Wow! Cool weather is here. I turned on the furnace, and spent part of today packing away my warm weather clothing. No more shorts or sundresses for me until next year. The coats, hats and gloves are all in the front entry closet, ready for their first outings.

Made a pot of chili today, lots of meat and sauce with a few red beans thrown in. I make it really thick like a stew. Dad used to make it every Tuesday when we were kids, but his was more like a soup. Good, just different from mine.

Today was great. Only slept 11 hours last night and woke up feeling wonderful. No vertigo at all today. That's a first since 2010, and pure heaven in my book. No more nausea, just regular dizziness. I can live with that!

Tonight I'm just enjoying feeling good, it's such a change for me. I'm wanting to get out in the next few days and ride, to have some fun, to be part of life. This is my time. Time to play, to make up for the past couple of years when I was too sick to do much of anything. I'm going to be.