We leave town on thursday for 2 weeks, so I will not be posting.
We travel to indiana twice a year. We travel there once in the summer time, jeff has off all summer, then once at christmas time.Both families live in IN.


It takes us 2 days to drive the 1000 miles stopping in Memphis for the night. We will enjoy a great BBQ dinner and listen to some blues and have a drink or 2. I am not going to drink too much. I am just not! I can control my drinking!!!!I am not going to blow my diet either just because I am on vacation. Am bringing 2 cases of zevia soda, ginger root beer and cream soda which are my favorite flavors. Not sure I could get them easily in INDY....I know they carry ginger beer but that is really high calorie.

I took a bottle of mag citrate because I have not been to the bathroom in days. Hope it works before I go to bed at midnight.

It is stormy out, tiny bit of rain. Glad that jeff watered both the front and back yard. Our new grass will just have to fend for itself while we are gone. We have a pet sitter come to watch the cats and I asked her to water the out door plants she agreed. We will pay her more of course.

She is coming every other day and gets the mail too...

While I was at my last clients home, I had a hot flash that lasted for ever. God I hope this is not going to happen regularly. I will see if this is my new reality tonight at 230am when I have been waking up with a hot flash where I get up and stand in front of the fan.

I am not going thru menopause gracefully.
sigh

We lost my mom's sister Barbara in january suddenly. It was a shock to all of us. She requested to be cremated and then have her ashes put into lake michigan to be with her daughter who died of MS years ago. This saturday, Mom and dad are chartering a boat to take them out 3 miles out into the lake. I don't know where they found these rules, seems silly to have to go that far out to sea.

Afterward, there is a luncheon at 2 pm at a cheeseburger place in Michigan that we all like. They have a private room so we can all be together. This Saturday we are driving straight to the restaurant to meet the rest of the family, sisters, cousins with their families and nieces. So it will be a family get together to honor Barb. The next day is fathers day so We will stay a couple more days in South Bend to visit and be with my folks. Mom is really taking it hard. Barb was her best friend...the only real friend she had. Then back to his moms house for the duration of our trip. WE will see/visit with jeffs only brother Brian. WE will help out jeffs mom who is on a walker and frail.


The only other event we have planned is a James Taylor concert with Bonnie Raitt on the 26th, the day before we leave. I have never heard her sing in a concert. Should be great!!!! Love james taylor!!!!

It will be busy and I have to stay stable. I usually end up a bit hypomanic before we leave. But instead am procrastinating packing. I need to redo my pill boxes to take out the detox pills because we think that is the reason for my constipation. That is the only thing that has changed. So I am going to stop taking them.

One more full day of work and I see my psych doctor in the morning, hoping to weigh less than when I was there last. If I get cleared out surly I will weigh less. She will be happy that I have been Alcohol free for 31 days. I am anxious to see what I weighed in her office 3 months ago.

We shall see.
Have a great 2 weeks!!!!


bizi