Hello everyone

[seasidebee_22]

I hope this finds you all having an enjoyable summer. 

I see Ratita, Spatz, GottaWonder and a post to Princess AWNW..................are Taylor or Sherlock here? 

Hello to you who are!  Peace, blessings, love to all!

As soon as I am able I will catch up on posts/reading..............

Until then, just checking in, and still trying to familiarize myself w/Dreamwidth. 

Thus far my summer is mostly enjoyable as....
1) to date The Horde (the gazillion tourists we deal with annually) isn't getting on my nerves as much as usual
2) am seeing more of fam and having some good times
3) the weather is, as yet, not too accursed hot and humid
4) I am...drumroll please.....semi well rested! YES!! You read right! 
5) because I am working a modified work schedule to account for the night noises, and the "quiet time" in town (2am to 9am) and sleeping then, vs trying to sleep thru all the noise and then having to get up to go to work with little or not sleep
6) I have adopted, successfully, a movement routine (refuse to call it exercise), and am eating sort of but not full on balls to the wall KETO, and am drinking less alcohol  -- ALL this to lower what became a blood pressure issue after my 2nd vaccination
7) however have discovered Gin, which is pretty effing tasty.....with seltzer, ho'made rose simple syrup and splash o' lemon

So yeah, all is pretty good. The blood pressure issue, as mentioned, became a thing within ONE week of having my 2nd jab, about a year ago. I had just had my annual physical and all was great as usual. Everything normal, including BP. (In point of fact throughout my entire life it had been consistently LOWER than 120/80. So, imagine my surprise when all of a sudden it was spiking to stroke level numbers. Initially, I had no idea what was going on, as I'd never experienced high BP.  I thought surely that could not be the issue!! Well, it was. I am non-plussed to be taking meds, but it was that or stroke out, so, shrug. But I haven't gone peaceably into being a medication taker. Thus the lifestyle modifications; by year end, if possible, I want to be OFF the BP meds. I understand that may not be possible, and yes, safety and health first, I will stay on it if necessary (low dose 5mg) but will be very happy indeed if I can jettison it. 

Anyway, that's that. Nothing to steer you screeching and crashing into middle age like a health scare.

But here I am. Still here, w/sass, verve and aplomb. Oh, and I am grayer of late, which I quite like. 

Hmmmmmm.....what else is new. Oh! My new jam (part of) at work is as grant writer and I have successfully written nearly two million dollars worth of grants (that we have been awarded) in recent history.  The success is a good feeling; the other aspects of my work, while a good contribution to our community and society, don't leave me with that buoyant successful feeling, they rather drain me, so this new responsibility has helped restore some balance in the way I feel about and approach my job.

I am still part of the Women's Group I created a year ago, and we are doing great work together. It has inspired us, we have learned from each other and grown. More about all that later. 

Gotta get back to the hustle that is my employment. 

Cheers!
 

Comments

[ratunderpaper]

Good to hear that you're alive and well and enjoying ho-made rose syrup along with the best and rest of us, dear Bee!

I made a batch a couple of weeks ago and forgot to make charming little labels for charming little bottles.

Blood pressure is a serious thing. Sometimes when one has low blood pressure, one has to take medication to keep it even lower (like me). Bodies are mysterious. I hope you don't have to stay on your medication for very long - which one is it? I've met them all.

Gin... a gimlet with rose syrup and rainbow glitter. I think that's my plan for the evening, post balter.

[seasidebee_22]

Hullo! Wow, well I found a way to interact! LOL It took a while. So glad to hear/see/read you Ratita. I shall toast you with a Gin & Rose libation later. Hey, do you find that the ho'made syrup has a long shelf life? I do, despite what it says on the interweb. After the first week or so I place it in the freezer, where it never freezes, but lives....well....until its used up. LOL The BP thing....sigh.........hmph the good news is that the med I take--Lisinopril--keeps it under control, but has also given me the "Lisinopril cough". Its rather annoying but is intermittent and not daily, so I have decided to stay on the Lpril as it seems rather innocuous compered to some other BP meds out there. I currently take only 5mgs. We shall see....whether I can manage to sustain the lifestyle changes and come off it. I needed to make them anyway regardless of BP. I have been rather naughty and less mindful in some areas of my life the last few years. But the BP thang has been surprising. Historically, mine was always on the low side. At least there is a solution. Here's wishing you a beautiful day ma Chere!

[ratunderpaper]

Hiya my dear wee Bee!

ACE cough (not that ace) is a really common side effect; I had it from one of the lols/lils I used to take... bisoprolol, atenolol, ramipril. Almost everyone gets the cough. I'm still on atenolol, but a very low dose. I don't think I cough. Do I cough?

The rose syrup... it's still in the fridge, and I should check it. I came home too late (from sitting on the porch with my near-ninety neighbours) to make a rose-scented gimlet, but there's always tonight.

Sometimes being naughty is a must. I will discuss this pleasure in another post.

[spatzenpost]

Welcome, dear Bee! I’m glad to see you around. Blood pressure is a mystery, isn’t it. I get medication to keep my low blood pressure from going too low - it’s an endless source of jokes with medical personnel how my blood pressure is below all the scales and limits. Oh well.
The gin and rose syrup sounds fabulous! I will have to try that!

[seasidebee_22]

Hullo Spatz! I am glad to see you too! And yes, BP is indeed a mystery---historically, mine was also low too!! But not too low....like 117 over 70 something. All my adult life. Rather nonplussed at this new turn of events, but, must be proactive and live with it, try to sustain the lifestyle changes I have made. I am convinced that the 2nd vax caused the change. I am not an antivaxxer, or into conspiracy type malarky, but I do know my body, and the dangerously high spike in BP occurred very soon after that 2nd jab. Thus, I have refused to be boosted. I do think it prudent to be, but I am scared to have any more vaccines. My BP got stroke-level high and it was very scary. I don't believe it was the vax itself; but all of my life, since childhood, I have been extremely sensitive to chemicals, over the counter meds, anything. I think it was whatever else---the preservatives etc---in the vax that triggered a response. (I also react to such things as preservatives in food, and even food colorings....so I avoid processed foods.) Anyway, that probably makes me sound like a madwoman, and my doctor disagrees, but until I am convinced that the vax had nothing to do with it, I shall not get any more vaccinations, for now. I hope this finds you well and having a lovely summer!!

[spatzenpost]

Your blood pressure sounds a lot like mine at times, dear Bee. What a shock this must have been. Did the doctors offer assistance in finding out more about the suspected reaction so that you can continue to get immunizations but keep on avoiding this reaction?