HOT!

As usual, it didn't take long for the temperature to go into full Summer mode.  It's hot today and supposed to be in the 90s all week.  And of course, we've had no rain to speak of.  Even though we have gotten rain a few times lately, we're still more than 7 inches below normal for this time of year.  And it's been windy as hell, which just sucks what moisture there is, out of everything.  After spending some time outside this morning looking at the growing things, I changed my sprinkler system to run every three days rather than every four days.  I predict water restrictions this summer are going to be fierce.

So I'm complaining about the weather again.  Hmmmm.  How about if I complain about my health instead?  I jinxed myself, I guess.  I had been bragging about being cold-free since last July (which cold dragged on almost into September).  But then since September and my diet changes, I haven't been sick.  So I was depressed to come down with a cold this week after my trip to Washington DC.  It's a nice cold too -  all settled in my chest.  I'm at the coughing at night stage now, which is one of my least favorite, and I've been suffering with a head that feels like it's stuffed with cotton, and really low energy levels.  I actually slept 11 hours last night and also last Wednesday night because I took Thursday off to try to recover a little.  Plus my sciatica kicked up, either from the plane ride or from babying the knee I injured doing Zumba. 

And worst of all, I gained 3 pounds.  *laughing*  Okay, that's not worst, but still now that I'm on the mend, I need to begin exercising again, although I'll take it a little more slowly than the Zumba, which was fun but totally blew out that right knee.  And anyway I can't exercise hard right now without coughing up a lung.  But I can cut back on eating everything in sight, which is kinda what I've been doing.  I know the old wives saying is to feed a cold, but I think I've gone overboard a bit.

I need to do some house-cleaning.  Between being busy and not having much energy, the place needs some work.  I'll get right on that . . . one of these days.

I had an MRI of my brain done last Monday.  I've been having some minor facial numbness and the neurologist I see for my migraines wanted to rule out all the bad stuff.  Which the MRI did - rule out any bad stuff.  Nothing abnormal in there, and actually it's kind of nice to have written proof that I do possess a normal brain.  Or just a brain, come to think of it.    So the facial thing is just another in a long list of symptoms that you can just put down to "aging" and add to the list of things to learn to ignore.  Gotta tell ya, not wild about this whole aging thing. 

Anyway, this is a short post again today because I don't have much to blog about again.  Just wanted to post the roses at the front corner of my house which are blooming nicely, and another picture of the little hummingbird.