What do you want to know?

It's been a while, hasn't it?

I shall attempt to catch you up on all the different areas you may or may not want to know about...

First up, theme month. Central American and Caribbean month was a total success. We took every possible opportunity to celebrate the cuisine of some fascinating nations. It just happens that "every possible opportunity" in June equates to one possible opportunity...
Now we are in July and revelling in the delights of Eating Outdoors Month. So far, so simple. We have had one day where no meal was consumed outdoors (G was too poorly to cope) but several days when more than one meal was eaten outdoors. We agreed in advance that the challenge would be to eat outdoors when we didn't want to or in places that didn't scream alfresco dining... But here we are, half way through and it has been a piece of cake, a walk in the park...a very well timed heat wave indeed! We did have one picnic while on holiday when it threatened to drizzle and we were on constant guard against aggressive geese so that might earn us points. (Oh and the references to points? A and my lovely cousin-in-law came up with a system whereby I get points for each success in a theme and can then cash them in...I went off the idea after, under suggested tariffs it would take until a few years into retirement to earn a trip to Australia...I would like to visit my brother again before he turns seventy...)

Next up, everything else. I think the main reason for my silence has been the less than perfect health I have experienced during the last few weeks of May and first few weeks of June particularly. Nothing AWFUL but a few old pals rearing their ugly heads and leaving me in a spin wondering which one is the chicken and which is the egg... Do I have more IBS symptoms and need to control my diet more because I am anxious? Am I anxious because the endometriosis symptoms are flaring up? Are the endometriosis symptoms causing or following the IBS symptoms? And so on, and so forth. I saw the GP this morning and have no further answers to these questions, nor have I gained a GP that I really warmed to and feel understands where I am coming from (which would have just been a nice bonus). The anxiety is currently...fine. Totally liveable with. The IBS is currently...fine. Mostly liveable with. The endometriosis is currently...weird. Largely liveable with, occasionally totally flooring. Don't know what the next step is on any of these. Physical side seems to be a big game of wait and see for a few months more. Mental side is fundamentally up to me to push for counselling or CBT or whatever.

I think that is enough for one post, don't you?