Hot Hotter and No Rain!

Good Morning

It’s been a rough week.  The temperature has been in the upper 90’s to 100.  I have been staying inside except to water my plants in the evening.  The said part is most of my plants are dying.  Our Franklin trees are looking like they are dead.  I keep watering them and hoping for the best.  The grass is about dead.  It crunches when you walk on it.  We have had rain around us, but we haven’t had but a few drops.  All of our trees look really sad.  There is no letup in sight.

Yesterday I had my MRI of my brain.  I am still having those dizzy spells, balance is off, short of breath, and my blood pressure is still out of wack.  I met with my primary care doctor yesterday also.  He has changed my blood pressure medicine again.  It seems my bp is low or normal in the morning and high at night.  He is actually changing the way I take my pills.  I guess this is a trial and error system.  As for the shortness of breath, the inhaler is helping.  Apparently, I will be using the inhaler all the time now.  Just something I will have to live with.  I can do that.  It helps, but doesn’t solve the problem. 

I have been working a lot on my genealogy since I am inside.  I have basically been updating records and organizing them.  I have found quite a bit of new information since I took the classes.  Right now I am working on the Leipnitz and Althoefer sides of the family.  Next will be Nessler and Meyer.  Nessler is the maiden name of William Leipnitz’s wife.  Meyer is the maiden name of Henry Althoefer’s wife.  They are my great grandmothers.  All of these great grandparents came from Germany, and once I get everything organized my next step will be to find what I can about their parents (if possible).  Sure wish I could speak and read German.  I may need some help with this.

I have also signed up for another genealogy class.  This one is a four week course.  That’s okay, what else do I have to do.