MELTDOWN 1 AND 2

Sunny and a little less humid today. We did have a major storm last night. It even halted our Scrabble game on the front porch which is unheard of. We had to finish it today. We covered the car because the reports were saying that we may get hail. Some parts of our area did, like over by my daughter's condo they had 2" hail and hail 2 inches deep on the road. We had no hail. Lots of thunder and lightening and wind and sheets of rain.

I had a major breakdown this morning. We went to the market to do our usual Sunday morning grocery shopping, picked up some fresh bagels and cream cheese, came home, put everything away, sat down with a nice tall iced coffee and had my bagel. My husband offered to go to the neighborhood bakery to get us a couple of fresh donuts so I said yest. While he was gone I went into the kitchen and opened one of the drawers that holds stuff like cookies, candy, the sweet stuff. ANTS!!! It put me over the edge. I was screaming and crying and trying to find the ant spray, all the time no one is here to hear me. I pulled everything out from under the sink to find the ant spray and by the time my husband got home I was a giant puddle of tears and frustration. It doesn't take much these days to get me to that point. He calmed me down and we cleaned everything up and went on with my day.

I made a big bowl of my famous Italian Potato salad and packed up my swimming stuff and took my salad and went to my cousin's pool. It just feels good right now to be around family. They are fun and they keep my mind occupied. My husband opted to stay home.

I swam and ate and got tanner and came home by 5. My husband grilled some Italian sausage and I sauteed some peppers and onions and we invited my neighbor over for sausage, pepper and onion sandwiches. My neighbor and I had a marathon Scrabble tournament that she won and then i went to bed.

Bedtime was another story. Another meltdown and lots of tears. I was beginning to think I was going crazy but my husband assured me I am not. I have to believe him because who else am I going to trust.