Home Sweet Home!

 

I got into Portland on September 11 and Joe picked me up in Vancouver, Washington at my son's house the next morning. 

I am SO happy to be home!

I spent all day yesterday in my garden. It was glorious! It's like a big old jungle!  I harvested tomatoes, carrots and onions. I harvested onion seed, celery seed, and parsley seed. I'm picking blackberries to make pancake syrup tomorrow. We've got some canteloupes that made it - and the golden raspberries are going nuts. The last of the green beans need to be canned - so much work to do - but it's work I love. 

I was shocked to see two boxes of Asian pears in the fridge. They came off our little tree that I planted last year. After I bought it on sale for $13 I realized it had about 5 varieties of pear grafted on it. This year we got those two boxes of asian pears and 2 Comice pears that are still on the tree.   Those pears are SO crisp and sweet!  I'm really happy!

My fig tree is exploding with figs - none are ripe yet but I noticed the figs on the trees in Spain weren't ripe yet either so I guess it's just too early.  I'm going to freeze dry them for winter.  I love figs!

I spent 3 hours at the Emergency Room last night. I just couldn't breathe. Every time I breathe deeply I start coughing. It's crazy. I feel like there's an elephant on my chest.  Joe's car is broken and he has a dental appointment in Portland and is using my car, and since Joe was going to be gone for 2 days I was afraid I'd have issues while I had no way to get to the hospital, so I had him take me to the ER.

Not being able to catch my breath is one reason I came home early from Spain. It really worries me. However, ALL of my tests came out not just normal, but great. My bloodwork, the EKG, and chest x-ray all showed nothing wrong.

I don't understand how that can be because I've been having this breathing issue for months now and it seems to be getting worse. My doctor gave me a referral for pulmonary tests - I have to call and make the appointment tomorrow. If that shows nothing, next I'm going to ask to see an allergist. The only left I can think of is maybe it is mold in the house. I do notice a lot of mold in the kitchen sink, garbage disposal and dish washer. I'm always having to clean out the filter on the dish washer. And it seems when we turn on the air conditioner my coughing gets worse. So I don't know... it's a mystery and a frustrating one. 

I know there is SOMETHING wrong. 
I just don't know what.

At any rate, I'm home and happy to be here. 
Joe just took off for Portland. I'm doing a load or two of laundry, then resting for a couple of days. I think I'll binge-watch Wednesday. 

Ok that's it.

Life is good!

Annie