Not much went on this 4th of July. We don't have family here and I haven't made many friends, so I guess it wasn't much of a holiday for us. My husband also had to work. Some times the different holidays don't mean much becuase my husband works. I had to go to my doctor the other day and have her look at a couple of spots that are on my arm. I'll have to have them removed, no big deal. But when I was there the nurse took my blood pressure and it was high. So she checked my file and then checked my blood pressure again. She told me that the last few times I have been in my blood pressure is up. Each time I have gone in my blood pressure has gotten higher. So of course my doctor asked me what is going on. I don't know why my blood pressure is up. My doctor also got to asking me a few questions like, what do I do for fun?, What did I have planned for the holiday weekend?, Will we be having company or family in for a visit?. We didn't have any plans for the weekend, No company coming to visit and as far as having some fun, I guess I don't do much of that. So we had a talk about what I can do to maybe get my blood pressure down. One of the first things she said to me was "get out and have some fun". I have talked with my husband about why my blood pressure may be up and he feels that I'm stressed out all of the time. In a way I guess he's right. But I have lived with being stressed out for so long I'm not sure that I know how NOT to be stressed. If I really think about it I been have stressed since I was a kid. My husband also feels that once we get moved that I won't be so stressed. I sure hope he's right. I don't want to have to deal with high blood pressure. I take so much medicine now and I don't want to add another pill because of high blood pressure. So I guess I need to start learning how to relax, to be honest I'm not sure if I know how to do this.