Nick came home pretty exhausted from his field trip but he had had a great time. I had my follow up appointment with Dr. Schiff in the afternoon. She had read my therapy notes and did a bit of poking and touching to see where the pain remains. She gave me a prescription for a topical gel (basically topical version of advil) to try since the advil began to irritate my stomach. I can see her again if another pain arises but otherwise I am done with her.
We had a great dinner with Dean and Nana. The kids were dragging by the time they came over but it was nice to be able to visit for a little bit.
Friday the kids went to camp and I went to get abused at therapy. We worked on a couple of new exercises and they were really hitting the problem areas. Rob picked Ellie up from camp and they had some daddy daughter time. They went for lunch and hug out before Ellie's last day of science camp. Nick and I stopped by Mom and Dad's house for a visit.
We picked Ellie up from camp and went to see Brave. It was a cute movie and got us into the air conditioning for a couple hours. We came home an packed up the car and put the kids to sleep. We headed to Michigan first thing Saturday morning for the night. Carson & Natalie, the kids cousins and Lonna (their mom) were up there for the weekend and it was our only chance to visit. We got up there early and quick with no traffic on the road. We got re-acquainted and let the kids run and play. Dean, Lauren and her girls were also up with us. We headed to the beach for the afternoon. The water is still very cold but the kids didn't seem to mind. It was great to visit and watch the kids play together. Rob pulled the grill out and BBQ'd with Dean while we got the salads and fruit ready. The kids had a picnic and we ate at the table - it was cute. We had s'mores for dessert and then ended the evening with a walk down to the lake.
The weather couldn't have been better - we were able to have the windows open and cool air coming in. It was so neat for the kids to play with their cousins because Ellie can't even remember the last time they met. We had breakfast this morning and got right back out to the beach. Ellie, Nick and I went for a long walk to try to collect sea glass - found a few pieces. We cleaned up and got back on the road home. We were originally coming home for the open house for the yellow line in Skokie but realized the schedule might be too tight and adjusted along the route. We stopped off at Oink's for ice cream and walked over to the train store. We made another pit stop at Bass Pro for their kids day. The kids got to try out their archery skills with a kids size bow and arrow and casting the rod, make crafts and sample taffy and fudge. We got back on the road and went straight to Mom and Dad's.
We ordered in El Famous for dinner and Mom had watermelon and guacamole. Jo had picked up the kids these very cool rockets that sky rocket. Ellie wasn't having the greatest luck - stuck in the tree - twice. Happy Anniversary to Jo and Ole - celebrating 6 years together yesterday. We came home and opened windows and the kids played for a little bit. Ellie and I took advantage of the awesome weather and we did our bedtime reading on the upper deck tonight. Poor Nick fell asleep on the car ride home (maybe for the last 30 minutes) but he was up in bed for over an hour and called down to me that he couldn't sleep because he was too hot, not tired, his sheet was off him...he finally passed out.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree
Thanks for a wonderful weekend. It was great to see the cousins and uncle dean, lauren and the girls. A weekend for the treasurebox.
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