Okay Officially Going Nuts

 

My Sweet Grandson Alex. He is such a handsome young man in his suit. I want to say that this was done with a photo of his middle school graduation, but I cannot be positive as this was done before water marks were required.

Hello,

 I hope that all are doing great. I have had a splitting headache for the last couple of days and along with the headache, my doctor called to say that I tested positive for another kidney infection. 

 The good news is that according to my culture, they have actually found a antibiotic that works on the bugs I have so we are hoping that this clears it up once and for all. No one is more hopeful than I am. My doctor did tell me that we are running out of options so she is as hopeful as possible as well.

 I am going crazy. The neighbors across the way are driving me bonkers. I don't know if it is the son or a son in law, and I am all for praising the Lord, but he at 3:00am was screaming Amen again over and over. 

 I think that they woke the toddler who was also screaming. I am not sure what is going on with that family, but it is not the elderly man this time!

 No way I could live with those dynamics. And then the new neighbors above us is so LOUD that I wake up at midnight sitting up in my bed and trying to figure out what is going on and then I am up for hours. It is almost 10:00am and I have been up since 3 this morning and with this horrid headache to boot.

 I try not to be a negative person, but I am seriously becoming more negative by the day it seems. 

 Oh, Jon my son cooked a wonderful dinner last night. 2 of my favorite things, a southern style meatloaf and mac and cheese. I am not sure what else he made as I was not able to eat since I had the headache and the nauseated feeling that went with it, but I will try to have a bite to eat at lunch.

 News is short here. The only thing that has not changed is this wicked heat wave. We have been in triple digit temps and our heat index has been anywhere from 111-120 and we have a 20% chance of rain. It is likely to miss us and if it does rain then it will just make the humidity increase to even hotter temps. Not good!

 I read where we are opening a few more cooling centers for those who are without power. We have been asked to decrease our electrical usuage from 4:00pm to 10:00pm for the next few days. 

 I really hope that we do not lose power. I would really have to find one of the cooling centers if that should happen. Years ago I developed sun poisoning and heat exhaustion and cannot tolerate heat anymore.

 Yesterday I tried to send my son Matthew a happy birthday text message, and it kept saying it failed. 

 I was able to send it this morning and he thanked me but said... "But... mom my birthday is in July... a month from now". OMGosh I am really losing it haha, as it is still June, and my son Jonathan has his birthday the last day of this month!  At least I got a laugh out of it. 

 I have 5 kids and they have birthdays starting in May, 2 in June, 1 in July and one August 1st. I knew it was some one's birthday coming up lol. I didn't get that part wrong at least. Now if I can just remember the actual birthday!

 I guess I am going to try and eat a few bites and then try and lay down. Hopefully the upstairs neighbors will be quiet and the people across the way must have finally went to bed as it is quiet. Or it was when I took Foxy out to potty. 

 Have a great day to all and be safe... BB

Triple Heat and Heat Index

 My great- great niece and nephew. I did this scrap page a couple of years ago. He was not having any Girl Kisses lol.

 Hello,

 Sorry it has been a little while since I posted. I have been under the weather, and I am feeling a little better now, but just a little. I wish I was feeling a lot better. A lot of nausea and my potassium rose to a critical level. Hoping that with this medicine and watching my diet, it has gone back down. I am not sure when I will be going back to have more labs. The middle of July, I think. I need to look at my calendar, but I know that I don't have another doctors appointment until the 27th and then I will see my nephrologist. He is my kidney specialist.

 Well the saga with my neighbor continues. In a much better way. I think that he must have been in the hospital but he is home now and he is not like he was before, so I am glad that they got him some help! 

 But I have new neighbor's right above me now. I have forgotten just how jarring a toddler can scream! They are all very loud. They stomp around, drop things and the screaming actually jolted me out of a sound sleep at 12:30 this morning. I sat straight up in bed! 

 I took Foxy outside to potty and they were on the balcony and the child was screaming nonstop. I guess if they couldn't sleep neither should anyone else. We went back inside and I was up until 3:30. I caught up with a game on my computer and fell back asleep until 6:00 and just got up. 

 I love kids, so I cannot complain about a child who is not happy for whatever reason. They are at the age where they probably don't even know what they are unhappy about. But the parents or guardians could walk a little softer and not slam door or scream to one another. 

 On to other news! We are so hot! We are triple digits. Yesterday was 106 and 111 heat index. Our humidity was almost 90% so it was just hot, muggy and miserable. 

 We have a high ridge of pressure above us and it is stationary for the next week at least. We are also in the path of some severe storms. Tornados and hail over 2 inches wide. That is some huge chunks of ice. We are in a scale of 2 out of a 1-5 so not terribly severe for us, but south of us and southeast will be in for more damaging weather. I hope that all will be alright. It would be nice for us to get some rain, but we don't have much of rain chances here for us. We are in July though, and we usually do not get much rain this time of year. 

 One more hot summer and once again I am looking forward to autumn. Last year we were hot until the first week of November. The kids were trick or treating and they were miserable in their costumes. Normally we get our first cold front Halloween night. Not last year! They ended up going home and had a little party. They made candy and fun treats, like roasted marshmallows on sticks and candied some apples. The older kids even did some crafts for the little kids and helped them cut out some things and made some banners and bags for their candy. We had a little Halloween party the week before where we watched movies. It was fun, but I went home the day after because I had an appointment that I couldn't miss.

 Well I guess this about wraps up any of the news around here. Not much is going on. Just hoping that we don't lose power and that our power grid stays stable. 

 Until next time, stay safe and stay well.... BB

 Update... Just took Foxy out to potty and guess what I heard? The joy of a happy baby!! giggling and laughter and more delighted squeals of a happy child. Now that I can live with haha...

 It is so good to hear the sounds of laughter. It is so wonderful to experience the joy from a happy parent or guardian. That is the sounds of the Happiness of Life! 

 It is already getting muggy hot out there. It is just a little after 9:00am and it is 82 degrees! I will be holding everyone close to my heart and prayers today and in the coming days that all will be safe. 

 I have not heard if Europe is experiencing this intense heat as we are, but if so, I hope that everyone will have access to cooling centers and will be safe. Prayers to all. BB

 

It's Summer and Hurricane Season

  Foxy's Bed. When I was in the hospital Foxy was missing me and she chose my laundry basket to sleep in while I was gone. This isn't my laundry basket really. Jon and I have a hamper. I just had some odd's and end's in the basket, but the contents did have my scent on them and she would lay in the hamper until I came home from the hospital. She is just so precious.

Hello,

 I hope that all are doing well. I guess I am doing ok here on my end. I have just been busy with some doctor appointments and Karyn is spending a few days with me.

 I was supposed to get a new phone, but we have decided to wait a few days. Karyn has to go to Houston for a work boot camp to learn how to use a new system and then come back and teach her team how to use the new system.

 Now traveling to Houston Texas is not a fun time for her, but it is work and she is going. It doesn't help that when a hurricane brews in the Gulf and decides to hit land, she usually is one of the workers that has to go, and this time she is going with her supervisor so at least she is going with someone that she likes, but it doesn't help that Hurricane season started June 1st, and on that day we had a tropical depression brewing in the gulf.

 It has weakened and is turning to Florida as about 20 minutes ago when Karyn looked at the radar or news or whatever, but hopefully she will be spared the horrible sweltering heat and having to work in it as well.

 When hurricane Harvey hit Texas, it was a hot and sweaty dy. It came it hit and it destroyed. Normally we are far enough inland that we don't have any problems other than some heavy rain, but Harvey was so bad that our apartment flooded here in Austin.

 So as bad as I hurt for any of the people who have to deal with hurricanes this new season, I am so glad that so far it looks like Houston will be spared. Like it or not, Karyn is going to have to go and be there and do the boot camp work to help her team be able to do the important work to help people who need it.

 I will finish with an update tomorrow for this blog, as it is getting late and I have to go to bed as I have more appointments tomorrow.

 Good night for now..... Take care of YOU and Be Safe... BB

Bright And Early

 

A scrap page I did several years ago. This was one of my favorite kits and it was the year that one of my grandsons dressed as a pirate for Halloween, but the boy in the photo was a stock photo from a free site.

 Good Morning,

 How are you doing today? Good I hope. It is early for me. I woke up around 3 this morning and just stayed up. 

 The smoke alarm has been going off again and it upsets Foxy. She will bark warning me that it is going off, but I hear it. I just don't get up as fast as she wants me to and she continues to bark, as if she can chase the sound away.

 By the time I sit up, uncover, undo my sleep apnea mask and get across the room to get the broom and shut it off she has barked loudly at least 7-8 times. Then I am usually awake which she patiently waits for me to come back to bed. Sometimes I can go back to sleep, but other times like this morning, I am awake. UGH!

 So my neighbor is going off the rails. I had an incident with them yesterday that left me pretty shaken up. 

  So there is this elderly man and I am assuming that he is the father of the woman that is there. I have heard her call him Dad before so maybe or maybe they are related in some other way. I really have no idea.

 I have said before that there is a crying toddler but I only see him sporadically these days. I think that might be a good thing.

 Yesterday morning around this time he was at it again, screaming at the girl. I didn't hear it. Jonathan said when he took Foxy out he was screaming at her.

 I woke up around 9 and took my coffee outside and he was yelling. I tried to tune him out. He was screaming over and over at the top of his lungs, "I Love You, I am Lion, Hear Me Roar" "Amen, Amen, Amen".

 I turned around and picked up my coffee cup and I see her looking at me and I waved, and she waved back, and then He started running at her, charging at her and she swung around and pushed with all of her might screaming "HELP"!

 Then she ran back to the balcony fence, and I yelled back at her "Are You OKAY"?

 He yelled back at me and said I AM OK and I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU AMEN,AMEN, AMEN".

 Then she did something really odd, she started beating herself on the chest. I don't know if she was trying to signal for help, like he was beating up on her or what. 

 My son, Jonathan came to the door and asked "Mama who are you talking to"? So I told him what was going on and he told me to leave them alone. We don't need to get involved and I told him, "Jon she is pregnant" and he said, "Mama we don't even know what apartment that is and if you want to call the police you can become embroiled in a domestic violence issue, and you don't need that with your health."

 A little while later I seen 3 small children. I would say about 5-10 years old and heard a lot of yelling. The kids were on the balcony and he was yelling the I love You I am Lion phrase over and over and I heard something, I am not sure what and one of the kids screamed at him to Leave Her Alone and a man came and took the kids away. I'm not sure about the toddler, I didn't see that child. 

 It still upsets me and if it happens again I am going to call the police. At least have a welfare check done. I am not a person to meddle in anyone's business but if someone is in a bad situation then I feel someone should help. I would want someone to help me if I was in that situation.

 Maybe he is in a mental health crisis, maybe he is not taking his medication. Jonathan did tell me that she can leave and for some reason doesn't. If someone comes thru the door then she could walk out the door, but maybe it is not that easy. 

 I really hope it doesn't happen again today. I really need my blood pressure to stay down, and I will continue to worry about what is happening and I really don't want to do that today!

 I gotta go. Time for my coffee. My cup is empty lol. Take care to all and stay well. BB