It feels so decadent, taking a bath in the middle of a rainy day! My sweet friend made me some bath salts and scented it with sandalwood, bergamont, chamomile and neroli essential oils and MAN was that an awesome aroma! It made my whole bathroom smell yummy! I totally relaxed and was actually floating...the next thing I know I woke myself up snoring!  Ah well, these are the things that happen as we get older.  We have recently become empty-nesters and I was having trouble with it for awhile but am starting to get over it as I've made some plans for the boy's rooms that have kept us busy.  Today, we worked our tails off and finally got them back in order...it made me feel so much better!  Now the rooms are ready when they come for the weekend or someone stops to visit but I am very sore from all the lifting and pulling...hence the need for a mid-day soak!  I'm using this momentum to get other projects done that are long over-due.  Ever had a project so big you take a look, realize what it will take, and back out and say, "No way...not today." ?  Well I'm hoping we stay moving forward, I told him that once we get the house the way we want it, it should stay that way now that it is only the 2 of us.  One whole wing will be empty. :( Okay, that makes my house seem huge, it isn't but I consider it my castle so...

The other day a man came to the office selling tangerines and oranges so I went outside to have a look.  He handed me a tangerine that he had peeled and split for me and as I was eating it, suddenly, my right eye began to water, like running down my face, watering.  My hands and arms were dripping with tangerine juice so there was no way I could wipe it!  Right about that time, everyone else from the office came out to see what he had.  There I am, dripping tangerine juice, tears running down my face from one eye and then....I felt heat traveling up my body...like someone put hot coals underneath my skin.  I could feel it coming up my chest and it was so warm it was radiating heat that I could feel on my face...then the coals reached my face and the top of my head!  Man, did I feel attractive with all that going on and not a danged thing I could do about it.  I told the man I would take a bag, struggled to carry the heavy load into the office, trying not to get the tangerine juice on my work clothes or door handle...and stumbled into the kitchen to wash my hands.  When I took my glasses off I could see that the lens on the right side had tangerine juice all over it!  Well that explains that...you just never know because weird crap happens to your body the older you get.  I had finally started to cool down too but had to go to the ladies room to wipe the tears off my face and check my mascara. SMH I don't know what causes the hot flashes but it just seems like they strike at the weirdest, most inopportune times.  NOW I understand my Mom's frustration and why we nicknamed her "MissGodit'shot!"  I would even address my letters to her like that. LOL!  I am determined NOT to say that and invoke the same name, but I do feel like I'm roasting and could cook an egg on my skin.

Just the musings of a modern day Mamaw.