6/28, Paul and Nathan went to Phoenix to see the Soccer Gold Cup at State Farm Stadium. The first game was Panama vs Honduras. They said not many people were there for that game. The second game was Mexico vs Saudi Arabia. They said there were a lot of people there for that game, mostly Mexicans. They said it got pretty crazy, too. Beer being thrown everywhere every time there was a goal and also profanity. I am glad I opted not to go. Plus, I needed the house to myself for a few hours since I rarely get that anymore.
7/4, Paul cooked out. Paul and I watched the Marana fireworks from our balcony, but Nathan had no interest.
7/5, We all went to see F1 with Brad Pitt. It was a pretty good movie. However, we went to AMC and they are currently under construction as they are rebuilding a new outdoor mall there. They didn't inform us when we entered the theatre that the restrooms were out of order. Of course toward the end of the movie I needed to go. I was informed that I go to Walmart in a nearby separate building. It was too hot and would take too much time to walk over there. I didn't have the car keys either. They also said I could go to the front desk and get a refund on my ticket. I didn't care about that at the time. I just needed to go. I went back in the movie because I didn't want to miss the whole end. But once again I could not hold it for very long. I went back out and ended up going inside the restroom that was closed. I didn't flush just in case. I was desperate. So that ordeal somewhat ruined my movie outing. The popcorn also wasn't very good that day!
7/9, My First Light bloomed.
7/10, My June Noon bloomed.
7/11, I had a gynecologist appointment to discuss starting HRT. We decided to do the biweekly estrogen patch with a medium dosage and a daily progesterone pill. Unfortunately, the estrogen was out of stock at the pharmacy and within 25 miles. It took like a whole week to finally get it. So I started the HRT on 7/20. I am not noticing much of a difference yet, but I have been told it could take months to start working. My appointments that day were spread far apart because they are now in different offices. I had some time to kill in between appointments so I went to the Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens. It was hot and there wasn't a lot in bloom, but enough to to keep me occupied before my next appointment.
7/18, we went up to Phoenix and attended a Diamondbacks vs Cardinals game. The Diamondbacks won 7-3. Paul wasn't happy, but Nathan and I were. Nathan wears Diamondbacks shirts pretty much every day! We stayed in Scottsdale that night near OdySea so that we could get up in the morning and get to the aquarium when they opened. Then we ate at Grimaldi's before heading home.
7/22, I had another gynecologist appointment for my annual exam and my mammogram. Mammogram results already came back normal.
7/24, We registered Nathan for his sophomore year of high school. We got his class schedule. He will be taking Pre-Calculus, German 3/4, Marketing 3/4, AP World History, Pre-AP English 2 and Pre-AP Chemistry 1/2. He starts school on 8/4. He already has a career plan, too. Most likely, he will go to U of A to study Aerospace Engineering and then eventually work for Raytheon. A lot could change between now and then, but he has wanted to design military equipment for a few years. Also at registration Nathan took his yearbook picture. Nathan will start school 8/4.
7/26, We went to Apple Annie's to go peach picking. Paul had peach pancakes. We picked our peaches and shared a peach crumble pie slice a la mode. We bought a bunch of goodies at the store like peach salsa, apple crumble pie for us and our neighbors, cheese curds, cherry preserves, watermelon licorice, kettle corn, crisp mix to make peach crisp, m & m fudge, etc... Then we went over the produce farm. We picked tomatoes to make salsa. They were mostly still green. I picked a BIG cucumber. We ate roasted corn. We bought some more goodies like local honey and cherry tomatoes.
At the last minute Paul decided that he wants to go to San Diego this week. We had decided against it because we spent so much money on new windows this year. Then they went to the soccer game and we went to the baseball game and aquarium. I guess that was not enough. So Tuesday, 7/29 we are driving to San Diego. We will be returning Saturday, 8/2. We are not sure what all we will be doing just yet, but I plan to go to the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Botanic Gardens.
