I haven't posted anything since we had to suddenly move last summer.
Daryl took a long time to get over his bout of covid pneumonia. And since that time, has been sick with upper respiratory stuff frequently. Prior to Covid, he rarely got sick, and even more rarely missed any work because of it. That has changed this last year.
I got a new position at work, moved to a regulatory department, dealing with international travel issues. I love it so much more than what I was doing, and I really loved that!
Our Becca gave us a beautiful granddaughter last August. She is the light of our lives. They call me to video chat almost daily, and I absolutely love seeing my Claire.
Jessie is in grad school, finishing up her Masters in Public History. Hopefully when she's done, she can find a good job where she can put all this education to use.
We still haven't sold our home here in Fort Worth. Master bath needs major repairs, shower is non working at the moment. We just don't ever have time to do what we need to do it seems. Daryl and I both work an average of 50+ hours a week each, and it's kind of exhausting.
We have taken little trips here and there. Since my last post a year ago, we have been to Broken Bow Oklahoma twice, San Antonio twice, and Surfside Beach (Texas) this past February for a week. It's always so nice to get away from this house, the pets, and even our kids. I will share a travel post in the next few days with photos of the last year's travels. Or even last 2 years, as I havent shared anything about our travels since our Paris 2018 trip.
Zooey our lab mix dog, was diagnosed with diabetes last March. So we have to give her shots twice a day now of insulin. That is not a lot of fun. She had lost down to 25 pounds, and is now up to between 35-40 pounds and except for her glucose, she is absolutely healthy.
I went to doctor in March myself with some stomach problems. They sent me for a gall bladder ultrasound to see if it was gall stones. Turns out my liver and spleen were enlarged. I was referred to a Hepatologist *Liver specialist*. Saw him April 6, he put me on KETO diet, and ordered more tests. They took about 8 to 10 tubes of blood, and scheduled an elastogram of my liver. Did that in May, and it turns out I have stage 2 non alcoholic liver disease. They don't really medicate or treat it anyway, but tell you that it can reverse. But I have to lose weight, and eat differently than I have my entire life. Since April 6 I am down almost 18 pounds. Not a lot, but it's a start. I go back in November for more labs, and then again the next May for another scan.
Daryl is amazing, he didn't want me to have to do keto alone, so he is doing it also. He is losing weight as well, but he just started mid May so not as far into it as I am now.
One of the blood tests they did was for Hemochromatosis. My great aunt Cissy had it, and it is a hereditary disorder, but my tests were not conclusive for that. Although from what I have read, I am still younger than most people when it appears. So there's that. We don't know if my mom had it or not, she was just 62 when she passed, and her dad (my great aunt's brother) passed at 52 of cirrhosis. So he could have had it also, but we don't know.
And while I am stage 2 for NASH, my numbers were so close to stage 3, I am pretty nervous about it all. I am sticking to this diet so well, watching every carb, protein and fat that I eat, or drink. No sodas, no sugar, no bread, no pizzas, no tortillas... It's difficult, but I am doing it. Not just for myself, but because I want to be around for my family longer. I want to see my sweet granddaughter Claire grow up, and spend as much time with her as I can.
There is much more that has gone on with Daryl's mom's estate. I still harbor not so good feelings towards his brother and his wife. I managed to avoid seeing them the entire summer last year while they were here. I had NO, ZIP, ZILCH desire to see them, and none to ever see or talk to them the rest of my life. The house did sell, for twice what we were going to buy it for. Once the estate taxes are all done, Daryl can close the estate, distribute the rest of it, and we can close the door on that part of our lives forever. And it will not be a quiet close, but a definite SLAMMED DOOR. We are looking forward to ridding our lives of things, and people that don't add joy.
Daryl wants us to find a house in the country with a few acres, but prices within driving distance to his job are out of our range. Almost all places even out of driving distance, that have any acreage are out of our price range. I just had really hoped to spend the rest of our lives at the lake, but since that dream is gone, I don't even care anymore. We can just stay here I guess.
I will try to not wait a year before a post again. Soon I will share photos (after asking my daughter ) of my beautiful and beloved Claire. I am so in love with this 10 month old. She makes me happy to be a Memaw. I had been feeling not so loved or wanted as a Memaw the last couple of years, but Claire makes it so much better.
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