old man!?

NOW I REMEMBER....

Now I remember why I don’t do that anymore.
I don’t know what I did to earn it, but last night my back stiffened up and my leg was twitching. I couldn’t sleep. Finally at a little after two I took a muscle relaxant; the second in about a month. A half hour later I took a pain pill; the first in about a month.
A little later my body relaxed and I felt a pop in my lower back and I was soon asleep.


Wonderful except…


This morning I woke up around 9:30 feeling quite groggy. After staggering around for a while I managed to get myself together and I went to see “Uncle Tom” my chiropractor. He said my whole right side from top to bottom was tight…no kidding!
He fixed me up and off I went to Atlantis Burger in American Fork for a hot pastrami sandwich after which I came home a plopped back into bed for a couple of more hours.
Around 2:30; about twelve hours after my first pill I started feeling almost normal.

I wonder if it had something to do with the forty minute semi-brisk walk I took yesterday afternoon. Any way I reconfirm my vow never to take those pills again except when absolutely necessary. Not only do I feel better when I don’t take them but they seem to work better on those rare occasions when I do.
There go the odd jobs I planned to do around to house today.
Good night: 3:42 in the afternoon.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!

Monday, October 03, 2011
A long fun day
I had trouble getting to sleep last night then at a little after six Chris texted me and asked if I wanted to drive the Alpine Loop with him and take pictures.
Judy heard the beep on my cell phone and woke me up. I texted Chris back and told him to call me. Anyway, he picked be up in the Macey’s parking lot in Lehi and off we went. We first walked a bike trail at Bridal Vail Falls then we drove up a side canyon at Vivian Park which was fun then off we went to “the Loop”.
Our first stop was Sundance. We got out and walked around and shot pictures. Then we stopped at various places along “the Loop” to take more.
Our last major stop was on a long un-paved side road that took us to the base of Mt. Timpanogos where we got out and took a bunch of pictures.
I have a new (used) SLR Canon camera that I got from Corey and Stacey. The family got me a long range lens for my birthday and gave it to me last night when everyone was over for spaghetti dinner.
When Chris and I were doing “our thing” I keep switching back and forth from my short range to my long range lens; what a hassle and if I were in a hurry I might miss something.
Oh well!
After the drive we met Mom and Corey and Greg and Niki and Alexa and Gavin for lunch at Joy Luck or as I call it, Sum Dum Luc.
I got Jayden and Bailey after school and took Jayden to the see “Uncle” Tom; Tom Allen our chiropractor. Jayden is doing well.
From their we drove to our house and spent an hour and an quarter wrestling in the pool.
Fun day.
Side note both hiking with Chris and wrestling in the pool I am holding up really well. In fact the last three or four weeks I have been doing so well that I have gotten off my pain pills, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills.
I am not breathing heavily hiking in the mountains albeit we didn’t take any strenuous hikes but I used to be huffing and puffing just walking around in the high altitude like at Sundance.