My Life's Winding Roads: February is history and March has arrived.

My Life's Winding Roads: February is history and March has arrived.: Good Morning world   from a blessedly cooler, damp little Village on the Cape coast.  We have had some rain on and off for about two weeks a...

February is history and March has arrived.

Good Morning world from a blessedly cooler, damp little Village on the Cape coast.  We have had some rain on and off for about two weeks and what a difference it makes. The humidity is still high but nature has responded to the change immediately. Our grass has grown in less than two weeks to ankle height and is actually green and not dry and crispy.  It is pure joy to hear the rain on the roof.

February was a short month in just about every respect, it felt like it just started and is now gone. As usual it was a busy month with work, family and just trying to keep up with daily life. we started off the month with a trip to Hout Bay, while BigBear was away in the USA.  This last trip was two weeks which [proved just a little too long for a certain little boy. Nevertheless we kept him and his Mama company and busy. We did a few outings, played lots of games, learnt new sounds and got LOTS of cuddles.  My Gran Gran heart was and is full.  He is now 18 months old and his  personality grows by the day. 

I had ended off January with having to wear a Holter device as I had been experiencing Syncope type episodes for months and had put it down to the heat and or Fibro. Hmmm when I mentioned it to my GP he was anything but impressed and ordered the Holter.

 This is a small device, much like a car remote which is attached to the middle of ones chest. It has electodes built in and for the duration that you wear it, records all your heart rythms and Blood Pressure.  I wore it for four days and actually felt like it had been a total waste of time and money.  Well apparently not. We arrived in Hout Bay on the wednesday (two days after removing it) and thursday evening I received a call from the Cardiologists rooms telling me to come in the following day.  I had just arrived on the other side of CT and  asked if it was possible to come in the following week.  Not a good suggestion as within minutes my GP was on the phone explaining that I was a Stage 3 Stroke Risk category and there was no such thing as waiting until the following week.  He duly set about making the appointment for the next day with the Cardiologist, this all took place at about 19.30 in the evening.  At the Cardio app the next day I had a heart sonar to check for clots, another sonar and then a stress ECG.  The upshot of all this was  firstly he asked how I got there, when I replied and said I drove, a very stern lecture was issued. No driving - I still had to get back to HB.  Apparently my heart has a little area next to the Left valve which allows blood to flow through as well as the through the Valve. I do not know the official name. On the other side the electrical impulses from the veins are irregular.  Medication was started immediately and i am due to see an Electrophysiologist on the 6th of this month to discuss an Ablation.  Since taking the meds my BP is more stable and I have had only a few fainting feelings.  This is nothing that God cannot heal and I am trusting Him for complete healing and His wisdom and guidance.  But, as you can imagine this kind of blew up the month a little bit as well as being a bit scary .

We were home for a week and then last week back to HB as it was MamaBear's turn to go to Jhb for work.  Our little Munchkin found it difficult but he is such a little star and was beside himself when she got home on Thursday evening. His little world was complete once again.

JB has also had some medical challenges and saw a new Dr last week who seems to totally understand the problem and has offered solutions and is now walking a road with her. She is a Type 1 Diabetic who is Insulin Resistant, it not an easy road to travel but, just in the last two weeks we have seen a radical change in her Glucose levels although at the same time her body has struggled to adapt to the change.  We are winning this battle in Jesus Name.

Big Guy is really enjoying his job and absolutely flourishing in it. Well done Son it is so good to see you happy and motivated.  Poppet is doing well and is currently up in Jhb with Princess who has been going through a very challenging personal situation.  One of the biggest blessings I see in my family's lives is their individual "villages" who are constant and always there when the situation calls for them.

Hubby has been busy with his sailing and an undetermined amount of clocks needing repair.  I am not sure even he knows how many are hanging in the garage.  He also had to do some work on his car this weekend.  We had taken his car to HB as we had to travel from there to Hermanus and back for JB's Dr appointment.  When leaving HB on Friday morning the gearbox felt like it was locked.  I had left the car in first gear because it was parked on a steep incline - i have always done this. Anyway we could not disengage from first gear until eventually BigBear released the handbrake and rolled back a little, this released it, BUT, thereafter first gear had become reverse. So we drove home using second gear in place of first. Apparently the "gear linkages" had moved and he was able to sort it out.  Whew talk about stressful - visions of needing to replace the gearbox had been my biggest concern.

As I sit and type this the rain is coming down and is honestly one of my favourite sounds.  We have truly had a brutal summer, all of our dams are very low and there as been talk of water restrictions, so every drop that falls is a miracle.  Meanwhile "up" country they have had nothing but rain, rain and even more rain.  I would be surprised to know if there has been one week during summer where no rain had fallen.

On my work front mending continues to come in, in a steady stream and I am now teaching JB how to do some of the sewing. With Hooked in Luv I finished a lovely Big Octopus to go with the whale and am busy working on a Penguin. Yesterday I even made a loaf of bread .... in line with my promise to myself to do more of what I love and break the treadmill of busyness.  During the week while in Hout Bay I managed to bake up a nice batch of Buttermilk Rusks as well, little Munchkin sees everyone with tea or coffee in the early morning and runs to the cupboard to get the rusks, all the while explaining in his very urgent and intense language what he is doing.  He absolutely loves to dunk his little rusk into a cup of tea and then proceeds to eat it with his little pinky out at an angle.

Folks that is what my month looked like, I sincerely hope most of you have had a quieter, less stressful, gentler month.  May March be kinder to us all and filled with blessings, healing and precious memories.  Ciao Caio for now, stay safe.

Cooling off in the pool, what a view

Curls that thousands would love 😍

Opal the Octopus