It's been awhile in In the Kingdom of Suzu

A lot has been happening around here, time to catch my breath!

MIL flew up from NC July 3 and stayed with us until this past Saturday. It went well but we were not expecting her to stay so long. Of course, this is not without drama. She decided to extend her trip from a departure date of today, the 17th, to stay another week. She had gotten travel insurance and thought she could just change it at will. NOPE! Will cost her 200 bucks plus 25 handling charge to change it. She decided to do it, Jeff said he would pay for it, but she said no. However, I changed it for her and put it on my credit card so we shall see.

The other drama was with my PA Sil who was upset she was staying with us so long. She did not get that MIL changed her reservation. While MIL was with us, she ended up being home alone a couple of days due to the fact that we had to work and her other plans to see people kept getting changed. She is supposed to come back here on Monday and stay til she leaves Thursday, the 24th.

Did I mention that on Wednesday before she leaves, she wants to go to a little place for a cheese steak (cannot get an authentic one in NC) and then she wants to get an extra one to take on the plane for the next day for my SIL who lives in NC.

Let us not forget that she has also been clothes shopping----again, no nice stores in NC-----and has spent several hundred dollars on clothes and shoes which she does not need. She also got some clothes from her sister who lives up here and who could no longer wear them. Guess who will be bringing all this stuff down when they visit in November.

And yes, she did not bring any jewelry because my NC SIL said it would get stolen!

In other news, I am having some female issues. I went thru menopause about 5 years ago pretty much not too bad. Never got hot flashes or night sweats. Well a couple of weeks ago I started not feeling well, saw the gyno who said I had an infection and did an ultra sound and determined that I needed to have a biopsy done. He did not do it because he was filling in for my regular gyno. Saw regular gyno Wednesday, did a scope, put me on a hormone for 10. Days and will call me with the results in a week. (Obviously there are more details, but might be tmi). I feel crampy but that is it. I am preparing myself for having a hysterectomy and maybe being out of work the rest of the summer. I do not think I want it done laparoscopy as I just read an article about them being done that way and problems are arising from being done that way. (Article in the latest prevention magazine). But hopefully it will not come to that.

On a happier note, I went to the gym today and did 30 minutes on the elliptical. Even tho I am walking with my aunt, it is not enough. All the times I have lost weight it has been when we were in the Caribbean and I was walking the beach for hours. Obviously thT is not happening now, so I am going to step it up a notch with going to the gym----my goal for now, is walking in the a.m. And the going to the gym at least twice a week----it is a start and we will see what happens.

I think this has gotten long enough and I am tired. Good night!