I’m still working on that lesson, too, of more thoroughly of letting go and just living. I do it sometimes, but other times I don’t. Vacations are easier practicing ground for me! Thanks for sharing this here, Steph.

I love what you learned this month, Aritha. Discerning when to say no and yes, and admitting that we’re worn down are valuable life lessons; the sooner we learn them, the better off we are. I’m still in process. ha.

It must have taken a lot of courage to take a vacation while dealing with dizziness. That sounds so difficult. My husband occasionally gets vertigo, and it shuts him out of most activities. I was thankful he didn’t get any vertigo on our California trip because I would NOT have wanted to drive on those mountain roads! We would have just had to go home. Or hire a driver. ha.

I may have to try your trick too of laying down in the backseat sometimes, Jean! 🙂 It’s crazy how irrational I get when I’m on those roads. It’s a good thing I wasn’t driving! lol.

How cool that you’ve been to all the baseball parks! That’s another thing my husband would like to do, but we haven’t made a concerted effort for that yet. One thing at a time. 🙂 The libraries have been far more interesting than I could have imagined (or else we wouldn’t have made it our quest, ha).

That’s what we had heard. We stayed in the park at Joshua Tree until nighttime to watch for stars, but the night was too cloudy, which was disappointing.

It’s a shame that we have to pay the price of crazy roads to get those mountain views! 🙂

I’ll have to try your trick of repeating The Wonderful Wizard of Oz next time. 🙂 Thanks, Lynn. The thought of walking a high suspension bridge sounds too terrifying for me to even try! ha.

Thanks, Donna. We definitely enjoyed the vacation – it just flew by so fast!

This month I learned that it’s okay to admit when stress wears you down. I also learned to say no to some things, and yes to being more open with certain people. I even went on a little vacation while dealing with dizziness — with some small adjustments (like using a walking stick and taking fewer outings), it was still really good.