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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Odds & ends

  • My life is consumed with transitions lately, it seems. I still feel like we're not quite settled into our condo. Partly, I think, that's because we have furniture on order that won't be delivered until at least the end of the month. And we've been waiting to bring out & arrange our photos and other knick-knacks until then. (Yes, more boxes to unpack...!)
  • We did paint a couple of weekends ago (for those of you wondering, I settled on the blue paint), and that helped make the condo feel a little more our own.
  • Of course, the sofa we subsequently bought, from a fabric swatch, was more khaki/greenish than the grey/taupe-ish I expected -- and now I'm thinking I should have gone with the greyer shade of paint...!  :p  I am currently rethinking my colour scheme and the decorative knick-knacks I was planning to buy.
  • My body is also in transition these days.  I've been having some weird (peri)menopausal/gynecological stuff going on again lately -- cramping & spotting almost every day for well over a week after the main event of AF's visit (some days better/worse than others). (Thankfully, and knocking wood, things seem to have -- finally -- settled down again now.)  The ultrasound I had done in April raised no real alarms -- but the tech did note one area that was difficult to see clearly, where she thought there might be a slight thickening in the uterine lining. I went for my regular checkup with Dr. Ob-Gyn a few weeks ago and he thinks there's nothing to worry about, but he's agreed to send me back for another u/s in the fall for comparison, to ease my mind. 
  • We have been for gelato three times over the past three weekends. If I don't gain 300 lbs. living here, it will be a miracle.
  • A friend posted photos on FB of sending her son off to nursery school, 15 years ago -- and picking him up on his very last day of school Friday. It hadn't hit me before that he too is Katie's age & graduating high school this month. One more reminder I didn't need. :p  Two more weeks to go in June, and it should all be over, yes??!  :p 
  • It's Father's Day. We went to see FIL last night, I Skyped with my dad this morning, and left the rest of today's agenda entirely up to dh.  Which meant an earlier trip to the bookstore (natch! ;) ), a roast simmering in the crockpot for dinner (yum!), golf on the TV, and dh napping on the couch as I type. ;)   Ahhhh, Sundays. :) 

5 comments:

  1. dear Loribeth, it is nice to see your updates.
    Regarding spotting almost every day: I had this lately too. It just sucks. My mom entered menopause when 42, so I guess these are some early signs for me.
    Enjoy the gelato! What's your favourite flavour? This is my favourite gelato chain in Italy: http://www.grom.it/en/ (if you ever visit Italy, you should try it!)

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    1. Dear Klara, to eat gelato IN Italy is one of my life ambitions!! lol My favourite flavour is generally the limone (lemon) but I have also had chocolate & raspberry and loved those too. The place we went to last time had lime, which dh picked. He let me try some & it was good too. Sort of like a frozen margarita. ;)

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    2. dear Loribeth, this is great, that visiting Italy is on your wish list. Since our capital, Ljubljana, is only 3 hours of driving by car from Venice. Looking forward to meeting you one day also in person!
      lots of love from sLOVEnia,
      Klara

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  2. Ugh to your unruly uterus! Fingers crossed that this is the beginning of the end and that you won't have to deal with it much longer!

    I love your blue walls! I think that you picked a great color and I'm sure it will match your new furniture better than expected.

    I'll be thinking about you a lot over these next few weeks! I can't even imagine how tough it's going to be for you and dh.

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  3. Ahhh, Sundays indeed. Even when there's no work the next day. Even on tough Sundays.

    Yum, gelato.

    Glad your Ob-Gyn is looking out for you.

    I quite like the fact that you're still selling in to the condo, taking the time to make it your own.

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