It has been a long while since my last post, and yet it doesn't feel like that long ago... Time does fly, even if we're not having fun, it has one speed, one motion: forward.
Health wise I'm doing good overall, nothing worst than the usual pains and aches which often come with aging... The last few days I've been having one "symptom" that is bothering me... After coming in for outside, it's been twice now that I'm really having some vision issues. You know after you've been "flashed" and you see spots for a few minutes? It started like that yesterday afternoon, after having spent some time outside with the pooch, when I came in I was seeing spots. Given that it was sunny and bright out, I didn't think much of it until the spots started changing to stripes, like zebra lines going and going. I could walk and such, but could not really read nor look into a mirror - it made me dizzy. After an hour or so I didn't notice it anymore.
Today, I sat outside some, in the shade (I can't do sun much anymore... the joy of getting old...er, urgh) and when I came in I was seeing "stairs" like pattern, but mostly in my right eye... that lasted a good 45 minutes to an hour... I just got back from being outside, and my eyes are ok, I'm wondering if it is related to my glasses as both previous times I was wearing my glasses, which are for reading and do transit darker whenever in the sun... Anyway, I've made a note of these "events" and will tell my neuro when I see him next... could be nothing or something related to MS. We'll see. Ah!
I don't have a migraine, I'm feeling good, no nausea... just seeing weird moving patterns in one eye... fun!
During my last outing with the pooch, I lay down under the gazebo and listened to the noise around us. Since living here, we've noticed that during the day it is VERY quiet as well as after 9pm... Summer noises are very different from Winter ones, and this goes for smells as well. Hubby often calls me "bloodhound"... I smell things... must have been a dog in a previous life...
Rather than hearing the humming of the A/C, I heard the 640 traffic a few streets over...
Rather than hearing ice cubes falling in the ice bucket, I heard a kid plunked in a pool...
Rather that hearing my husband blow his nose for the xth time, I heard birds chirping...
After hearing the loud noise of a mower, I could smell the fresh cut grass... nothing says summer more than that. After hearing my neighbor coughing, I could smell the joint he just lit... oh wait that's not just a summer smell... After hearing the nails of my pooch going up and down the stairs from the patio to the door, I could hear her bark at the neighbor's cat taunting her by the fence...
So, life is good. Despite the heat wave and humidex through the roof, I will take that over winter any day Love having my toes out, in flipflops, and this even if my feet are always cold. I'm not crazy about doing sweet nothing and sweating, or sweating so much my glasses fog up or slide down my nose... I will admit not being a big fan of gardening, I hate bugs and this year my lilies have been eaten, almost cut all of them off... beurk... My planters are doing well and love seeing those colorful flowers, so pretty.
Keeping busy with the few clients I've kept and doing this and that... like painting rocks, organizing a virtual meetup to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Postcrossing... yep, I still do the postcards thing. I will admit that I'm sending less these days since the prices of stamps went up... it's getting to be an expensive hobby, but I still enjoy it! Still selling postcards as well. I'm importing less from the States since things are nuts over that side of the border since their last election it did NOT get any better! Haven't traveled and not planning anything either... Home is the place to be for both (or rather all three) of us!
And voilà, this was my little update in the world of Stinkypaw! 😏