March 2014 Report

March came in like a lamb and out like a lion. I'm not talking about weather here. (Although it is true for our weather also.) I knew I had a busy month ahead--out of town for a long weekend, and then all my girls here for our Sisters weekend. I did not take into account having my gall bladder removed one week ago. That threw me a little bit for getting a couple of things done. Something always comes up. That's life!

An aside about the gall bladder: I've been having gall bladder pain for years and years that was never definitely diagnosed. It would come and go. Finally in January I decided to find out for sure if it was my gall bladder or some other problem that I should have taken care of. (I wanted to choose when to have it removed if possible, and not get stuck while on vacation or something.) I had an ultrasound which did not reveal any problems with the gall bladder (no stones, etc.). Then a few weeks ago I had a HIDA scan done. Before I got the results back from that I had two severe gall bladder attacks. The second one landed me in the ER. While I was there they checked the results of the scan. Sure enough, I had gall bladder disease. It was functioning at about 17%. So I scheduled outpatient surgery for two days later. What a great, easy surgery. Zero pain afterward, just fatigue. I didn't exactly get to choose when to have the surgery, but it ended up at a convenient time.

So, with that in mind, here's my month in review:

1. First Things First: plugging along as usual. I've had a couple of weeks of no exercise because of the surgery. I'll start again next week.

2. Personal History: Still no writing. Writing might not happen this year. That's okay. I spent my weekend out of town working on Ray's mission slides. They are all ready to be labelled. I'm taking a night class on Photoshop Lightroom beginning this week. That should help propel my photo journaling.

3. Temples: Draper temple this month.

4. Home Projects:
Cleaning: Master Bath top to bottom.  How about master bath shower top to bottom, and a cursory clean of everything else.
Project: Dad's files. Done! All re-organized and put into a different box. I'm feeling great about that one.

For April: cleaning the Family Room top to bottom, and updating my emergency information.