Vertigo!

Not exactly sure why, but I've been experiencing bouts of vertigo lately.  It's a really wierd experience because it seems like the whole world is moving around me.  It hasn't been real bad, and it's not making me nauseous or anything.  It only lasts for short periods of time, and then it goes away. 

I went by my doctors office, and they checked my blood pressure.  That all checked out fine.  I'm seeing him again on Friday, and we'll see how it looks then.

From what he's telling me, he thinks it may be related to the migranes I've been having in my eyes lately.  He doesn't seem to think it's anything to worry about unless they get worse or more frequent.  In the mean time, I'll just take some ibuprofen every now and then.  That seems to keep the migranes from happening.

Worst case, I'll lay on the floor for awhile and pretend I'm on an amusement ride while the world spins around me!  Weeeeeeeee!

4th of July

I made my second trip to Borger in three weeks, this time for fun!  I love going up for the the July 4th holiday.  Usually, we spend way too much money on fireworks and end up acting like idiots setting them off in the middle of great big caliche pit near Stinnett. 
But going up to Borger this year, I didn't really expect to be able to do all of that.  First, it's been so dang dry up there this spring, I just didn't think the local authorities would let anyone use fireworks.  And second, Bill isn't up and around yet, so I really didn't think he would want to mess with it.
But as it turns out, it's been raining in the panhandle the last few weeks, and things have greened up dramatically.  It's not tropical up there yet, but it sure looks a lot better.  And Bill was feeling pretty good and decided to go with us to shoot off some fireworks.  So Cliff & I were able to continue doing as Dad taught us, and spend way too much money on some fun!  Cliff, Wendye, Jason, Betty, Bill, Jane & I all went up to Stinnett and had a fun evening.  The wind was a little strong, but it's the panhandle...which means it was about normal.  It was a fun night and no one lost any fingers!
Julie was able to come up on Saturday and spend the night.  Cliff, Jason & I played golf on Saturday morning (I shot 88, pretty good for me).  And we had a cookout over at Cliff & Wendye's house too.  Overall, it was a really fun weekend.  I sure didn't want to do that drive back to DFW on Sunday, but once I got on the road it wasn't too bad.  The 4th of July is always a lot of fun, and I'm glad it all worked out this year.

Bill's Surgery

(This blog posting was orginially written June 23rd, but didn't upload properly)

I just got back from Borger visiting Bill after his surgery.  All seemed to go well, and we got him home this weekend.  He's got all kinds of tubes in him, and he's going to be awful sore for a while, but it sounds like the doctors have got him on the road to recovery.  I was pretty surprised at how Bill took to being in the hospital.  I guess he knew he didn't have any other option, and was probably very relieved to get some relief from his discomfort.  I know Mom is relieved too.  Now he's going to have several weeks of in-home healthcare, and will need to take it easy to give his body a chance to recover.  If we can keep him home for a few weeks, and keep him from making all those trips to Amarillo, he may actually get better!