Hello. It’s been awhile. Mom’s dementia has been progressing and along with my health issues - I’ve got my hands full.

Only my heart and stomach need to be attended to now. I healed from the severe anemia and my kidneys and liver look good. Not great but good. I’m having frequent chest pain so my cardiologist is going to look at my heart and lungs with a sophisticated machine (don’t remember the name of it) to see if any procedure needs to be done in the near future. There seems to be a blockage in my stomach and I’m having a gastric study done next week to figure out what next steps are.

Bipolar wise I’m doing really good. I’ve been working on it for a long time now. I don’t have SI, depression or anxiety any more and I’m pretty stable most days. If I do get down, it’s gone quickly. This is a big change from the days when I was constantly S.

In the next 4 weeks, mom and I are going to a farm that grows thousands of Tulips. You can pick them for $1.50 each or $18 for a dozen. I’m looking forward to that. Of course sunflowers are my favorite flowers followed by tulips.

I won’t be able to go to Panama City this year (not strong enough) so I’ll have a staycation while everyone is away. Floating at the pool, watching the sunset, fresh, chilled watermelon and fireflies and then snuggling up on the couch with mom’s dog to read a good James Patterson book. Perfect.

I hope everyone is doing okay.