A Good Day

Well, it’s June and that means very hot, muggy, Alabama days. I can’t believe it has been seven months since I have written in my journal. Maybe that’s a good thing since I tend to write more when I am depressed. Today I thought I would write while I am feeling good. It has been a roller-coaster ride so far this year, to be sure. But more ups than downs. I had my left hip replacement in March and I am going to, God grant it, have the other one done in January. I was very blessed to have lots of help recuperating and that made the process much easier. Also, I decided about two years ago to really start putting my all into my husband and children, more so than I have in the past. It has made a world of difference. My husband and I had to go through a sort of re-bonding after the kids moved out. And we are very happy where we are emotionally now. We are doing things together again and taking up new hobbies and making new friends. It has been a lot of fun getting re-acquainted. Momma and Daddy were like tornados, cleaning and organizing our house while I was recuperating, and boy did it need it. Now with the walls freshly painted, a few new things and the floors re-done, I feel like I am living in a new house. I feel like cleaning and keeping the laundry done again now that I feel better, so things are so much better around here now. My surgery was a good thing in more ways than one! Life feels pretty comfortable now. I think they have finally got me on the right medicines for my Bi-Polar and I seem to be having fewer bad days. Usually, if I have a bad day now, it is due to my hip hurting so badly. My husband’s work is close enough now to the house that he can come home for lunch most every day, and that makes my days better and shorter too. We have taken to feeding and watering the birds outside everyday now and watching to see who comes to feed. We are growing tomatoes, bell peppers, herbs and flowers this year. We are really enjoying watching them grow everyday. Well, I think this is only the 2nd journal that I have actually filled up to the end. I have a bad habit of starting new ones and never finishing the old one. But, at least this one is ending on a happy note, and that has been a long, long time coming.

Chauchetta D.