Posted in 2026, Writing

Validation

If you saw my story from yesterday (probably not, I can’t seem to get any traction here LOL), I talked about whether I should go to an event with a medium last night because I was recovering from bronchitis and have this icky cough. My husband said “No”, but my Tea Party chairperson, a former infectious disease person, said, “go, you’re not contagious”, so off I went loaded with cough drops and water.

The woman is pretty popular here in New England and aside from John Edwards in the mid-90s in a ballroom space in Providence, Rhode Island, I’d never been to a group type medium event like this. This one had about 40 people. I went with an open mind, more for the experience because I have my own one on one medium connection. I took a seat that had a good view of the whole room so I wouldn’t have to turn around at all.

She explained her process and away she went. She immediately headed in my direction but stopped next to me where two sisters were sitting and she went on for a while, never moving in my direction.

After moving to a side table, she focused on the table in front of me with 10 people who had come together in small groups, and that went on for awhile.

I recognized some things she threw out, but other people were so quick to jump on them that I really didn’t feel like being that person to continually raise my hand. Just here for the experience remember?

And then I received the message that was for me and me alone. She was in the front of the room and she said, “Rocky”.

I raised my hand and said, “That’s my husband’s nickname.” She looked at me as asked “are you writing a book? I’m being shown you as a writer.” I responded, “I write stories about my ancestors and family.” She moved on from that but it was all I needed. Who was it? I don’t know, but the validation that they know I’m writing to share their stories was enough for me.

The Posluszny Family early 1908
Posted in 2026, thoughts

On The Road to Recovery

I ended up staying home from the garden event that would have me wandering around in 80+ heat on Sunday and took myself to Urgent Care instead.

There was a long wait even with an appointment but I didn’t really expect much different on a Sunday morning.

Inflammation in the lungs, painful throat, no fever, diagnosis = Bronchitis. By the time I left the building, my prescriptions were ready to pick up down the road. The convenience of medical technology. They put me on 5 day Z-pack, some cough suppressant pills, and an inhaler. The inhaler is a first and I read the instructions obsessively before trying it out. It really does help!

I was feeling decent enough to stop and pick up a grilled cheese sandwich before I headed home. Coincidentally, as I was driving home from the restaurant my husband and friends were texting me to see if I wanted them to pick me up a grilled cheese sandwich! They were heading over to get theirs on the way home!

The medication has definitely kicked in and I went to work on Monday but avoided the fundraiser Tea Party meeting with a group of volunteers. I know when I won’t be wanted!

Today I’m feeling even better but my husband is insisting I can’t go to the event I’ve been planning on for a month – a psychic medium at our local brewery. I told him it will be a Game Time Decision. I really don’t want to miss it, but, in small area…..surround by other people and I’m sniffling from post nasal drip and clearing my throat and coughing?

Can I pass it off as allergies?!? What would you do?

Posted in 2026, life

Current State of Health

There is a horrible respiratory “something” going around and I have succumbed to it.

It started with a couple of our employees and their spouses, then traveled to my son and his wife. Sore throat, aches and pains, running nose, heavy chest. Ugh.

I didn’t think much of it, considering it’s also allergy season. Heavy head? Yes. Sneezing? Of course! But then I got the scratchy throat and more frequent sneezing than just allergies.

Thursday I decided to take a sick day from work and just putzed around. I’m not going to lie – it was pretty nice and make me think retirement won’t be so bad.

I woke up Friday feeling okay, so worked out, and went into the office. As the day went on, every nerve ending in my body was alive. My throat went from a little scratchy to “I don’t want to cough because my throat will explode in pain”. I apologized for potentially infecting my son (who probably gave it to me!) and my co-worker and kept my door shut until I couldn’t take it anymore and went home.

Once there, I changed into my pajamas and headed for the couch. Eating dinner was out of the question. I drank tea and hydrated with water. When 8 pm rolled around and my husband headed to bed, I followed. After dosing myself with NyQuil, I couldn’t even focus on reading and just went to sleep.

Nine and a half hours of sleep and a good overnight sweat seems to have helped the situation! My husband bought me two types of fresh chicken soup and I had some for breakfast. Which made me realize, why do we have to have traditional foods for breakfast? What’s wrong with soup or leftover dinner?

Anyway, today I’m laying low again and hope I will be feeling even better tomorrow so I don’t miss the annual Trade Secrets plant and garden accessories event at Lime Rock Park.

My pretty wisteria from years ago
Posted in 2026, life

What’s Love?

It’s my husband making hardboiled eggs unprompted so I can have an egg salad sandwich for lunch.

It’s emptying the dishwasher even though I’m short on time so he doesn’t have to come back home to dirty dishes in the sink.

Love. It’s what we do.

Posted in 2026, Travel

Repeating Myself

I wrote this great post yesterday about in 2017, I rappelled down a really deep cavern in California. I was reading my journal from the trip and was surprised to see how scared I was.

I scheduled it publish this morning, and it did. I clicked on my notification and read the journal entry. When I got to the end, I saw a picture of me in a previous post. The same picture of me rappelling that I had in the current post.

At that moment, I realized, that I had already wrote about that event! The horror! So I deleted it.

Here is that story from the first time I wrote it.

Heading down….way down
Posted in 2026, Memories

Wedding Day #38

Today is my wedding anniversary.

When I walked outside this morning I heard some chirping and looked out to see a mama cardinal.

Hello Mama!

Of course I took a picture of it!

I always think of the male and female cardinals as my parents because they say the male cardinal represents your father, so it’s only right that the female represents your mother.

I was surprised to see her so early in the morning, but it felt meant to be that she would say hello on this day because she set us up from heaven!

She died 4 weeks before I met my husband. I had rescheduled my vacation and he was not scheduled to go on his vacation but joined his friends at the last minute. In 2013 when I met with a medium for the first time, my mother told him she set us up. I have to believe her!

Young and in love