I've been feeling mostly lousy with intermittent patches of not-as-lousy.
I've been battling flares/new symptoms/fatigue/spasticity and just generally feeling icky most of the time.
I have to admit, feeling like this for so long has severely impeded my Pollyannaishness.
I did manage to get to New York City last month.
Thank goodness it wasn't my first trip to NYC. Our room was extremely sub-par, especially when you consider it was a luxury-brand chain hotel. The weather was totally uncooperative for me as well; it was in the 90's every day with the warmest day being Saturday at 97°.
Still, the Universe has a funny way of taking care of things for you. My friend was supposed to go with my daughter and me, but at the last minute, she couldn't get off of work. Quite a disappointment. However, that left room for me to ask my niece to stay with us. It's convenient for my niece because she works in Manhattan. We don't get to see each other nearly as often as we'd like.
While I was bummed about my friend having to stay behind, it was nice spending time with my niece. And because the weather was so awful in NYC for me, we spent a lot of time lounging in our shabby hotel room, visiting and laughing.
My daughter had a wonderful surprise; my great niece came to stay with us as well. My daughter and great niece are very close cousins, and they don't get to see each other as often as they like. So, really, having a very low-key, hardly-leave-the-hotel weekend was good for us all.
This summer has been like last year, as far as me not being able to do anything. This year, I don't want to go out because it's been so unnaturally warm. Temperatures in the high 80's and low 90's with high humidity have kept me hiding in the air conditioning. We're actually currently experiencing a drought . Just look to our grass for confirmation. It's been mostly brown since the end of June. I refuse to water our grass; I will water our vegetable garden, but not the grass.
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